Centennial Real Estate

Expertise to Build the Future On

One of our key differentiators is the depth of our carefully-curated team roster filled with real estate’s most-experienced subject matter experts. Our team is the foundation of our success with over 300 employees across the country.

Executive Leadership

Steven Levin
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Paul Kurzawa
President
Jami Wadkins
Chief Financial Officer
Steve Weiss
Chief Revenue Officer

Senior Leadership

Carl Tash
Strategic Advisor, Investments

Cris Baird
Chief Legal Officer​

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Katy Spicer
Chief of Staff

Kelli Howerton
EVP, National Leasing

Bill Ingraham

Bil Ingraham
EVP, Business Development & Revenue

Paul Neuroth
EVP, National Leasing

Michael Platt

Michael Platt
EVP, Mixed-Use Development

Stephen White
EVP, Property Management

Nikki Columbo
SVP, National Leasing

Earl Harris

Earl Harris
SVP, National Leasing, Anchors & Pads

Glenn Rosen
SVP, National Leasing

Michelle Smart
SVP, National Leasing

Jonathan Maher
SVP, Asset Management

Stephen Reese

Stephen Reese
SVP, Accounting

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Young Son
SVP, FP&A

Stewart Richards

Stewart Richards
SVP, Human Resources

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Elizabeth Thomas
SVP, Business Transformation & Intelligence

Jane Walker
SVP, Strategic Partnerships

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Karen Purdy
VP, Asset Management

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Max Babbit
VP, Controller

Scott Bloomston

Scott Bloomston
VP, Development

Sam Whitebread

Sam Whitebread
VP, Development 

Heidi Kempf
VP, Business Development & National Leasing

Jake Datnoff
VP, National Leasing

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Jaclyn Palmeri
VP, National Leasing

Lindsey Vetzner

Lindsay Vetzner
VP, Anchor Leasing

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VP, Property Accounting

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Becca Johnson
VP, Property Accounting

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Shaquania Sanders
VP, Property Accounting

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Tory Glossip
VP, Property Management

Cornell Holmes
VP, Property Management

Samantha Linnerooth

Samantha Linnerooth
VP, Property Management

Ashley Kravitz
VP, Marketing Operations

Mindy Rohr
VP, Communications & Digital Media

Greg Udchitz
VP, Events & Partnership Marketing

Ryan McWilliams
VP, Investments

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Steven Levin
Steven Levin
Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Steven Levin is a retail real estate leader with more than 40 years of experience spanning investment, operations, and retail property ownership. He is the Founder and CEO of Centennial, where he has spent nearly three decades building and operating a national portfolio of retail and mixed-use destinations. Under his leadership, Centennial has been at the forefront of transforming dominant retail assets into vibrant mixed-use communities, including a $1.1 billion investment in a national mall portfolio. He is also the founder of SHL Real Estate Partners, through which he leads a range of real estate investment activities.

Levin began his career as a retailer, owning and managing a chain of 60 women’s and men’s off-price apparel stores across Texas and the Southwest. That early experience as a retailer continues to inform his perspective on leasing, merchandising, and asset strategy, distinguishing his approach within the industry.

In addition to his real estate platform, Levin is a founding partner of Phoenix, a joint venture with WHP Global, Simon Property Group, and Brookfield, formed to acquire and operate Express and Bonobos. His career reflects a consistent focus on integrating retail operations with real estate investment, creating long-term value across both platforms.

Paul Kurzawa
Paul Kurzawa
President

Paul is a real estate executive with over 25 years of open-air, lifestyle, and enclosed mall real estate experience. Throughout his industry tenure, he has worked for some of the most distinguished global real estate and entertainment companies in the world including The Blackstone Group, Equity Office Properties, DreamWorks Animation, Westfield Corporation, and Caruso. Most recently, Paul served as Chief Operating Officer for CenterCal Properties where he was responsible for the oversight and leadership of the entire operating company and was responsible for the launch of its third-party advisory business.

Paul’s most notable accomplishments include launching a $660 million redevelopment and repositioning project for Willis Tower in Chicago, the largest redevelopment project undertaken by The Blackstone Group anywhere in the world and the development of 8500 Burton Way and The Americana at Brand; both mixed-use developments located in Los Angeles.

He held leadership roles in the redevelopment of Westfield Century City and Westfield Valley Fair and oversaw the executive management of Westfield’s west coast operations.

Paul also pioneered a multimillion-dollar retail development and entertainment business for DreamWorks, launching two first-of-its-kind location-based entertainment concepts specifically developed to embrace and enhance the changing retail environment.

Jami Wadkins
Jami Wadkins
Chief Financial Officer

As Chief Financial Officer, Jami leads all of Centennial’s financial functions, including accounting, audit, treasury, corporate finance, FP&A, and investor relations. She is instrumental in developing the strategic direction of the company and empowers team members to execute that vision. An integral part of the executive leadership team, Jami believes that no problem can withstand sustained, strategic thinking. 

Jami joined Centennial in 2022 as part of the company’s acquisition of the operating platform of Bayer Properties. Prior to that, she served at Bayer Properties since 2005 in various roles ranging from Controller, to Chief Accounting Officer, to President & Chief Financial Officer at the time of acquisition. Before joining Bayer, Jami was Director of Finance for Books A Million.

Jami holds an MBA in Accounting and a Bachelor of Science in Accounting, both from The University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, AL. She is an avid ‘Bama fan and member of ICSC.

Steve Weiss
Steve Weiss
Chief Revenue Officer

Steve leads the overall real estate and tenanting strategy for the Centennial Collection portfolio of regional malls.

Steve brings 32 years of leasing experience to Centennial. Most recently, he served as senior vice president of leasing for General Growth Properties (GGP), where he was responsible for all aspects of permanent leasing for the Central and East region, including managing a staff of leasing professionals, developing and executing real estate strategies for each asset, responsible for financial reviews of each asset, oversight of the leasing objectives for property redevelopments.

Prior to GGP, Steve was co-founder and principal of The North Shore Properties Group, a retail leasing, acquisition, and development real estate company. Before founding North Shore, he held senior level leasing positions at Urban Retail Properties and Equity Properties and Development Company.

He holds a Bachelor of Arts and Sciences degree from the University of Illinois and is a 30-year member of ICSC.