CoreNet Global elects Varcoe as chairman of the board of directors

According to CoreNet Global, the world's leading professional association of corporate real estate and workplace executives, they have elected Barry Varcoe as chairman of the board of directors for the 7,000 member association. Varcoe will serve a one-year term as chairman, beginning at the close of the CoreNet Global Dallas Summit. Varcoe will succeed Mark Tamburro as CoreNet Global's new chairman. Varcoe is the director of group property for The Royal Bank of Scotland. Lee Utke, MCR, will assume the position of chair-elect. Utke is the director of global corporate real estate for Whirlpool Corp. Steve Stoner of Stoner Consulting Group was appointed treasurer. Tamburro, VP of workplace resources for Nokia, will serve as an officer in the position of immediate past chair. CoreNet Global also announced the newly elected directors and associate directors of the board. The board will now include seven directors from countries outside of North America, and for the first time a member - Erica Chapman - from CoreNet Global's Young Leaders Special Interest Group (SIG). Newly-elected directors are: * David Radcliffe, MCR, VP, real estate and workplace services, Google; * Dino Piccini, BCCR, president, global corporate services, DTZ; * Matt Fanoe, corporate director of real estate and facilities, Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc.; * Randy Smith, MCR, VP, global real estate, Oracle; and * Tony Shou Fat Wong, MCR, executive director corporate services, Asia, Morgan Stanley. All newly appointed members to the board of directors will serve a term of three years concluding in the spring of 2012. In addition, the board has appointed the following associate directors with a one-year term: * Erica Chapman, director of corporate real estate Americas, Adidas; * Jan-Peter Kastelein, senior researcher, Nyenrode Business University; * Mary Jane Olhasso, director of economic development, city of Ontario, California; * Steve Hargis, MCR, SVP, HOK Advance Strategies; and * A member from the Australia New Zealand Regional Council (to be announced). The new group will join the following who continue as directors: * Bruce Ficke, EVP, client solutions, Cushman & Wakefield; * Karen Ellzey, executive managing director, CB Richard Ellis; * Mark Gorman, MCR, senior managing director, Newmark Knight Frank; * Mark Schleyer, VP, corporate real estate, asset management and transactions, AT&T Services, Inc.; * Rick Bertasi, VP, global real estae and facilities management EMEA, Johnson Controls; * Richard Paver, VP, group real Estate, BP International Ltd.; and * Suzanne Heidelberger, director of Real Estate, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. Outgoing board members, whose three-year term ended in April were also recognized: * David Harris, MCR, SVP, Workplace Resources, Sun Microsystems, Inc.; * Ed Noha, managing director, Jones Lang LaSalle; * Renee Leach, director, Global Workplace Program & Americas Region, Hewlett Packard; * Wayne Peacock, EVP, Enterprise Business Operations, USAA; and * Trex Morris, MCR, Americas director, real estate services, Ernst & Young LLP. The MCR is the Masters of Corporate Real Estate professional designation validating a high level of competency in corporate real estate and workplace management. The MCR is conferred by CoreNet Global.