Mary Demetree is the Chairwoman of Demetree Global. Through challenging economic environments, Mary continues to focus on strategic and management planning initiatives for commercial and land development in order to provide savvy real estate solutions. She began her career with Demetree Builders as executive vice president and chief operating officer before buying the company and assuming her current role.

The Demetree companies have been involved in a myriad of real estate and construction projects throughout the United States. In 2014, Demetree Real Estate Services merged with a well-established property management firm to provide a more well-rounded suite of commercial real estate services. In addition to her expertise in real estate, Mary has extensive experience in the wireless communications industry, having developed and operated cellular systems in Montana and Minnesota. She also was an investor in two other cellular businesses. Charisma Corporation – which developed cellular MSAs (major service areas) in Florida, Tennessee and Georgia – and was sold to AT&T; and Area Communications, which was purchased by Continental Cable Company.

Mary is also a business partner in the popular Winter Park landmark, Park Plaza Gardens Restaurant, as well as a venture capital partner in Wonderworks, a themed attraction in Orlando’s tourist corridor, and Handex Consulting & Remediation, a full-service environmental firm.

As an alumna of the University of Alabama, Mary is an active community leader. She serves as the chairwoman of the William C. Demetree, Jr., Foundation. In the spirit of her philanthropic nature and faith-based affirmation, Mary presently serves as a member of the Board of Trustees for Ave Maria University. She has served on the Orlando Chamber of Commerce Board's Executive Committee and currently sits on the Board of Directors of the Central Florida Partnership, and the University of Miami’s Miller School of Medicine Advisory Board.

Mary also served as a director of security at the National Bank Corporation, which later became Huntington Banks, Chairman of the Community Reinvestment Act Committee, Chairman of the Orange County Community Development Board and is a Leadership Winter Park and Leadership Orlando alumnae. In addition, she has been a member of Downtown Toastmasters, Junior League of Orlando, Florida Executive Women and former board member of Council 101 in support of the Orlando Museum of Art. She is a past President of Legatus, a national Catholic business leader’s organization.

Mary is a large gift donor of Orlando Health as well as lifetime investor of the Florida Hospital Foundation and Cancer Research Center to provide much-needed visitor waiting room renovations. She is also a capital donor for the UCF Health Sciences Campus at Lake Nona and a founding scholarship donor for a Charter Class student at the UCF College of Medicine.

Luc Picotte is the Chief Operations Officer  of Demetree Global.

Luc has 20+ years of real estate experience developing, managing, turning around and creating incremental value for real estate portfolios of 10M+ sf or $5B+ of different asset classes both in the US and Canada. He is a high energy leader who consistently built high-performing teams of 200+ multi-disciplined professionals to achieve high impact on projects plus unusual record of innovation and excellence in asset management, ESG investment, prop-tech and customer experience initiatives.

Luc was acting as President of LP4Creative LLC, consulting company that he founded in 2015. He is advising commercial owners of real estate on asset / property management, repositioning and leasing of mixed-use, lifestyle, transit-oriented, high street retail, restaurants, shopping centers, office and industrial properties such as Codina Partners, In-Rel Properties, The Stronach Group, Oaktree Capital, Florida East Coast Industries and Penn-Florida Properties.

Prior to LP4, he was Vice President at Cadillac Fairview, one of North America’s largest owners of commercial real estate, where he lead execution of the strategic plan to include luxury retail, restaurants, entertainment, office and deployment of property management and customer experience strategies for the iconic world class mixed-use $3.5 Billion Toronto Eaton Centre complex.

Before Cadillac Fairview, he has held senior roles with Brookfield Properties (Formerly GGP), one of the North America largest REIT owning high-quality regional office properties and malls throughout the United States. During his 10 years at GGP, most recently acting as Vice President of Asset Management, he provided leadership for property management, leasing, development, acquisitions, dispositions and strategic planning for the national office and shopping centers assets portfolio located across the U.S. consisting of approximately 100 properties totaling 10 million square feet. He was instrumental in repositioning and monetizing over $850 million of real estate assets.

Prior to this role, still at GGP, he served as Vice President, Group Director, where he was responsible for property management, specialty leasing, development and marketing of a $2 billion portfolio consisting of 10 of the largest mixed-use office/regional retail complexes in the US Pacific Northwest.

Before GGP, he held other senior roles with real estate firms Ivanhoe-Cambridge and Cominar REIT through REIT transition.

Luc holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, a Master’s Degree in Project Management and an MBA from Laval University.

Matt Stiefeld is the Director of Investments for Demetree Global. He is responsible for overseeing a large portfolio of assets, including real estate, operating companies and off-market funds while also performing regular analysis and reporting on the company’s holdings. Matt serves as an owner’s representative for property acquisitions and dispositions and is the Chairman of the Investment Committee.

Matt Stiefeld has been actively engaged in real estate valuation and consulting assignments since 2010, and has performed appraisals for buyers, sellers, attorneys, developers and financial institutions. Matt has special expertise in areas of commercial real estate valuation, commercial real estate consulting and advisory, research, and market trends. He has appraised general office, medical office, industrial, free standing retail, shopping centers, multi-family and many other types of properties.

Matt graduated from University of Central Florida in 2010 with a B.S.B.A in Real Estate and Business Management. He is also a Magna Cum Laude, finishing within the top 5.0% of his class.

Dedicated Real Estate Executive with over 30 years of experience managing commercial, industrial, residential, and retail real estate. Director of Property Management – Demetree Real Estate Services, Winter Park, FL. Oversees a mix of retail, office, residential, and industrial real estate throughout the State of Florida. Director of Property Management – Crossman & Company, Orlando, FL. Oversaw a 5 million square foot portfolio of retail space encompassing 70 retail centers with 900 tenants in Florida, Georgia, and Alabama. Avison Young. Responsible for a portfolio of 2.1 million square feet of industrial space as well as 600,000 square feet of Class A office and medical office space.

Thomas Cerone joined Demetree Global in August 2021. He brings over 30 years of Facility management experience to the team. His comprehensive, hands-on experience incorporates office, retail, industrial warehousing, and hospitality. His responsibilities include daily building operations, building mechanical systems, preventative maintenance programs, safety compliance, vendor management, and procurement. The goal is to increase tenant satisfaction while protecting the company assets within established budgets.

Prior to joining Demetree Global, Thomas has managed very diverse portfolios for Universal Orlando Resorts, Brighthouse / Spectrum, Equity One Real Estate, and Urstadt Biddle Properties.

As President of Common Area Maintenance, LLC, he would consult investors and produce due diligence reports for prospective property purchases. In addition, he completed several TI projects for several national retailers.

Thomas graduated from Henry Abbot Technical program for electrical journeyman course. That was followed by completing his apprenticeship for HVACR, then becoming a General Contractor. Thomas holds the floowing certificates, ICS for HVACR, Firestone Roofing products, DSX Card Access Administrator, OHSA 10 , for REIT, Uni with up to 5MM square feet. His comprehensive, hands-on experience incorporates office, retail, industrial warehousing. His responsibilities include daily building operations, building systems, safety compliance, contracted work, tenant/vendor requests, and preventative maintenance.

Graduated from the University of Florida with a degree in Building Construction Management. Dack offers experience with a wide range of construction project types serving in vital management and leadership roles.  He has experience working for a few different large General Contractors and has completed over a hundred construction projects ranging from tenant improvements to several large projects around the State of Florida, including High Rise Condominiums in Fort Lauderdale, Marco Island, Naples, and Orlando serving as project manager and senior project manager.  As the Construction Operations Manager for Demetree Global Dack is tasked with taking projects from ideas to budgetary costs to design, permitting and then ultimately through the construction phase. 

Matthew Stiefeld is the Asset Manager of Demetree Global. He is responsible for overseeing a large portfolio of assets, including real estate, operating companies and off-market funds while also performing regular analysis and reporting on the company’s holdings. Matthew serves as an owner’s representative for property acquisitions and dispositions and is the Chairman of the Investment Committee.

Matthew Stiefeld has been actively engaged in real estate valuation and consulting assignments since 2010, and has performed appraisals for buyers, sellers, attorneys, developers and financial institutions. Matthew’s has special expertise in areas of commercial real estate valuation, commercial real estate consulting and advisory, research, and market trends. He has appraised general office, medical office, industrial, free standing retail, shopping centers, multi-family and many other types of properties.

Matthew graduated from University of Central Florida in 2010 with a B.S.B.A in Real Estate and Business Management. He is also a Magna Cum Laude, finishing within the top 5.0% of his class.

Matthew Stiefeld is the Asset Manager of Demetree Global. He is responsible for overseeing a large portfolio of assets, including real estate, operating companies and off-market funds while also performing regular analysis and reporting on the company’s holdings. Matthew serves as an owner’s representative for property acquisitions and dispositions and is the Chairman of the Investment Committee.

Matthew Stiefeld has been actively engaged in real estate valuation and consulting assignments since 2010, and has performed appraisals for buyers, sellers, attorneys, developers and financial institutions. Matthew’s has special expertise in areas of commercial real estate valuation, commercial real estate consulting and advisory, research, and market trends. He has appraised general office, medical office, industrial, free standing retail, shopping centers, multi-family and many other types of properties.

Matthew graduated from University of Central Florida in 2010 with a B.S.B.A in Real Estate and Business Management. He is also a Magna Cum Laude, finishing within the top 5.0% of his class.

Brett Fadeley is the Chairman of HCR, a high quality provider of professional consulting, remediation, construction, emergency response, and sludge dewatering services. He brings a diverse and varied background essential to the emergence, growth or restructuring of most any enterprise. Brett uniquely understands the nuances and financial challenges of growth and turnaround companies and is adept at navigating those companies to the next level.

He previously served as the CEO of eSchool Solutions Inc., a leading provider of management solutions specifically designed for the preK-12 education community.

In 1995, Brett founded the first turnaround management organization in Orlando. He is a co-founder of Business CPR, LLC, a turnaround and workout management firm. He also founded Business Paramedic, LLC in Pennsylvania and New York to provide turnaround management services in those markets.

Brett is a recognized expert in turnaround management, financial management and complex commercial negotiations. His professional experience includes serving as an interim Chairman, CEO, President, member of the Board of Directors and/or interim Chief Financial Officer at multiple business enterprises. He has a diverse and varied background in assisting manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors and service companies in diverse industries. Brett has successful and proven leadership experience in providing turnaround management and profit improvement services.

For the past 20 years, Brett has focused his expertise on emerging and growth companies and companies in distress, by providing solutions—financial, strategic, sales, operational and organizational—that have enabled his clients to develop or regain long-term growth or achieve an appropriate exit strategy. Further, he has more than fifteen years of experience in commercial banking, primarily with large “super-regional” banks. He began his banking career in 1980 with Lloyds Bank in Los Angeles, California as a senior credit analyst and corporate banking officer. He moved to Orlando, Florida in 1983. By 1987, Brett had been promoted to Senior Vice President and Manager of Corporate Banking for Florida National Bank. He served in similar capacities until 1991, when he became a Regional Manager of Special Assets for Barnett Bank. He left banking in 1995 to start a successful turnaround management practice.

A graduate of Southwestern University School of Law, he earned his Juris Doctorate in 1980. He is a recipient of the distinguished American Jurisprudence Award. Brett earned his Bachelor of Arts Degree with honors from Hartwick College in 1977. In 1985, he completed advanced commercial lending at the University of Virginia’s Darden Graduate School of Banking. He is published in Who’s Who in Finance and Industry. He is also published in the Orlando Business Journal for an article entitled, Firms with Problem Loans Should Adapt to Bank Rules. Brett has taught Business Law as an adjunct faculty member for Nova University. He is a former Chapter Chairman of the March of Dimes. Brett is an active member of the Central Florida Bankruptcy Law Association and the Turnaround Management Association in Florida and New York City.