Vicki Pero, principal at a national parking management consultancy, has more than 19 years of experience in parking industry work for national operators in both Operations and Administrative business units. She previously had overall responsibility for a regional territory comprised of 80 locations across five cities, designing training solutions, developing and leading a policy and procedure program, and creating and leading a company’s Field Audit function.

Susi Rowe serves as Vice President of Sustainability for Green Courte Partners, where she is responsible for all sustainability efforts relating to the firm’s portfolio of assets in both the land-lease/manufactured housing community and parking sectors.

In addition to her work with GBCI, Rowe serves as Green Courte’s representative with the Real Estate Roundtable’s Sustainability Policy Advisory Committee. She also is a member of the Urban Land Institute, where she focuses on sustainability best practices.

John Schmid is CEO/Managing Partner of Propark America, a national leader in parking management services and parking real estate acquisition. Schmid also serves as managing partner of Winpark, which specializes in providing parking management services tailored to Class-A office towers.

President and Chief Executive Officer of The Parking Spot, Kevin Shrier has been with The Parking Spot since its inception in 1998 and is responsible for all strategic and operating elements of the company. During Mr. Shrier’s 27-year real estate career, he has distinguished himself as a proficient transaction executor as well as a proven leader and manager of people. Mr.

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