David G. Hunt, MCR, CCIM, SIOR is the President and CEO of Hunt Corporate Services, Inc. and Hunt Construction Services, Inc., both located in Plainview, New York. Mr. Hunt began his career in industrial and commercial real estate in 1973, and specializes in representing commercial clients exclusively. Assignments take the firm nationwide, but their primary focus is Long Island, NY. The Hunt construction company facilitates construction and maintenance services for the firm’s family of clients. The Hunt real estate practice has represented transactions with well over a billion dollars in aggregate value. Mr. Hunt and his firm have been recognized with numerous prestigious awards, including Top 20 Power Broker designation by the Costar Group and Real Estate Forum magazine, and Broker of the Year by Long Island Business News. Mr. Hunt received his bachelor’s degree from Georgia Tech in 1973. He has also earned a Master of Corporate Real Estate designation from Corenet International, and a Certified Commercial Investment Member designation from the CCIM Institute. He holds an SIOR designation obtained from the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors, which places him in the top 4% of real estate professionals in the world. Mr. Hunt is one of the few professionals in the United States to hold all three designations. He is also a graduate of the Columbia Society of Real Estate Appraisers, has been a lecturer at the CW Post Real Estate Institute and named to the Who’s Who in Commercial Real Estate. Mr. Hunt is published in the New York Real Estate Journal with a monthly column that has run for over 10 years. He is also a Platinum author with Ezine, with over 100 articles regarding commercial real estate to his name. Mr. Hunt earned the Eagle Scout rank in 1967, and today serves as a Vice President and an Executive Board member of Suffolk County Council, Boy Scouts of America. He has received the Distinguished Citizen Award, the District Award of Merit, and the Silver Beaver Award, the highest national award that can be presented by a Council of the Boy Scouts of America. He has coached over 100 Scouts to Eagle Scout rank, and also serves as a District Advancement Chair, overseeing the advancement of 2,200 Scouts. Mr. Hunt and his wife, Judith, live in Northport, NY. Both are ordained interfaith ministers, specializing in adult and adolescent spiritual counseling, inspirational talks and interfaith ceremonies. Their son, Dr. Jonathan Hunt, and his wife, live in San Leandro, California.