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Our Leadership

Rand Sperry – CEO

For more than 45 years, Mr. Sperry has been a highly recognized and influential leader within the Southern California and national commercial real estate industry. In 1987, Rand Sperry co-founded Sperry Van Ness International Corporation, a national brokerage organization (Disclaimer: Rand Sperry does not have any present ownership interest in Sperry Van Ness International Corporation and since 2009 he is no longer affiliated with Sperry Van Ness International Corporation or Sperry Van Ness ®). Rand Sperry is an owner of Sperry Commercial, Inc. and Sperry Equities, LLC, a real estate investment and property management organization and continues to grow these companies, as well as it’s global franchise brokerage business, Sperry Commercial Global Affiliates, with partners Burton Young and Jack Carroll. To date, these companies and their affiliates have acquired more than 65 commercial, industrial, and office properties, exceeding $1 Billion in value with over 10 million square feet under management and 6 million square feet owned. (1)

Mark Hinkins, CCIM, FRICS – President

Over Mark’s 30 year commercial real estate career, Mark has represented investors, institutions, lenders and borrowers in the acquisition, disposition, and leasing of commercial property across all sectors including office portfolios, industrial buildings, land, multifamily, medical office buildings high street retail, shopping centers and special use and mixed use properties. Before affiliating with SperryCGA’s platform in 2017, Mark founded San Francisco’s Bay Area’s, ‘Trimark Commercial Real Estate’, and Hinkins Real Estate Analytics. Mark was an investment Broker with the Oakland, Calif. office of Grubb & Ellis Company (2001-2011), and prior to moving to the United States from the United Kingdom in 2001, Mark was a retail property investment specialist with publicly traded Lambert Smith Hampton “LSH” (1993-2001). Mark earned the prestigious CCIM designation (Certified Commercial Investment Member) which recognizes experts in the commercial and investment real estate industry and is a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors which is a professional body that accredits professionals within the land, property and construction sectors worldwide.

Burton Young

Mr. Young’s experience encompasses all facets of the real estate business including brokerage, asset management, leasing, acquisitions, dispositions and finance. He formed a partnership with Rand Sperry to manage, lease, buy and sell commercial real estate. Together, they have purchased more than 65 properties nationwide. For Sperry Equities, LLC, Young oversees all company operations as well as the formation of partnerships, the acquisition of properties, asset management and leasing of over 10 million square feet of office, industrial & retail property. He has personally brokered more than 150 transactions exceeding one billion dollars in sales and is the managing partner for approximately 50 investment real estate partnerships. (1)

Jack Carroll

Mr. Carroll, along with Rand Sperry and Burton Young, are the owners of Sperry Commercial, Inc. and Sperry Equities, LLC. He has over 30 years of experience in commercial real estate asset management, leasing, and the strategic positioning of assets for institutional owners, banks, lenders, as well as individual owners and family trusts. Mr. Carroll has overseen the asset management of approximately one billion dollars of real estate throughout the United States. Investors and clients benefit from his extensive experience and knowledge on how to maximize cash flows and values that other firms leave on the table. (1)

Jamie Lung – Manager of Franchise Operations

Jamie is a graduate of Fullerton College, with an Associates Degree in Liberal studies with an emphasis in Business Management. She has more that 13 years of experience within the real estate industry, primarily in the field of residential and commercial brokerage operations. She has held corporate positions in various departments including administration, finance, investor relations, acquisitions and dispositions. Jamie currently oversees all aspects of Affiliate Franchise Operations including onboarding, training, compliance, franchise development, marketing, and financial reporting. Jamie also has operational oversight for the Irvine Brokerage office consisting of more than 30 agents. Jamie is a licensed Real Estate Agent in the State of California.