Tom Adler
Tom currently serves in a pro-bono advisory position at PlayhouseSquare REAL ESTATE SERVICES, which he helped form to manage the real estate assets of Playhouse Square Foundation as well as those of other clients and holds a board position with Highwoods Properties, Inc., a large NYSE R.E.I.T.
Career Milestones
1968
Partner at Cragin Lang Free & Smythe, Executive Vice President and Chairman of the Executive Committee
1979
Co-founder of Adler Galvin Rogers Inc. (AGR)
1986
AGR sold to Grubb & Ellis, National Director of Institutional Investment Services Group
1991
Founding Managing Partner Cleveland Real Estate Partners (CREP)
1996
Transitions 100% of time into Cleveland community work
Within the Real Estate Industry
Past Leadership Positions
- American Society of Real Estate Counselors | Board of Governors
- National Association of Realtors | Board of Directors
- National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts | Board of Directors
- Society of Industrial and Office Realtors | National President, 1990
Within the Community
Leadership Positions
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Downtown Cleveland Alliance
Board and Executive Committee | Chairs its Advocacy Committee
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Cleveland State University
Board of Trustees
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United Way Services
Officer, trustee and member of the Executive Committee | Co–Chair of the Philanthropist Society
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University Hospital
Trustee | Chairs the Orthopedic Department Development Council
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The Diversity Center of Northeast Ohio
Vice Chair of the Board
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Jewish Community Federation
Trustee, member of the Executive Committee and Chair of the Development Committee
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Mt. Sinai Health Care Foundation
Trustee | Co-chairs the Grants Committee
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PlayhouseSquare
Immediate past Board Chair
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Downtown Cleveland Partnership
Board Chair 2003-2005