OUR PEOPLE

Mr. Briddell is the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of CenterSquare Investment Management. Mr. Briddell has oversight responsibility for all of CenterSquare's real asset investment advisory services including private equity real estate and listed real estate and infrastructure across the United States, Europe and Asia. He also chairs the firm's Management Committee and CenterSquare's Private Real Estate Investment Committee. Prior to assuming this position, Mr. Briddell was President and Chief Investment Officer.
 

Mr. Briddell is the founder of CenterSquare's listed real estate securities group, and since joining the firm in 1993 he has held positions in private real estate acquisitions, U.S. and Global REIT research and portfolio management. Mr. Briddell holds a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania with concentrations in Finance and Real Estate. He is a CFA charterholder and member of the CFA Institute, CFA Society of Philadelphia, NAREIT and Pension Real Estate Association (PREA), where he was Co-Chair of the Green Building Committee.

In Mr. Ferro's role as General Counsel of CenterSquare, he oversees, in conjunction with outside counsel, the legal aspects of all acquisition, joint venture, disposition, development, leasing, management, financing and other real estate activities of the Company and its affiliates. Mr. Ferro also acts as outside counsel (through Ferro & Associates, LLC) on real estate and joint venture transactional matters for CenterSquare and its affiliated entities. Mr. Ferro brings more than 40 years of commercial real estate experience to his role. Prior to joining CenterSquare in 2004, Mr. Ferro was General Counsel and Executive Vice President of The Rubenstein Company, L.P., where he served in those roles from 1992-2004. Previously, Mr. Ferro was a partner in the Philadelphia office of the international law firm, Dechert, LLP, and served as Chair of the firm's real estate practice group. His work and experience focused principally on a broad range of real estate matters, with an emphasis on real estate acquisition and finance, land development, leasing and lease administration, construction and design, and the structuring of partnerships, limited liability companies and other forms of joint ventures for real property ownership and development. Mr. Ferro graduated from LaSalle University, magna cum laude with a B.A. degree in Political Science. He received his J.D. degree from Villanova University School of Law, cum laude, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Villanova Law Review and was a member of the Order of the Coif.

Ms. Flickinger serves as the Chief Operating Officer and is currently responsible for overseeing the company’s operations, information technology, trading and human resources functions. Ms. Flickinger was appointed Chief Operating Officer effective November 1, 2017. Prior to joining CenterSquare, Ms. Flickinger spent 8 years at BNY Mellon.  During the majority of her tenure, she served as Chief Administrative Officer of the Investment Management division. In this capacity, she was also responsible for compliance of various regulatory and industry mandates including the Resolution Plan development, Volcker Compliance and FATCA.  She directed the development and implementation of the cyber-security program. Debbie restructured the proxy governance model to further improve fiduciary oversight of the function. Debbie served 5 years as Global Chief of Staff and Chief Operating Officer for the Americas in Deutsche Bank’s Asset Management division, where she was responsible for managing various activities including the global acquisition of Zurich Scudder Investments. As part of the effort, she led the implementation of the division’s strategy which encompassed the integration of the operations platform, divesture of the passive business and negotiation of an outsourcing arrangement of the fund accounting function. Before that, Debbie spent nearly 12 years at Merrill Lynch with increasing management responsibilities in various groups including the finance, technology, equity financing and treasury divisions. Debbie earned her B.S. in Finance from Pennsylvania State University and her Masters in Business Administration from Farleigh Dickinson University.

Mr. Law serves as CenterSquare’s Chief Financial Officer and is responsible for overseeing the company's corporate and investment accounting and reporting processes. Mr. Law has been integral in the development and implementation of CenterSquare's accounting and information systems and in the administration of accounting policies and procedures to conform to industry standards and market value reporting. From 2008 – 2020, Mr. Law also served as CenterSquare’s Chief Compliance Officer. Mr. Law was instrumental in developing and implementing CenterSquare's Compliance program.

Prior to joining CenterSquare in 2000, Mr. Law spent 11 years with the Assurance and Advisory Business Services Group of Ernst & Young LLP in its Philadelphia office. During his tenure at Ernst & Young, Mr. Law was a member of the E&Y Kenneth Leventhal Real Estate Group, where his client base consisted of several high profile private real estate companies in the Philadelphia region. Mr. Law is a member of both the American and Pennsylvania Institutes of Certified Public Accountants.

Ms. Steele serves as Deputy General Counsel of CenterSquare where she oversees, in conjunction with outside counsel, the legal aspects of all acquisition, joint venture, disposition, development, leasing, management, financing and other real estate activities of CenterSquare and its affiliates.  Ms. Steele also acts as outside counsel (through Ferro Steele LLC) on real estate and transactional matters for CenterSquare and its affiliated entities. Prior to joining CenterSquare, Ms. Steele was a partner in the Philadelphia office of the international law firm Morgan Lewis and served as the office hiring partner for 6 years. Ms. Steele graduated from Sweet Briar College, cum laude with a B. A. degree in both Mathematics and Economics.  She received her J.D. degree from The Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University where she served as President of the Student Bar Association and was awarded the American Bar Association Student Bar Association of the Year Award.