Ray Merkel	Susan K. Travis	Jim Carmichael
Jim Lohr	Herb Moore

Ray Merkel    President and CEO of First Commercial Realty, Inc. Mr. Merkel has a BS in Business Management and Accounting from the University of Dayton, and a Juris Doctor from the University of Cincinnati College of Law. Mr. Merkel practiced law in Chicago, IL and served as Regional Real Estate Attorney for McDonald’s Corporation for a 14-state area; and also served as Regional Real Estate Manager in Columbus, OH. Mr. Merkel was associated with Manual Mayerson Associates, a major Cincinnati Developer and worked on regional malls, retail, and office projects. Mr. Merkel has represented many national retail, office, industrial, and restaurant clients in site selection, lease negotiation and purchase acquisition. Mr. Merkel is also active in selling and purchasing real estate investment properties. Mr. Merkel is a licensed Real Estate Broker in Kentucky, Ohio, and Indiana.

Susan Kathryn Travis Executive Vice President/Principal of First Commercial Realty, Inc. Before co-founding First Commercial Realty in December 1978, Susan Travis worked as a licensed real estate broker for Koetzle Corp. and Krumpelman Realty.  Prior she was director of rental services for National Computerized Property Management and a management consultant for Running Spring Village in Anderson, Indiana. A graduate of Gulf Park College, Gulfport, Mississippi, Susan was a piano major at the College Conservatory of Music and took courses in real estate at the University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Technical College. She has four grown children: Cary, Camy Kathryn, Tammi-Jill & Teddy (twins) and four grandchildren: Jordan Kathryn, Megan Ann, Grant Travis, and Blake Robert. She is currently a ten-year member of the Advisory Board of St. Joseph Orphanage, Cincinnati, Ohio, and was a founding member and secretary of the Board of Directors for the Tri-State Drug Rehabilitation and Counseling Center, dba Kids Helping Kids for five years.   Travis was listed in Who’s Who in Real Estate in the Cincinnati Business Courier. Currently she holds a Real Estate Broker’s License in Kentucky, Ohio, and Indiana.

Herbert E. Moore Jr. Mr. Moore holds degrees from the University of Cincinnati and Thomas More College in Engineering Technology and Business Administration. A veteran of 20 years of engineering and contract manufacturing in product development for Procter and Gamble, Mr. Moore has traveled the world helping to develop most major brands in the Beauty Care Division. Since the late 80’s, Mr. Moore has built, developed, and managed multiple properties in the Northern Kentucky area including subdivision, shopping centers, office and retail. Mr. Moore’s combination of engineering, construction, and development experience makes him uniquely qualified to help you pinpoint properties and build your portfolio. Besides his formal education, Mr. Moore holds the following professional designations and licenses: ·     Registered Builder ·     Registered Developer ·     Licensed Real Estate Agent ·     Licensed Pilot Herb’s hobbies include sports, fishing, boating and travel.

James "Jim" B. Lohr Has been a licensed real estate professional since 1980. He has an AB in Economics from Brown University and is a former Marine. He is currently licensed in Ohio and Kentucky.  Mr. Lohr has a working knowledge of the primary areas of commercial real estate, and keeps up-to-date on the trends that are impacting the real estate marketplace in the Tri-State area. In recent years, Mr. Lohr has specialized in the sale of investment properties and mobile home communities.  He would be pleased to assist you in fulfilling your current requirements locally. Jim Carmichael serves as an Investment Sales Vice President for First Commercial Realty, Inc. specializing in the sale and leasing of mobile home parks, multi-family, land and retail properties in Florence, Kentucky. With nine years experience, Carmichael has secured over 65 transactions resulting in a brokerage volume over $55 million. Prior to returning to First Commercial Realty, Inc, Carmichael gained real estate experience at Sperry Van Ness, in Florence, Kentucky and Marcus & Millichap, Cincinnati, Ohio where he served as Midwest Mobile Home Park Specialist procuring over $15 million in listings. Previously, Carmichael served as general manager for CMH Homes Inc. in Kinston, North Carolina, where he was responsible for personnel, training, management, financing and collections. Carmichael received numerous awards from CMH Homes including Top Salesman in the Cincinnati Region and Top Sales Center Eastern Carolina Region. Carmichael led the Kinston, North Carolina team to a sale volume in excess of $2.5 million. Active in the community, Carmichael served as Boone County Planning Commissioner for five years. He is also a member of the Boone County Businessmen (serving on the Board of Directors). Carmichael is a graduate from the Naval Nuclear Power School where he focused on Electrical Distribution and served on the submarine USS Oklahoma City (SSN-723). He currently resides in Walton, Kentucky.

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