SUPPLY CHAIN FEDERATION

Steven Hussain is Senior Vice President and Head of Government Affairs. In that capacity, he leads the organization’s efforts to engage the public sector to deepen relationships and advance Prologis’ business objectives. Before joining Prologis, Steven served in various senior leadership roles in the public and nonprofit sectors focused on economic development, education, and municipal policy. Steven holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Texas at Arlington and an MBA from Baylor University.

John Ramirez is a partner specializing in Land Use, Government, Regulatory, and Entitlement Law, as well as Real Estate at Rutan & Tucker, LLP. Before joining Rutan & Tucker, LLP, he practiced law at Nielsen, Merksamer, Parrinello, Mueller & Naylor in Sacramento, focusing on government and regulatory law. Prior to this, Ramirez served as a Staff Attorney at the Pacific Legal Foundation,representing landowners in various land use, constitutional law, exaction, and rent control cases. Before pursuing his legal career, Ramirez worked as an Executive Fellow at the Business, Transportation, and Housing Agency during the administration of former California Governor Pete Wilson, where he worked
on transportation, infrastructure, and housing issues. He later held a position at the Governor’s Office of Planning & Research. In 2002, the Los Angeles Daily Journal recognized Ramirez as one of the “Top 20 Lawyers in the State Under 40.” He obtained his law degree from the University of California, Hastings School of Law, where he was a member of the Hastings Law Journal and served as a Judicial Extern for California Supreme Court Justice Kathryn Werdegar. Ramirez completed his undergraduate studies at the University of California, Irvine.

David is a land use and environmental attorney with more than two decades of experience counseling clients in complex permitting and regulatory matters.

With a focus on governmental affairs and community relations, David also advises clients in the areas of political strategy and media relations. As a result, David has successfully represented clients in a wide variety of high-profile land use projects before elected and appointed bodies in jurisdictions throughout California and his land use expertise has resulted in tens of thousands of acres of residential, retail, commercial, mixed use, industrial and institutional development approvals.

Tim Walsh serves as the Chief Investment Officer for Dermody Properties, where he oversees all origination activities including acquisitions, development, and build-to-suit projects. With over 34 years of experience in industrial fund creation and asset management, he collaborates with Dermody Properties’ national team of regional partners to identify optimal industrial investment opportunities. Based in the company’s Midwest Region office, Mr. Walsh has facilitated the acquisition of over 25 million square feet of core industrial space and 40 million square feet of value-added industrial space, totaling more than $6.8 billion in value. Prior to his tenure at Dermody Properties, he served as a Principal at the Exeter Property Group, managing the acquisition of 94 industrial properties spanning 21 million square feet across the United States. Additionally, Mr. Walsh spent 14 years at Wrightwood Capital overseeing multiple industrial funds. He holds a B.S. from the University of Notre Dame and an M.B.A. from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University, and is an active member of industry organizations including NAIOP, the Ecommerce Forum, and the Urban Land Institute’s Product Council.

Fran Inman is a member of SCF’s Executive Board. She is Senior Vice President at Majestic Realty, where she has worked for more than two decades. In addition to overseeing the government relations work for the company, Fran also serves as the founding President of the Majestic Realty Foundation.

Recognized as a national leader in the transportation sector for her work on the global supply chain, she serves as a member of the California Transportation Commission. Inman also serves on the highly acclaimed National Freight Advisory Committee that reports directly to the US Secretary of Transportation and on the California Freight Efficiency Task Force. In addition to her numerous awards and honors for her work in these areas, Fran was recently awarded Visionary Business Leader of the Year at the region’s Mobility 21 summit.

A civic and philanthropic leader, she serves and has served on a diverse range of business, economic development and transportation boards and organizations throughout the region. Fran holds a bachelor’s degree in Finance and an MBA in Finance from Cal State Fullerton.