Brandi McDonald Managing Director and Senior Vice President Tenant Advisory Services
TRANSWESTERN ROLE Brandi serves on Transwestern's Board of Directors, leads the National Tenant Advisory Services (TAS) Steering Committee as well as thelocal Houston TAS Division while solving corporate space needs andexecutingportfolio strategies for her clients. CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Over the pastfourteen years, Brandi has completed over 8 million square feet of office leasing transactions, representing an aggregate value of over$1.8 billion. Her transaction experience includes: - Locke Lord Bissell Liddell 165,000sf
- Cooper Industries 90,000sf
- Vinson & Elkins’ 450,000sf
- Amegy Bank’s 175,000sf
- Northwestern Mutual Financial Network’s 35,000sf
- Fulbright & Jaworski’s 325,000sf
Prior to joining Transwestern, Brandi served as a Principal of the Trammell Crow Company, where she was a founding member of the Corporate Advisory Services Platform at TCC Headquarters, then launched Houston’s Corporate Advisory Services Division in March of 2000. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS/RECOGNITION The World Trade Soiree – Co-Chair 40 Under 40 Award Winner – 2010 Transwestern Board of Directors Global Rice University Business Plan Competition – Judge Inspire’s Business Woman of the Year – 2007 Inspire – President’s Advisory Council 2008 HOLBA Board Member - President Transwestern Deal of the Year, Champion’s Club - 2008 Greater Houston Partnership – Advocate (Current); 2004 Chairman, Major Investor Ambassador Program, 2009 Economic Development Advisory Committee, Business Leadership Council – Board Member Houston Achievement Place – Advisory Board Trammell Crow Company, Top Producer – 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004 Trammell Crow Company, Brokerage Excellence Award – 2003 Trammell Crow Company, Player’s Championship Award – 1998 Houston Business Journal, Heavy Hitter – 2001-2005, 2009 Houston Young Guns (Top Commercial Real Estate Brokers in Houston Under 35) – 2009 Dallas Business Journal, Rookie of the Year – 1996, Heavy Hitter – 1999 Alexis De Tocqueville Society – United Way 2001-2002 Priority Associates – 2000 to present The Real Estate Council – 1999 Associate Leadership Council Pershing Middle School Mentor 2007 – 2008 EDUCATION In 1994, Brandi graduated early as Magna Cum Laude, from Sam Houston State University to begin her career with Trammell Crow Company. |