WILLIAM B. RAINES, JR., CCIM, CSM, RPA

President and Founder

As president, chief executive officer and founder of The Raines Group, Raines has almost 35 years of experience in shopping center and office management, leasing and with residential homeowners and condo associations. 

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RICHARD ROSE, CPA, CIA, FLMI

EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT 

 A Chattanooga native, Rose attended Red Bank High School and received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.  His participation in the ROTC program lead him into the Army as an officer during the Vietnam War era and he was reactivated to serve one year on Active Duty during Desert Shield/Desert Storm.  Rose retired as a Lieutenant Colonel after 28 years of combined Active and Reserve service.

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TONY BROCK

Special Projects Manager

Licensed Real Estate Broker in Tennessee

Tony Brock has a strong background in property management, office and retail, leasing, property development and commercial sales, with over 29 years of real estate experience. He has a General Engineering Degree from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and has worked as Project Engineer in civil engineering design and construction. Tony heads up  special projects for commercial property owners and provides construction management expertise for oversight of renovation projects and tenant improvement construction.

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DAN THORNTON, CCIM

Licensed Real Estate Broker in Tennessee and New York

Dan managed and leased high-rise office buildings and parking facilities in downtown Albany and Schenectady, NY.  His work with Coldwell Banker Commercial led him to a partnership in Highbridge Management, LLC, providing diversified brokerage and leasing services, land acquisition for distribution centers and property management for various retail and office projects. 

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 Mack McCarley is responsible for coordinating and providing professional real estate services to include brokerage, facility operations, consulting,    assessments for the Americans with Disabilities Act.  He is a registered Professional Engineer. 

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 KEVIN BOEHM

Affiliate Real Estate Broker licensed in Tennessee 

Kevin Boehm is an affiliate broker with The Raines Group, Inc.  After graduating from Baylor and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga with a degree in finance, Boehm began his career in real estate.

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RICHARD HOWARD

Affiliate Broker licensed in

Tennessee 

Richard Howard, the youngest of The Raines Group team of brokers, is eager to accept his dual role at the company.  In addition to a budding career in brokerage, Howard assists with property management, currently focusing on management for several multi-family dwellings in Chattanooga.

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BILL NAGEL

Affiliate Broker licensed in

Tennessee and Georgia

Bill Nagel has joined  The Raines Group as an affiliate broker.  He has been a commercial broker for more than three years.  Nagel's areas of concentrations are commercial sales, acquisitions, warehousing, multi-family housing, industrial and medical.  Nagel is a former construction and development company owner, an architectural company owner, a Dalton-Whitfiild regional planning commissioner for five years, two-term past president of the Dalton Homebuilders Association and has traveled extensively with companies including Shaw Industries as director of regional operations and Beaulieu of America as vice president of operations.

ANDREW N. “DREW” HIBBARD, MBA

Affiliate Broker licensed in Tennessee

Drew is the latest addition to the Raines Group Team and is licensed as an Affiliate Broker in Tennessee. Drew’s experience ranges from working to source over $250,000,000.00 in equity, mezzanine and senior debt financing for mixed use development projects, to Resort Management as the Director of Operations for Jackson Hole Ski Corporation’s property management company.  He is a highly accomplished real estate analyst and earned an MBA in Real Estate and Urban Land Economics from The Graaskamp Center for Real Estate at the University of Wisconsin – Madison; a program which is consistently ranked within the top five Real Estate Programs in the Country. 

 Drew’s experience and education allows him to leverage a sophisticated and comprehensive understanding of commercial real estate from an ownership perspective; always working to responsibly maximize the Return on Equity through superior understanding, analysis and execution.

Drew is uniquely suited to provide transactional services as well as advisory and feasibility studies for development, acquisition/disposition, deal structuring and distressed/adverse property resolution.
Drew is a member of the Urban Land Institute, The Congress for the New Urbanism and The Wisconsin Real Estate Alumni Association. In his spare time Drew enjoys reading, cooking, running, fly-fishing, ski-mountaineering and taking cello lessons from his wife.                                                                

ANNE NAJJAR

Affiliate Broker licensed in Tennessee                                                                                         

Anne was recruited as an affiliate broker for The Raines Group, INC. in 2010.  She was previously the Director of Commercial Sales and Leasing for another agency, and decided to combine her efforts into an established and strictly Commercial Real Estate based firm.  Between 2000 and 2003, Anne began teaching seminars directed toward start-up companies and profitability.  She was part owner and business administrator of her own firm.  In 2003, Anne began buying, renovating, and selling investment properties.  By 2005, she earned her commercial real estate affiliate broker’s license.  She is currently working to acquire her CCIM (Certified Commercial Investment Member) designation. 

Anne’s credentials and training bring a full spectrum of commercial and investment related services including contract & lease writing, contract & leasing negotiations, due diligence performance, developing marketing proposals & promotions plans, demographic studies & economic reports, investment analyses, market value determinations, location advisories & incentives, rezoning processes, 1031 exchanges, representation with regard to buyers/sellers/tenants & landlords, alternative financing, etc…  Through this experience, Anne has become a knowledgeable resource for financing, contractors, architects, surveyors, environmental assessments, regional planning agency codes, permits, and zoning laws.  Other expertise relates to renewal community programs, local and state grants, incentives for small businesses and manufacturing, and tax incentive programs for growing areas. 

Anne became a member of the Commercial Investment Council (CIC).  She earned the position of Chairperson for the Commercial Listing Service Taskforce in 2007.  This was a unique responsibility of spearheading and overseeing a new listing service exclusive to commercial properties. That same year, she was also able to gain the appointed position of CCIM Membership Director.