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Bedrock Detroit CEO and executives

Executive Summary. Based on our data team's research, Kofi Bonner is the Bedrock Detroit's CEO. Bedrock Detroit has 750 employees, of which 10 are in a leadership position.
Here are further demographic highlights of the leadership team:
  • The Bedrock Detroit executive team is 40% female and 60% male.
  • 65% of the management team is White.
  • 8% of Bedrock Detroit management is Hispanic or Latino.
  • 10% of the management team is Black or African American.
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Name & TitleBio
Kofi Bonner

CEO

Jim Ketai

Founder

Catherine Clark

Chief Investment Officer

Catherine Clark is Bedrock’s first Chief Investment Officer, where she will be responsible for developing Bedrock’s investment strategy, including company initiatives related to investment policy, acquisition opportunities and securing debt and equity. Since its founding, Bedrock and its affiliates have invested and committed more than $5.6 billion to acquiring and developing more than 100 properties, including some of the most significant new developments that Detroit and Cleveland have seen in decades. Bedrock’s portfolio totals more than 18 million square feet of office, retail and residential space within new construction and adaptive reuse projects.

Cathy is a 37-year real estate veteran with an extensive background in the industry, including retail, office, multi-family, and senior housing as well as capital allocation and financial and operational intelligence. She has served in roles such as President of C2 Consulting, Vice President of Farmington Mortgage Company and Vice President of Amurcon Corporation.

Prior to joining Bedrock, Cathy co-founded CCR Partners, an advisory and consulting firm focused on commercial real estate solutions. Additionally, she led investment strategy at RPT Realty, a NYSE company, where she worked for 22 years, completing in excess of $6 billion in real estate transactions. She most recently served as their Executive Vice President of Transactions.

Cathy is a licensed real estate broker in the State of Michigan and serves in a leadership capacity on both national and local ULI Product Councils. She is on the Advisory Board of the Marshall Bennett Institute of Real Estate at Roosevelt University in Chicago, serving on the Curriculum Committee. She volunteers at the Beaumont Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), as well as the Oakland County Literacy Council as a tutor to English as a Second Language (ESL) students.

Ivy Z. Greaner

Executive VP and Chief Operating Officer

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Ivy Greaner is the Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President at Bedrock, where she leads the company’s day- to-day administrative and operational functions, ensuring a seamless experience for our visitors, residents and tenants.

Since its founding, Bedrock and its affiliates have invested and committed more than $5.6 billion to acquiring and developing more than 100 properties, including some of the most significant new developments that Detroit and Cleveland have seen in decades. Bedrock’s portfolio totals more than 18 million square feet of office, retail and residential space within new construction and adaptive reuse projects.

Ivy’s career as a real estate executive and investment leader spans more than 30 years, including broad experience in the retail, commercial and multifamily industries across the geography of the United States.

Prior to joining Bedrock, Ivy served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Chicago-based InvenTrust Properties, a premier retail Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) that owns, leases, redevelops, acquires and manages open-air centers totaling 11 million square feet.

She has also held the title of Partner and COO of Ram Realty Services in Detroit and was on the leadership team that developed the city’s first Whole Foods Market in Midtown.

Previously, Ivy also held the position of Regional Vice President of FivePoint (previously Lennar Urban) from 2016 to 2018 and served as the Executive Vice President and COO of Lennar Commercial. She merged her 7-year-old company, Gadinsky and Greaner, principals, developers and real estate management services, with Ram in 1999.

Ivy attended Boston University before starting her career in real estate. She is an active member of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC), where she serves on the Board of Trustees, on the National Economic Committee and on the Infrastructure Task Force. She served for many years as the Government Chair for ICSC’s Florida Government Relations Committee and was briefly member of ICSC California. Ivy serves on Florida State University’s Real Estate Advisory Board, is a founding member of 100+ Women Who Care’s South Florida chapter, and supports a variety of other charitable causes.

John Costello

Chief Development Officer

John Costello is the Chief Development Officer at Bedrock, where he streamlines overall development functions across the enterprise and for landmark projects like the Hudson’s Site, Book Tower and Bedrock’s first foray into the industrial sector.

Since its founding, Bedrock and its affiliates have invested and committed more than $5.6 billion to acquiring and developing more than 100 properties, including some of the most significant new developments that Detroit and Cleveland have seen in decades. Bedrock’s portfolio totals more than 18 million square feet of office, retail and residential space within new construction and adaptive reuse projects.

In his role, John will manage capital budgeting and programming, set department business plans, drive development underwriting and analytics, and oversee expenses on buildings and spaces under development. He will lead the development, architecture, planning, construction and procurement efforts at Bedrock.

John is an accomplished real estate executive with more than 35 years of experience in the development, planning, design, and construction industries, with demonstrated success delivering quality commercial, residential, mixed-use development projects. He has developed diverse projects across multiple regions across the US, ranging in size and complexity.

Prior to joining Bedrock, John was the Executive Vice President of Commercial Development at FivePoint (previously Lennar Urban), where he was responsible for all operations related to the 14B dollar commercial platform in the NorCal region.

John has also served as the Regional Vice President for UDR, Managing Director of Development at OliverMcMillan and Vice President of Construction and Group Vice President at Archstone.

Michael Osment

Chief Technology Officer

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Michael Osment is Bedrock’s first Chief Technology Officer, where he will oversee Bedrock’s Technology team across its Detroit and Cleveland portfolio, including building services, enterprise project management systems, data management and IT.

In his role, Osment will merge technology with physical buildings to create new environments that deliver better services, reduce energy usage and enhance digital infrastructure.

Osment has spent more than 20 years as an information and technology executive and helped to pioneer “Smart Building” infrastructure - which emphasizes cutting edge wireless technology and the use of data and analytics to optimize building services, enhance sustainability, reduce operating costs and create new streams of revenue.

Most recently, Osment served as the interim Chief Information Officer at Fortium Partners. In this role, he led the turnaround of a rapidly growing manufacturing company after a failed enterprise resource planning implementation.

He has also held the role of Chief Information and Technology Officer at AlixPartners, Taubman, and with the Enterprise Activities Group at General Motors. Osment helped to define “Smart Malls” and has led the way in developing fiber optic infrastructure to deliver new services and cut energy usage two-fold.

Nadia Sesay

Chief Community Growth and Development Officer

Nadia Sesay is Bedrock’s first Chief Community Growth and Development Officer, where she grows and leads a team focused on making meaningful connections between Bedrock’s expertise and the growing communities of Detroit and Cleveland.

Since its founding, Bedrock and its affiliates have invested and committed more than $5.6 billion to acquiring and developing more than 100 properties, including some of the most significant new developments that Detroit and Cleveland have seen in decades. Bedrock’s portfolio totals more than 18 million square feet of office, retail and residential space within new construction and adaptive reuse projects.

Prior to joining Bedrock, Nadia was the Executive Director of the City of San Francisco’s Office of Community Investment and Infrastructure. In that role, she was responsible for the economic development of the new Transbay, Mission Bay and Hunters Point Shipyard neighborhoods, which collectively provide over 20,000 new housing units, including approximately 7,000 affordable housing units, 400 acres of parks and open space and 10 million square feet of commercial space.

Nadia also served as the Director of the Controller’s Office of Public Finance for the City & County of San Francisco (City) for 12 years and worked in the Office of Public Finance for nearly 19 years, serving as Financial Administrator and Bond Associate prior to her appointment as Director. Before joining the City, Nadia worked for Union Bank of California, N.A. in the Corporate Trust Department.

Nadia serves as the Chair of the Transbay Joint Powers Authority Board and as Treasurer of the Board for the San Francisco Community Investment Fund. She also serves as Board Member of the Yerba Buena Gardens Conservancy and as Committee Member of the California Debt and Investment Advisory Committee. She is currently President of the Women in Public Finance, Northern California Chapter. In 2015, Nadia served on the State Treasurer’s Task Force on Bond Accountability, whose final report in December 2015 prompted the state of California to adopt several of its recommended reforms. Nadia was awarded San Francisco’s Public Managerial Excellence Award for exemplary leadership, fiscal ingenuity and vision in 2010.

Steve Bentley

Chief Financial Officer

Steve Bentley serves as the Chief Financial Officer for Bedrock. Since its founding, Bedrock and its affiliates have invested and committed more than $5.6 billion to acquiring and developing more than 100 properties, including new construction of ground up developments in downtown Detroit and Cleveland totaling more than 20 million square feet.

In this role, Steve is responsible for managing all aspects of the company’s accounting functions. Steve joined the team in 2013 as the company’s first Chief Financial Officer. Steve managed and directed the expansion of the accounting and finance teams from five to over 50 team members in order to meet the demands of Bedrock’s growth.

During his tenure at Bedrock, he has closed on over one billion dollars in debt and monetized several tax credit deals under federal and state historic, new markets and brownfield programs. Steve brings 35 years of experience to this role. Prior to joining Bedrock, he served for 16 years as CFO and Principal of Burton-Katzman (now Dominion), a real estate development and property management firm.

Chuck Wilson

SVP, Chief Security Officer

Chuck Wilson serves as Bedrock’s Chief Security Officer and Senior Vice President of Operations. Since its founding, Bedrock and its affiliates have invested and committed more than $5.6 billion to acquiring and developing more than 100 properties, including new construction of ground up developments in downtown Detroit and Cleveland totaling more than 20 million square feet.

With more than 25 years of experience in Detroit law enforcement and private security, Chuck now oversees Bedrock’s security functions and operations teams which include engineering and property services.

Chuck is also the Chief Security Officer responsible for the security operations across the Rock Family of Companies, ensuring a safe and secure working environment for more than 30,000 team members in Detroit, Cleveland and across the country. He also leads community partnership development with local law enforcement and other stakeholders.

Previously, Chuck was Vice President of Support Services with Greektown Casino & Hotel, where he oversaw operations including Security, Parking, Valet, Transportation as well as Risk, Safety and Environmental Services.

He served a distinguished 20-year career with the Detroit Police Department and retired as Commander and Chief of Staff for Chief James E. Craig. During this time, he was a direct liaison to the business community and fostered a working relationship between the police and surrounding businesses.

Chuck believes it’s important to give back to the Detroit community he loves. He volunteers and supports Men Who Dare, Inc., the Police Athletic League (PAL) as well as many other youth development, senior citizen and crime prevention programs.

Chuck lives in Detroit with his family, where he was born and raised and is a self-proclaimed “sneakerhead” and die-hard Lions fan.

Heather Wilberger

Chief Information Officer

Heather Wilberger is Bedrock’s first Chief Information Officer, responsible for overseeing and managing the information technology team and all strategic technology acquisitions for the company. Since its founding, Bedrock and its affiliates have invested and committed more than $5.6 billion to acquiring and developing more than 100 properties, including new construction of ground up developments in downtown Detroit and Cleveland totaling more than 20 million square feet.

Heather brings to Bedrock more than 15 years of experience in information technology, both in the public and private sectors.

Her specialties include minimizing redundancies, designing, implementing and managing networks and software as it relates to property management, acquisitions and development. Before coming to Bedrock, the newly minted Michigan resident was most recently the CIO for a large-scale residential and commercial property management firm on the West Coast.

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Founder

Bedrock Detroit leadership demographics

Bedrock Detroit gender distribution in management team

  • The Bedrock Detroit executive team is 40% female and 60% male.
  • Bedrock Detroit is 47% female and 53% male company-wide.
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Male
60%
Company-wide: 53%
Female
Female
40%
Company-wide: 47%

Bedrock Detroit executives by race

Management Team:
  • The most common ethnicity among Bedrock Detroit executive officers is White.
  • 65% of the management team is White.
  • 11% of Bedrock Detroit's management is Unknown.
  • 10% of the management team is Black or African American.
Company-wide:
  • White is the most common ethnicity company-wide.
  • 66% of employees are White.
  • 16% of employees are Black or African American.
  • 10% of employees are Hispanic or Latino.
  • Management team
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