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Thomas P Gallagher

Tom is the President of E&G Property Services and a principal in E&G Group. Tom oversees all property management functions of the firm. He has over 30 years experience in real estate. He also oversees E&G's work in project and facility management.

Tom's primary internal focus is on the human resources and management development needs of the company. Having committed to an aggressive “promote from within” policy, Tom is developing expectations, training, and measurement and evaluation systems for the firm and its people at levels. Tom also works closely with the senior management of our clients on a variety of project-specific and broader governance topics.

Tom sings with and is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Cathedral Choral Society. He has served as Board member and President of the Washington Ballet. He also was on the Board of the Washington-Ireland Program, an internship program for university students.

Prior to founding E&G Tom was a principal in Touche Ross, a predecessor to Deloitte. His practice included health care and real estate. He managed a landmark study of the rehabilitation incentives in the US Tax Code (Section 167 (k)) and was one of several partners responsible for reviewing the firm's feasibility reports for housing investments.

Jim Edmondson

James H. Edmondson, Principal of E&G Group, has over thirty years experience in real estate development and finance.

Mr. Edmondson started his business career in 1972 in Washington, D.C. as a consultant at Touche Ross & Co., after serving as an officer in the U.S. Army. In 1975, Edmondson left Touche Ross to join a Columbus, Ohio-based firm, Realcon III. He and his partners developed condominiums, managed real estate, and worked out loans for banks. During this time, Edmondson served as a consultant on a number of long-term development projects.

In 1981 Edmondson persuaded a former colleague and then Touche Ross principal, Tom Gallagher, to join him in forming Edmondson & Gallagher with the purpose of acquiring and redeveloping post-war apartments in the D. C. area using the new financing tools and tax laws. The firm grew a portfolio of approximately 3,000 deed-restricted units and created a property management company that continues. E&G became expert in compliance issues and the rehabilitation of apartment buildings. The firm and its principals continue to develop, own and manage affordable apartments.

Edmondson is active in local affairs in Northern Virginia. He was a founding member of AHOME, an affordable housing advocacy group; he was vice chair of the Health Systems Agency of Northern Virginia for many years; he has served as an elder of Lewinsville Presbyterian Church; and he has held other positions of responsibility in community organizations. In 2009 Governor Kaine re-appointed him as a consumer representative to the Virginia Board of Health.

Edmondson has an A.B. in Economics from Princeton, where he is active in alumni affairs, and an M.B.A. from the University of Virginia's Darden School. His wife is Jane Edmondson, and he is the father of four and grandfather of nine.

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Sara Barnes

Sara is the Director of Human Resources with over twenty years of service to E&G.

With more than thirty years experience in apartment management, her resume includes positions with Security Management, National Housing Partnerships and Shannon & Luchs. Sara holds numerous certificates in property management.

Alex Berley

Alex is Director of Project Management at E&G. Alex assists organizations to plan, build, and manage their facilities. He has over 20 years of experience in construction, engineering consulting, and project management. Alex has overseen the management and/or civil engineering design of projects, with budgets ranging from $1 million to $100 million.

Alex has extensive knowledge of the design and construction of large, complex infill/renovation projects. He is experienced in developing and reviewing engineering design documents, technical specifications, and successfully navigating both the local and Federal regulatory processes. He is licensed as a Professional Engineer and is "LEED" accredited by the US Green Building Council.

Alex is a voting member and Vice-Chair of DC's Construction Codes Coordination Board. Mr. Berley serves as Vice-Chair of the East of the River Committee for the DC Building Industry Association. He also serves on the DC Interagency on Homelessness Council Permanent Supportive Housing Committee. In 2008 he was appointed to the DC Nonprofit Task Force by DC's Deputy Mayor of Economic Development. Alex is a member of the Leadership Greater Washington class of 2010.

Mr. Berley is a frequent speaker/panelist at Museum and Historic Preservation conferences on topics related to Project Management and Facilities Management. He is licensed as a Professional Engineer in DC, is “LEED” accredited by the US Green Building Council. He holds Bachelors and Masters degrees in civil/structural engineering, as well as a MBA.

Lisa Sleith

Lisa divides her time between project and facilities management. She oversees the exhibit design and fabrication work for the National Law Enforcement Museum project, as well as managing the billing and cost accounting for this $120 million project. She has also lead graphic and merchandising renovation projects at the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund's Visitor Center. She has also managed specialized renovation and repair projects including HVAC retro-fit projects for the Catholic University's Theological College, Pope John Paul II Cultural Center, and St. Colomba's Episcopal Church.

She is currently on the project management team for E&G's multi-site cooperative housing renovation in the District. She also provides facility management oversight of staff and engineers at Pope John Paul II Cultural Center and E&G's newest client site, the District Alliance for Safe Housing. Lisa holds a Bachelor's Degree from Otterbein College in Ohio, and is working towards The Project Management Institute's Project Management Professional credential.

A. Kenton Drury

Kenton is a project manager for the E&G Group and provides initiation, implementation and oversight for major capital projects for E&G Property Services. He has over 30 years of project management experience with multi-family housing in affordable, market-rate and mixed-use developments for non-profit, private and public investors. Kenton is certified as a Project Management Professional (PMP) by the Project Management Institute.

Kenton has worked on both new and existing developments, but he is especially passionate about projects that involve a significant degree of renovation work. He sees the restoration of value in a building as the critical step that improves the quality of life within a community.

Kenton earned his degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Maryland in College Park. He has lived in the Washington DC area for over 30 years and was a volunteer board member with MUSCLE, a non-profit housing provider in Washington, DC.