Charles S. Ackerman
Founder and Chairman

Professional Experience

Since 1967, Charles Ackerman has succeeded in establishing one of the Southeast’s most creative, productive full-service real estate firms. He has developed more than 6 million square feet of office, retail, and residential projects over the past 40 years.

Mr. Ackerman’s creativity and insight in commercial development has made him the recipient of numerous awards for architectural and design excellence.

Credentials and Affiliations

• Chairman of the Board for the Michael C. Carlos Museum - Emory University
• Advisory Board - Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
• Board of Directors - Buckhead Community Improvement District
• President Appt. to the US Holocaust Museum Trustee
• National Board of Governors - The American Jewish Committee
• Founder - REAP Atlanta - Real Estate Apprenticeship Program for African
  Americans
• Chairman of Board of Directors - Devereux Georgia Treatment Network
• Chairman of Board of Trustees - Michael C. Carlos Museum - Emory University
• Advisory Board - University of North Carolina Business School
• Board of Trustees - Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta
• Board of Directors - American ORT
• Board of Visitors - Brandeis University
• Board of Trustees - Clark Atlanta University
• Licensed Real Estate Broker - State of Georgia, State of North Carolina
• University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill - Bachelor of Science in Marketing
• Emory University School of Law
• Georgia State University - Graduate School of Anthropology 
    

Kris Miller
President - Ackerman & Co.

Professional Experience

As President of Ackerman & Co., Kris directs all investment, management and leasing activities of the firm. Since joining Ackerman in 1996, Mr. Miller has positioned the company as one of the leading full-service commercial real estate firms in the southeast.

Under his leadership, Ackerman has quadrupled the square footage under management and is now one of the largest landlords in metro Atlanta. Gross commission volume has increased sevenfold. And more than $1 billion in house and client equity has been invested in a number of successful real estate ventures.

Ackerman’s investment focus covers a variety of disciplines. Ackerman Medical has developed over 1 million square feet of Class “A” medical space over the last five years in a unique joint venture structure with physician and other Atlanta-based healthcare systems.

Multiple investments in Atlanta area office, industrial, and retail projects have been made with a variety of institutional and individual partners. Ackerman was also a prolific and successful land speculator over the last cycle, primarily with house capital. While this activity has been quiet in 2008 and 2009, it will return again as Atlanta shifts back to growth.

Prior to joining Ackerman & Co., Mr. Miller was a Vice President at Citicorp, where he managed Citicorp’s Atlanta Real Estate Office and negotiated, structured, and closed over one hundred major transactions that included investments and joint ventures in multi-family, office, industrial, retail, and mixed-use properties and both public and private debt capitalization deals.

Credentials and Affiliations

• Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM)
• National Association of Industrial & Office Properties (NAIOP), Past President
• Real Estate Group of Atlanta (REGA) - Past President
• Financial Executives Institute (FEI) - Board Member
• The Carter Center - Board of Councilors
• Young Presidents Organization (YPO) – Forum Leader
• Perimeter Community Improvement District – Board Member
• Urban Land Institute – Member
• Ashton Woods Homes, one of country’s largest home builders, Board Member
• President of the Silver Lake Association – an eighty acre old-growth urban forest
  that is dedicated to green space preservation
• Harvard University’s Real Estate Academic Initiative, Alumni Co-Chair
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
• Licensed Real Estate Salesperson - State of Georgia