Principals  
  Deke K. Hunter - President  
Derek K. Hunter Jr.
President
Derek K. Hunter, Jr. (Deke) is the President of Hunter Properties, Inc. and Managing Member of Hunter/Storm, LLC. Hunter Properties is a 50-year old development and management company currently with 17 different assets, totaling 2,100,000 square feet. The family-oriented company developed well in excess of 4,500,000 square feet during its history. Mr. Hunter is involved with all new project developments, property management, leasing, and Bay Area Self Storage oversight.
Mr. Hunter is a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers, Urban Land Institute, Self Storage Association and the Policy Advisory Committee for Fisher Center of Real Estate & Urban Economics. Mr. Hunter is a member of the Northern California Chapter of the National Resource Defense Council. The Hunter Family is an active supporter of Summer Search, Santa Clara and the Boys and Girls Club in Menlo Park.
Mr. Hunter resides in Portola Valley with his wife and three children. Mr. Hunter is active in community affairs, such as the Portola Valley School Foundation and Town Center Library redevelopment. Mr. Hunter is a seasoned tri-athlete and has coached both National Junior Basketball and baseball. He is a graduate of the University of the Pacific with a degree in Business and Public Administration, concentrating in real estate finance.
 
  Ed Storm - Chairman of the Board  
Edward D. Storm
Chairman of the Board
Edward D. Storm formed Storm Land Co. in January, 1986. Prior to that time, he was a principal partner in Retail Commercial Properties; a San Jose based commercial real estate brokerage company which he co-founded in 1976. Storm Land Co.'s business is development, leasing and sales of commercial projects in northern California.
Since 1976, Mr. Storm has participated in approximately 110 development projects ranging from a 100,000 square foot office building, multiple self storage facilities, to shopping centers of up to 600,000 square feet.
Presently, Storm land Co. is developing R&D, self storage and office projects in The Greater San Francisco Bay Area. These projects are in joint venture with Hunter Properties. This partnership has been the primary development entity since 1992.
Mr. Storm is a graduate of Santa Clara University. He holds a bachelor's degree in business. He completed service in the U.S. Coast Guard.
 
  Team  
  Sherri Prieb - Chief Operation Officer  
Sherri Prieb
Chief Operation Officer
Prior to joining Hunter Properties as its Controller in 1992, Sherri Prieb worked as a CPA and held controllership positions in the real estate, national franchise, and graphic arts industries. Her role with the company now includes managing loan, purchase and sale closings, legal review, due diligence, asset management, and financial analysis. Ms. Prieb obtained a Business Administration degree from Nebraska Wesleyan University.
 
  Robert McMaster - Chief Financial Office  
Robert McMaster
Chief Financial Officer
Prior to joining Hunter Properties in 1998, Bob McMaster was a senior tax manager at KPMG for 8 years specializing in real estate and high net worth individuals. Subsequently, Mr. McMaster went to work for one his clients – Jaeger Management – and worked through the 1990's real estate recession in Southern California creatively restructuring debt and refocusing the company's objectives. Since joining Hunter Properties, Mr. McMaster has continued to focus on the company's strategic use of debt as well as the implementation of tax strategies allowing the company to achieve a number of financial goals. In addition to managing the company's debt and tax strategies, Mr. McMaster oversees our accounting department. He has a Bachelor's of Science degree in Business Administration as well as a Master's of Science in Taxation.
 
  Curtis Leigh - Development Manager  
Curtis Leigh
Director of Development
Curtis Leigh joined Hunter Properties as a Development Manager in 2004. His major roles are financial modeling and pre-construction engineering. Prior to working at Hunter Properties, Mr. Leigh worked at Turner Construction for 3 years and worked in investment banking for 2 years. He completed his undergraduate courses with a Bachelor of Engineering in 1997 from Vanderbilt University and received his Masters of Business Administration from Stanford Graduate School of Business in 2004.
 
  Melissa R. Cullinan - Director of Property Management  
Melissa R. Cullinan
Director of Property Management
Ms. Cullinan has over 24 years of property management, construction management, and lease negotiation experience. She has managed a wide range of properties from neighborhood shopping centers, street retail, urban specialty retail centers, power centers, life style centers, strip centers, in addition to; class A office, researching & development projects, and industrial projects. Ms. Cullinan has managed property and reporting requirements for REIT’s such as Federal Realty Investment Trust, institutional owners such as Aetna Life Insurance Co., McMorgan & Co., UBS Realty Investment Trust, Bixby Land Company, Dana Commercial Credit Company, as well as individual owners. She attended Boise State University-Accounting. She has a California Real Estate License and is an active member in ICSC, NAIOP, BOMA and CREW.