Cohen & Steers names global business chief; Newmark hire targets expanded consulting; Savills promotes top legal executive
Investment management firm Cohen & Steers promoted Daniel Noonan to head of global distribution, based at its New York headquarters. Noonan previously served as executive vice president and head of global wealth at the company, which has expanded over the years into several asset categories from its original focus on real estate.
The company said Noonan will head all aspects of its global business development, client service and marketing. He joined Cohen & Steers in 2024 after executive roles at Nuveen, Pimco and State Street Global Advisors.
Newmark appointed Yasmeen Coning as executive vice chairman in its occupier solutions advisory practice, as the company seeks to expand its nationwide consulting services for real estate clients. Coning, based in Newmark's New York office, has decades of experience advising Fortune 500 company executives and most recently led the Center of Excellence for Organizational Behavior & Design at Ogilvy Consulting.
Savills promoted Julia Spivack to executive vice president and general counsel for its North America operations. She will oversee all legal services provided to the real estate services company, Savills said. Spivack, who joined Savills in 2022 and previously served as senior vice president and associate general counsel, is based in New York. Her two decades of legal industry experience include more than 15 years in the litigation group at Seward & Kissel, where she handled employment, compliance and commercial matters.
New hires, promotions and other personnel changes
TruAmerica Multifamily said it promoted industry veterans Stella Pappas, Christopher Wei, Austen Mount and Stefan Long to new executive positions. Pappas is now executive managing director in investment management, and Wei is senior managing director of portfolio management. TruAmerica promoted Mount to managing director of operations and Long to senior director of fund and corporate accounting. The promotions followed an earlier round of C-suite appointments at Los Angeles-based TruAmerica, among the nation’s largest apartment investment firms.
Will Rogers joined real estate services firm NAI Earle Furman as an associate at Huff Creek Properties, a company division focused on timber and recreational land transactions. The company said Rogers is based in the Greenville, South Carolina, office of Huff Creek that serves clients in that state along with North Carolina and Georgia.
Property services and technology provider Lessen named Chris Lyman as executive vice president of commercial sales and key accounts. Based in Chicago, Lyman will lead planned expansion of the Scottsdale, Arizona-based firm’s commercial business, Lessen said. His career of more than 20 years includes serving as Americas leader and regional vice president of sales for the private equity practice at Salesforce.
Alex Bender joined Los Angeles-based Ocean West Capital Partners as managing director of the real estate investment firm’s recently established New York office. Bender has more than 15 years of industry experience, serving in prior roles at firms including Jamestown and SL Green Realty Corp.
Brambleton, Virginia-based residential and mixed-use developer Knutson Cos. said it appointed Amy Friedlander as vice president of acquisitions as it seeks to expand its portfolio in the Washington, D.C., region. Friedlander served most recently as vice president of acquisitions at EYA and before that worked as a land use planner at Walsh, Colucci, Lubeley & Walsh.