Name/Title/Company: Ben Beardsley/Senior Manager/Baker Tilly

Briefly tell us what you do and how long you have been in the Commercial Real Estate industry: I am currently serving as a Real Estate Advisor and Asset Manager. I was previously engaged on real estate audit projects.  Collectively, I have been in the CRE industry for 7 years. 

What project or professional accomplishment are you most proud of?: Our current DST projects (two in active offering phase). 

How are you involved or would like to be more involved in NAIOP Wisconsin?: Seeking other Asset Managers to learn and grow with.  

Tell us about your family: I live in Oconomowoc Wisconsin with my wife, Kendel, and two daughters, Raegan (4) and Harper (1).  We enjoy running, biking, cooking great food, and gathering with friends. We also have golden retriever, Rory, who loves to play fetch! 

What is your favorite restaurant and why?: The Waterfront in Anna Maria Island - the best food and it's always vacation time when I'm enjoying! 

Favorite foods at the State Fair?: Lions Club Sweet Corn!

What is your favorite quote?: "The measure of a leader is not the number of people who serve him but the number of people he serves." John C Maxwell. 

What's the last book you read?: Can't Hurt Me by David Goggins.

What's your favorite vacation destination?: My favorite vacation destination is Negril, Jamaica.

What are your hobbies?: Golfing, running and cooking!

What's something about you most people don't know?: I enjoy making slideshows and videos for my family, usually documenting a year or a vacation, etc... 

What's the best Halloween costume you ever wore?: My wife and I were bank robbers with sacks of chocolate money. The fake guns were a hit.