CHARLES C. WILKES
Chairman

Charles C. (Sandy) Wilkes is Chairman of The Wilkes Company. He founded the company in 1980 after practicing land use and zoning law in the Washington, DC office of Linowes and Blocher.

Mr. Wilkes is a trustee of the Federal City Council, a founding member of The Downtown Developer Roundtable, a member of the Economic Development Committee of the Mayor’s Business Roundtable, and a member of the Urban Land Institute. He is a founding director and Secretary of the Mount Vernon Triangle Community Improvement District, an organizing director and Vice Chairman of the NoMa Business Improvement District, a member of the Downtown Retail Incentive Review Panel, and a member of the Center City Action Agenda Task Force. He is President of The Washington Children’s Foundation and served as a member of the Board of Trustees of St. Mary’s College of Maryland.

Over the years, Mr. Wilkes has been a consultant or advisor on real estate matters to a host of non-profit groups, including Arena Stage, The Methodist Home of the District of Columbia, The Gospel Mission, The Catholic Archdiocese of Washington, and Family and Child Services of Washington, DC.

While attending law school in the evenings, Mr. Wilkes served as legislative assistant to the District of Columbia City Council and subsequently as staff director of the City Council Special Advisory Commission on Industrial and Commercial Development. This blue ribbon commission established the first blueprint for economic development in Washington, DC and recommended the creation of the city’s Office of Business and Economic Development. Mr. Wilkes has been a guest lecturer at several Washington, DC universities on land use, planning and development issues.

Recently, Mr. Wilkes received the Citizenship Award from Mount Carmel Baptist Church, and the President’s Award from Family and Child Services of Washington, DC.

Mr. Wilkes is a graduate of Georgetown Preparatory School; Amherst College, where he serves as Vice Chairman of the Mead Art Museum Advisory Board; and The American University Law School. He is a member of the District of Columbia Bar. Mr. Wilkes’s wife, Helen, is a registered historic preservation architect in private practice. They have three daughters.

BERKELEY M. SHERVIN
President

Berkeley M. Shervin is partner, President and Chief Operating Officer of The Wilkes Company. He has been actively engaged in the site selection, acquisition, development and management of commercial real estate development projects for the past twenty-five years. Mr. Shervin has also served as chief executive officer of a number of affiliated companies, including Washington Archives and the company’s self-storage holdings. Mr. Shervin is a director of the District of Columbia Building Industry Association, a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers and the U.S. Green Building Council, and has served as an advisor, trustee and consultant on investments, finance, accounting, tax and real estate matters for individuals and numerous organizations, including The Methodist Home of the District of Columbia and Washington Real Estate Investment Trust.

Mr. Shervin is a graduate of St. Stephen’s School in Alexandria, Virginia, and The American University.
Mr. Shervin’s wife, Cheri, is an audiologist. They have four children.

BOB COUGHLIN
Chief Financial Officer

MARK W. PAYNE
Vice President of Leasing and Property Management

WENDY HERMAN
Senior Project Manager