Branson is an entrepreneur and senior retail executive with 20 years of retail real estate field execution and corporate management experience at the regional and national levels. From strategic and business planning to full national implementation, as an employee, consultant and entrepreneurial owner, Branson has built and managed some of the largest retail initiatives of the last two decades. At Grubb & Ellis, leading the national Retail Occupiers Services Group, Branson is responsible for all retail corporate services and tenant representation account development and execution. Specialties: Strategic Research, Transaction Management and Brokerage, Project Management, Lease Administration, and Facilities Maintenance. Business Process Management.

• Management

• 2009 to 2012: EVP | Managing Director Retail Occupier Services, Newmark Grubb Knight Frank
• 2000 to 2009: Principal, Managing Director Retail Outsourcing Services, The Standard Group, Jones Lang LaSalle
• 1999 to 2000: SVP Store Development, Blinds To Go, Inc.
• 1994 to 1999: Regional Vice President, Store Development, Hollywood Entertainment, Inc.
• 1992 to 1994: Real Estate Manager, Boston Chicken, Inc.
• 1990 to 1992: Real Estate Manager, Burger King Corporation

• The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, MBA finance
• Duke University, AB Cum Laude, english