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Lars H. Jonsson
Lars Jonsson has been actively involved in commercial real estate since coming to the US in 1986 and founded Stellar Holdings in 1989. Before moving to the US, Lars was CEO of NICO International, a Swedish-based engineering and marine service company with worldwide operations; Vice President and head of the transportation division of Nynäs Petroleum, one of Sweden’s major oil companies; and Manager of Sales and Marketing for the New Building Division of Gotaverken, a world leading Swedish shipbuilding company. Lars has extensive experience in business with global competition and cyclical markets. As a member of several Cabinet-level Swedish trade missions, he has been involved in high-level transactions in most parts of the world, including state visits to Mexico, Venezuela and Cuba led by the Swedish Prime Minister, Olof Palme. Lars graduated from the Gothenburg School of Business in 1971 and completed the Senior Executive Program at Stanford University in 1985. In 2006, the Swedish Government appointed Lars to be the Honorary Swedish Consul for the State of Washington. He also serves on the board of several not-for-profit organizations.

Laurie McDonald Jonsson
Laurie McDonald Jonsson is a prominent Seattle businesswoman who has combined a successful travel and business career with a personal commitment to helping women and children around the world. She has founded Stellar International, a company with a focus on investments that give back to the communities they serve, and Stellar International Networks which connects and empowers women leaders around the globe. Past efforts have resulted in groundbreaking women’s business and leadership delegations to central Europe, Scandinavia, the Baltics, Cuba and Africa, with an historic trip to China planned for fall of 2006 in order to promote the ideals of “Commerce With A Conscience”. Prior to founding Stellar International, Ms. McDonald Jonsson co-founded and managed successful businesses in the travel industry including Sundance Cruises and Admiral Cruises and was also founding director of Expedia.com, Commerce Bank, and the Puget Sound Bank. She was the first chair of the Governor’s Executive Women’s Council under Governor Gary Locke and, in 2003, was awarded a Presidential appointment to the Board of the National Women’s Council in Washington, D.C. She currently serves on the Board of Harvard University JFK School of Government – Women’s Leadership Board and is also a member of the Committee of 200 (C200). Ms. McDonald Jonsson is the founding President of the Washington State Women’s Forum and founding chair of the Center for Women and Democracy at the University of Washington.

Stanley B. McDonald
Stan McDonald is Chairman of Stellar International, a diversified investment and venture capital company. Stan has a 50-year career of successfully managing investments. In the late 1970’s he acquired the non-automotive real estate assets of Chrysler Realty Corporation, which was one of the biggest real estate transactions in the U.S. at that time. He is particularly well known in the cruise ship industry, having been founder and President of Princess Cruises and Sundance Cruises as well as the Co-Chairman of Admiral Cruises. Stan was President and Founding Member of the World Business Council, Area Vice President and Director of the Young President’s Organization, and a Chairman of the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the same organization. He received a degree in Business Administration Studies from the University of Washington.

Michael Heijer
Michael Heijer is President of GranCorp, a privately held real estate and entrepreneurial investment firm that is active in the Pacific Northwest and Southern California. Originally Granaten USA, the firm has owned several prominent hotels in the Northwest, successfully converted 12 luxury apartment properties to condominiums, and has created several businesses, among them Excelsior Property Management. The firm currently owns buildings in Seattle, Portland, and San Diego and is developing an upscale condominium project in Portland’s Pearl District. In addition to GranCorp, Michael has co-founded America Legal Copy, Award Hardwood Floors, Northwest Business Bank, and Nordicdomains.com. His other board positions have included the Swedish American Chamber of Commerce, Nordic Heritage Museum, PONCHO (Patrons of Northwest Charitable Organizations), and the Bellevue Youth Soccer League. He received his Bachelor of Arts from the University of California at Berkeley.

Svante Wadman
Svante Wadman is a Partner with Cushman & Wakefield and manages their Swedish operations. Svante has extensive experience in asset management, property management, acquisition, and real estate law. At the age of 33, he was the youngest ever president of a public company in Sweden, Fastighets AB Fortet. Since then, he has served as President for AB Bootes and Custos Capital, and Managing Director of Nordic Countries for GE Capital Real Estate, where he established that firm’s business platform in Sweden and Denmark. Before joining Cushman & Wakefield. Svante owned his own business as a management consultant and asset manager. He received degrees in Statistics, Economics, and Business Economics, as well as Business Law, from the University of Uppsala in Sweden.

Jim Reinhardsen
Jim is an Owner and Managing Director of the Heartland affiliated companies (Heartland Group, Inc., Heartland LLC, and Northwood Craftsman Homes). Jim has extensive experience in evaluating, negotiating, and structuring complex real estate projects, ventures, and transactions. He is broadly involved in the design and implementation of land strategies, both for Heartland and for public and private landowners across the country. Jim currently serves on the Advisory Board of the Runstad Center for Real Estate Studies at the University of Washington, on the Advisory Board for the Commercial Real Estate Certificate Program at the University of Washington where he also serves as Lead Instructor, on the Visiting Committee for University of Washington’s Educational Outreach, and on the Executive Committee and the Board of The Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust. Jim has given lectures nationally on real estate and land-related topics. Prior to joining Heartland, Jim was a real estate, tax, and securities attorney both in California and Washington. Jim obtained his J.D. at the University of California, Hastings College of Law in San Francisco, California, and his Bachelor of Arts at Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts.