WHO WE ARE
Meet the Valbridge Team
Each Valbridge office is led by an appraiser who holds the MAI designation of the Appraisal Institute.
Corporate Officers

Richard L. Armalavage, MAI, MRICS
CHIEF Executive OFFICER, President and Senior Managing Director

David H. Brooks, MAI, CRE
Executive Vice President and Senior Managing Director

Karl P. Finkelstein, MAI, MRICS
Vice President OF MARKETING AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

Karlene R. Perry
Vice President OF FINANCE & OPERATIONS AND SENIOR MANAGING DIRECTOR

Paul Gilliam, MAI
Vice President OF FINANCIAL MODELING
Board of Directors

Gary Barker, MAI
SENIOR MANAGING DIRECTOR
Gary Barker, MAI has been a commercial real estate appraiser since 1993. His firm was one of the early partners helping to build Valbridge and he has been involved in some capacity from the beginning. He was born in Akron and is a proud graduate of The Ohio State University. Based in Cleveland, Gary is certified in Ohio and focuses on appraisals for tax valuation. Specialty practice areas of focus include improved industrial and undeveloped land. He has served as Education Chairman of Northern Ohio Chapter of the Appraisal Institute and is currently an MAI Candidate Advisor.

Lawrence J. Colorito, Jr., MAI
Chair, Board of Directors, and Senior Managing Director
Larry Colorito has been in valuation and advisory service since 1988. He specializes in all aspects of real estate valuation, including for lending and other transactions, expert witness support and testimony, appraisal review, and consulting. Larry is a Certified General Real Estate Appraiser in Virginia, North Carolina, DC, and Maryland. He has a B.S. in Finance from Penn State University and an M.S. in Real Estate and Construction Management from the University of Denver.

H. Laird Goldsborough, MAI, MRE
Member, Board of Directors, and Senior Managing Director
Laird Goldsborough has been in valuation and advisory services since 1990. His specialties include all aspects of real estate valuation, expert witness support, and testimony, appraisal review, and consulting. Laird is a state-certified general appraiser in Kansas and Missouri, a licensed real estate agent in Kansas, chairman of the board of Datappraise, and a board member of the Overland Park Chamber of Commerce. He has served as president of the Kansas City Chapter of the Appraisal Institute.

John E. “Josh” Hall III, MAI
Member, Board of Directors, and Senior Managing Director
Josh Hall, MAI has been a commercial real estate appraiser since 2002. After graduating from Auburn University in 1994, Josh began a career in the appraisal business with Real Estate Appraisers, LLC. Josh has been a commercial appraiser for 28 years and has been involved with Valbridge since the beginning. Josh currently sits on the Board of Directors for Datappraise. Based in Montgomery, Josh focuses on appraisals and consulting for multi-family; retail buildings and shopping centers; office buildings; industrial buildings; religious and special purpose properties including schools, churches, and cemeteries; lodging; residential subdivisions; vacant industrial, commercial and residential land; rent studies, cost analysis, litigation support; right-of-way, timberland; developed office buildings.

Norman C. Hulberg, MAI
Member, Board of Directors, and Senior Managing Director
Norm Hulberg has been in valuation and advisory services since 1976. Norm’s expertise includes loan transaction support, mergers, and acquisitions, estate planning, taxes, litigation, project design, and feasibility, leasing and insurance. He is a state-certified general appraiser in California and holds membership with the Rotary Club of San Jose, where he is a director and the San Jose Valley Chamber of Commerce.

Jeff Miller, MAI, AI-GRS, CCIM, ASA
Member, Board of Directors, and Senior Managing Director
Jeff Miller has been in valuation and advisory services since 1991. He has been a loan originator for life insurance and CMBS lenders, and regional reviewer for a life insurance company. Jeff’s specialties include complex income properties, litigation work and estate planning. Jeff is a state certified general appraiser in Georgia, and the four surrounding states, and is a licensed broker in Georgia. Miller is a board member, and past president, of the Atlanta Chapter of the Appraisal Institute and a USPAP instructor. Jeff is a graduate of The University of Alabama.

Joanne Montgomery
Member, Board of Directors, and PRESIDENT
Joanne Montgomery is President of Valbridge Property Advisors | Kansas City, the largest commercial real estate appraisal and consulting firm in Kansas City with 20 associates, seven MAIs, eight General Certified appraisers, and a very diverse client base. Joanne has a strong business background working in operations and management for both large companies early in her career and running her family’s small business prior to joining the Kansas City office when Valbridge launched in 2013. In addition to being President of the Kansas City office, Joanne is the immediate Past President of the Valbridge Women’s Council and currently serves as the Chair of the Mentorship Committee for VWC, is a member of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee, and the Future Leaders Alliance. She also helps with various special projects at the national level for Valbridge.

Scott Tew, MAI
Member, Board of Directors, and Senior Managing Director
Scott Tew has been in valuation and advisory services since 1991. His specialties include all aspects of real estate valuation, expert witness support, and testimony, cash flow modeling, and consulting. Scott is a state-certified general appraiser in Florida and multiple other states across the Southeastern US. Tew has served in a senior leadership capacity at a number of publicly and privately-owned valuation firms over the course of his career. He also has previously served as a board member for the East Florida Chapter of the Appraisal Institute.

Brett E. Weatherbie, MAI
Member, Board of Directors, and Senior Managing Director
Brett Weatherbie has been in the valuation and advisory service since 2003. Brett has been employed by Valbridge Property Advisors | San Antonio since 2004. He is a Partner and Shareholder and serves as Senior Managing Director in the firm. His specialties include all aspects of real estate valuation, consulting, appraisal review litigation support and expert witness testimony. Brett is a state-certified general real estate appraiser in Texas and a designated member of the Appraisal Institute. He is a past president of the South Texas Chapter of the Appraisal Institute and currently serves on the Appraisal Institute’s Leadership Development and Advisory Council Planning Committee. Brett is a graduate of Auburn University.