Gary M. Ralston, CCIM, SIOR, SRS, CPM, CRE, SCLS, is President of Coldwell Banker Commercial Saunders Ralston Realty, LLC - the premier commercial services provider in Central Florida (Polk County). He is a recognized subject matter expert on retail and commercial properties. His consulting assignments include handling Florida REO properties for one of the Nation's largest special servicers of small commercial loans. He also serves as a principal of a retail build-to-suit development company.

From the early 1990's to mid-2004 Gary was the president and a member of the board of directors of Commercial Net Lease Realty, Inc. (NYSE:NNN) the industry leader in single-tenant corporate net-leased real estate. During that time he guided the company's growth from less than $15 million in real estate assets to nearly $1.5 billion.

Gary holds the Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM), Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR), Specialist in Real Estate Securities (SRS), Certified Property Manager (CPM), Counselor of Real Estate (CRE) and Senior Certified Leasing Specialist (SCLS) designations and is also a Florida licensed real estate broker, mortgage broker and certified building contractor.

Gary is a senior instructor for the CCIM Institute, and Past President of the Florida CCIM Chapter. He is a full member of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) and a former Vice Chairman of the Small Scale Development Council. Gary is a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and an instructor for the ICSC University of Shopping Centers at Wharton, the ICSC Executive Learning series and RECon Academy.

He holds a Masters in Real Estate and Construction Management from the University of Denver, serves on the Burns Counselor Board of the Franklin L. Burns School of Real Estate and Construction Management at the University of Denver and in 2007 was named an adjunct faculty member. Gary also serves on the Executive Advisory Board of the Center for Retailing Education and Research at the University of Florida. Gary was inducted as a Hoyt Fellow in 2001.