Berkeley Capital Advisors has launched a structured finance group, marking the firm’s first dedicated debt brokerage platform, and appointed Trevor Campbell as managing director. Campbell will be based in a new Berkeley office in Washington, D.C., where he will oversee the group’s efforts to structure debt and equity capitalization solutions for the company’s investor and institutional clients. The new team will focus on a range of capital stack needs, including acquisition financing, refinancing and recapitalizations, signaling an expansion of Berkeley’s capabilities beyond its existing advisory services.
Campbell brings 25 years of commercial real estate experience to the role. Before joining Berkeley, he led the Mid-Atlantic structured finance team at Transwestern, where he focused on tailoring capital solutions across varied property types. His background also includes experience within JLL’s Capital Markets group, adding a national capital markets perspective to Berkeley’s new initiative. The firm expects the structured finance platform to support clients across market cycles by addressing both debt and equity requirements.
Transwestern is also reshaping its leadership in the region. The firm announced that Courtney Schettino has joined as managing senior vice president of asset services in Washington, D.C. In this role, she will lead the Mid-Atlantic management services platform, overseeing both property management and engineering teams. Her mandate includes delivering consistent, high-performing results for property owners and investors while partnering with regional and national leadership to drive portfolio performance and strategic expansion initiatives.
Schettino arrives at Transwestern from Newmark, where she was responsible for a multi-site portfolio of commercial office assets. Her prior role included full profit-and-loss responsibility for regional operations, giving her direct oversight of financial performance and operating strategies across the portfolio. Transwestern’s appointment of Schettino reinforces the firm’s emphasis on coordinated asset services and operational execution for institutional owners in the Mid-Atlantic.
St. John Properties, Inc. has advanced its internal marketing leadership by promoting Enomhen (Amy) Odigie to director of marketing. Odigie joined the firm in 2009 and previously served as marketing manager, accumulating more than 20 years of experience in marketing, communications and graphic design. In her expanded position, she will focus on strengthening the company’s brand visibility, enhancing marketing and communications initiatives, and supporting growth efforts across St. John Properties’ regional offices.
On the public sector side, the U.S. General Services Administration has named Mark Weiss as Commissioner of the Public Buildings Service. Weiss serves as an executive vice chairman at Cushman & Wakefield and is recognized as a leading commercial real estate broker, advisor and tactician. His experience spans multiple industry sectors, including healthcare, law, finance, technology and manufacturing. The Public Buildings Service functions as the federal government’s primary real estate manager, overseeing one of the country’s largest and most diverse real estate portfolios, and Weiss’s appointment aligns federal real estate stewardship with private-sector advisory expertise.
