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| PROFESSIONAL PROFILE |
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| CARROLL PROPERTIES CORPORATION, Spartanburg, SC |
| Founder and President |
1976 to present |
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| Provide international corporate real estate services focused on high-impact packaging materials, strategic target marketing and project consultation for measurable profitability
Clients include: Tyco Electronics, Travelodge, Safety Kleen, SEW Eurodrive, McDonalds Corporation, UPS, International Paper, Armstrong Textile, Atchison Transportation Services, Auten Warehouse, Alkan Labels, AMP |
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| Business Finance: Financial Engineering & Corporate Advisory Services
Execute comparable sales and lease analyses
Conduct market surveys and analyses and investment analyses
Assist in creative financing with total business loan package and low overhead structuring
Balance equity against maximum leverage and terms with the consolidation of costs
Identify business incentives appropriate to client business and assist with negotiations
Interpolate tax implications always as part of the financing package
Provide annual reviews of tax assessment and are ever-vigilant to value changes based on market dynamics
Identify, apply, develop and manage federal and state grants for industrial projects |
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| Research and Development
Research state and national incentives to be directed to clients engaged in Research and Development activities
Assessment of benefits to clients and assistance in assuring qualification for these benefits
Collaborate with appropriate research institutions to provide support services, grants and international corporate certifications to strengthen position in the marketplace
Extensive experience in Eco-Industrial, "Waste Exchange" and Industrial Ecology
Pioneer in Brownfield activities internationally. Written federal grants and managed a Federal Pilot Project
Maintain tactical relationships with environmental attorneys, engineers and university researchers
Provide court approved expert witness services for environmental impartment of real estate value & market analyses |
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| Corporate Property Management
Client properties are treated as assets to be optimized
Employ accounting systems that provide pertinent data: lease review, revenue analysis as well as budgeting.
Protect client's value and assure client knowledge of prevailing economic trends and changes in rental markets
Utilize superior marketing materials and a local and international network
Maintain rapport with tenants and keep owners informed of required maintenance in timely fashion |
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| Opinion of Value
Expert witness on commercial and industrial values for CFOs, lending institutions, accountants, trustees and courts
Supported by extensive experience and knowledge of market determinants the Broker Property Opinions letters validate book value, family estate planning exchanges and donations of real estate to charitable institutions |
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| ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITIES |
International Environmental Inc.
President
Environmental Products for sick building syndrome |
1990 to present |
Export Trading Company
President
Chicago Board of Trade - Bid on Taiwan Procurement Mission for soybeans |
1985 to present |
Pearl Aquaculture
Project Developer
$10 million vertically-integrated project for catfish farming, processing and marketing |
1985 to 2000 |
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| PROFESSIONAL REAL ESTATE ORGANIZATIONS
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Elected by FIABCI General Assembly to Second Vice President of
Int'l Environmental Forum |
2003 to present
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SIOR Business Development Committee |
2004 to present |
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Selected to SIOR Educational Foundation's Strategic Planning Trustee Focus Group |
2002 to 2003 |
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Selected to CCIM Institute Marketing Network Focus Group |
2002 to 2003 |
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International Real Estate Federation Delegate, Monte Carlo, Belgium |
2001 and 2003 |
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Technology Committee of Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR), Chairperson |
1999 |
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SIOR Education Foundation, Trustee |
1999 to present |
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National Association of Realtors - Land Use, Property Rights, and Environment Committee |
1998 to present |
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Greenville Commercial Board of Realtors |
1994 to present |
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Spartanburg Multiple Listing Service, President |
1980 |
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South Carolina Association Realtors, Board of Directors |
1979 to 1980 |
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Washington legislative liaison |
1979 to 1980 |
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Public Relations Spartanburg Board Realtors, Chairperson |
1978 |
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| GOVERNMENT APPOINTED POSITIONS |
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Southeast US-Japan Association Meeting, Governor's Delegate |
2003, 2002, 1988 |
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SC Jobs Economic Development Authority, Governor's Appointee |
1999 to present |
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Business Carolina, Board of Directors |
1999 to July 2003 |
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Town of Cowpens, Community Visioning Process Consultant |
1999 to 2000 |
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EPA/ Town of Cowpens Brownfield Pilot Coordinator |
1996 to 2000 |
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People to People Mission, People's Republic of China |
1994 |
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Western SC International Trade Association, President |
1990 |
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Leadership South Carolina |
1985 |
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Opportunity Greenville Leadership Program |
1983 |
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South Carolina Asian Trade Mission |
1982 and 1981 |
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Leadership Spartanburg Program |
1980 to 1981 |
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| CIVIC INVOLVEMENTS |
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Clemson University, Off-Campus, Distance & Cont. Ed., Board of Directors |
2002 to present |
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Rotary International Peace Park, Centennial Project, Developer |
2001 to present |
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Rotary District 7750, Assistant Governor |
2001 to 2004 |
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South Carolina Design Arts Partnership, Grant Award |
2000 |
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Rotary Group Study Exchange, Iwate, Japan, Team Leader |
1999 |
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East Spartanburg Rotary Club, President |
1999 to 2000 |
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German Saturday School Deutche Schule Spartanburg, Founder |
1996 |
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German American Habitat House Funding, Project Coordinator |
1996 |
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International Advisory Board, University of SC Spartanburg |
1995 to present |
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Spartanburg Little Theatre, Board of Directors |
1990 to 1992 |
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Lions International Youth Camp Founder, Director (1990 to 1991) |
1988 to 1994 |
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Outward Bound Leadership Program |
1985 |
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Junior ROTC in Spartanburg County, Founder |
1984 |
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Magnolia Debutante Club |
1983 to 1988 |
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Spartanburg Teen Center Inc., President |
1981 to 1983 |
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McCracken Junior High School, PTA President |
1979 |
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| AWARDS |
Selected by Who's Who in the World
http://www.marquiswhoswho.net/elizabethcarrollbelenchia/ |
2003 |
The Rotary Foundation District Service Award-Rotary Club of East Spartanburg
for outstanding service in promoting The Rotary Foundation and
its goal of world understanding and peace. |
2002-2003 |
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President's Award West South Carolina International Trade Association |
1990 |
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Lions International President's Award |
1990 |
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Presented Key to Town of Cowpens for outstanding economic development initiative |
1985 |
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Presidential Citation for Teen Center from President Reagan |
1985 |
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Awarded Who's Who of American Women, 19th Edition and 17th Edition |
1985 to present |
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Leadership Spartanburg Alumnae of the Year |
1981 to 1982 |
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| MEMBERSHIPS |
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South Carolina World Trade Center |
2004 to present |
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CoreNet Global (Corporate Real Estate International) |
2003 to present |
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South Carolina Upstate Alliance, Investor |
2002 to present |
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Spartanburg County Economic Development Corporation, Investor |
2002 to present |
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Japan-America Association, Charter member |
1989 to present |
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South Carolina Economic Developers Association |
1980 to present |
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Alliance Francaise |
1979 to present |
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Spartanburg Chamber of Commerce |
1976 to present |
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German-American Club Carolinas, President (1995 to 1997) |
1975 to present |
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PUBLICATIONS
Authored by Elizabeth Belenchia |
Professional Report, (SIOR's Magazine), every quarter for 8 quarters
"Technology Page" |
1998 to 1999 |
Professional Report
"Realtor People to People Mission to China" |
Fall 1994 |
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| Featuring Elizabeth Belenchia's
successes |
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- Commercial Investment Real Estate
"Solo-Broker Success Stories"
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March 2003
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Realtor Magazine
"Brownfield Initiative" |
May 2000 |
South Carolina Business
"Environmental Rebirth: Empowering Communities to See the Green in Brownfields" |
Summer 2000 |
ICMA
"Brownfield Pilot Success" |
Spring 1997 |
Various state journals and newspaper articles highlighting Belenchia's work, including:
CIRE, SIOR, Spartanburg Herald Journal,
Leadership SC, Greenville News, Focus, GSA Business |
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| SELECTED SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS |
- Clemson University selected Elizabeth to teach the
Industrial Real Estate Graduate School Class
- Upstate Environmental Conference Panelist
"Brownfields for Fun and Profit"
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November 2004
February 2004
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News Channel 7--Spartanburg, SC
"Rotary International Peace Park" |
August 2003 |
Spartanburg Herald Journal
"Vision for Rotary International Peace Park" |
February 2003 |
Medical University of South Carolina, ETV Program Panelist, Columbia, SC
"Disparity In Health Care in South Carolina: Impact of Environmental Impairment" |
April 2001 |
SIOR Spring Convention in LaQuinta, California
"Industrial Ecology/ Brownfields" |
April 2001 |
National Brownfields Conference, Atlantic City, New Jersey
"Eco-industrial Brownfield Redevelopment" |
October 2000 |
US Chamber of Commerce, Washington, D.C.
"Brownfield success in Rural America, Taped for six-month run on their website" |
May 2000 |
Medical University of South Carolina, SC Brownfield Conference, Charleston, SC
"Cowpens Brownfield Pilot" |
May 2000 |
CCIM International Conference, Orlando, Florida
"Building an International Business around One Industry" |
June 1998 |
SIOR Roundtable Workshop, International Conference Tuscon, Arizona
"Internet Technology for Real Estate" |
Spring 1997 |
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