Alan Whitson started his real estate career after leaving the US Navy's nuclear submarine program in 1972. His experience encompasses over 40-million square feet of facilities around the world in the areas of Asset Management, Facilities Management, Construction, Real Estate Development, Commercial Real Estate Brokerage, and Corporate Real Estate Consulting. In 1995, Whitson launched Corporate Realty, Design & Management Institute to provide continuing education to those that design, build, operate, finance, and lease commercial, institutional, and medical buildings. He is Chair, Healthcare Real Estate Committee, IFMA Health Care Institute, and on the faculty of Practicing Law Institute.