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Michael Plauché, 2025 President Michael spent over 15 years in the hospitality industry in various roles from direct food sales to full service operations management. As a commercial real estate advisor with Coldwell Banker Commercial, Michael draws on his extensive passion and experience in hotels, resorts, and fine dining establishments. He specializes in assisting clients in the hospitality and tourism industry with site selection, lease analysis, acquisition and disposition. Michael is a CCIM candidate working towards his designation. Michael is a currently a member of the Krewe of Orpheus and an avid Louisiana sports fan. Michael is married to Megan, a sales and marketing director in New Orleans, and they have one daughter, Iva. |
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Cameron Lombardo, 2024 President Cameron Lombardo joined RE/MAX Commercial Brokers in 2017. He studied at Louisiana State University. A New Orleans native, Cameron is very knowledgeable of the city of New Orleans and its surrounding areas. |
Mike Mito, 2023 President
Biography coming soon!
Melissa Warren, 2022 President
| Melissa S. Warren, CCIM is a Senior Commercial Real Estate Advisor and the New Orleans metropolitan market leader for Stirling. She has provided clients with commercial real estate advisory services since 2001. As a Senior Advisor with Stirling in New Orleans, LA, Ms. Warren focuses on industrial, office, and retail sales, leasing, and tenant and landlord representation. On behalf of clients, Melissa has been responsible for conducting investment, market, and financial analysis and negotiating purchase and lease contracts. She coordinates transaction due diligence, site selection services, and user decision analysis, and assists clients with planning and zoning matters. Additionally, Melissa has represented medical clients with medical retail and office site selection services. Before joining Stirling, she was the leasing agent for East Jefferson General Hospital in Metairie, LA. She has represented financial institutions in the disposition of distressed commercial assets and excess branch disposition. Over the years, she served numerous industrial and bioscience clients providing them with the services of site selection, market analysis, shipyard disposition, industrial park and river terminal land acquisition, ground-up development, and asset disposition. Ms. Warren’s organizational service includes Board Member and President Ex-Officio of the NOMAR-CID (New Orleans Metropolitan Association of Realtors – Commercial Investment Division); and Board Member of LACDB (the Louisiana Commercial Database). Commercial Real Estate professional affiliations include CCIM (Certified Commercial Investment Member), ICSC (International Council of Shopping Centers), NOMAR-CID, NAIOP (the Commercial Real Estate Development Association), and New Orleans CREW (Commercial Real Estate Women). Melissa serves on the Board of the Louisiana SPCA, and volunteers with New Orleans City Park, and Habitat for Humanity. Before joining Stirling, Ms. Warren was a senior real estate advisor for Grubb & Ellis/ Sawyer Commercial in Gulfport, MS. In 2006, she was designated a (CCIM) upon successfully passing the comprehensive final exam and passing the CCIM Institute’s panel judgment for the portfolio of qualifying industry experience. After Hurricane Katrina, the mayor of Gulfport, MS selected Ms. Warren to co-chair the committee to rebuild Gulfport Harbor’s Jones Park where she helped spearhead fundraising, architectural charrettes, and development designs for the rebuilding of the park. Ms. Warren graduated from Mississippi State University in 1992 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. She holds Louisiana and Mississippi real estate licenses. |
Bryce French, 2021 President
Biography coming soon!
Ryan Pearce, 2020 President
| Ryan, a third-generation real estate professional, entered the industry with a rich family legacy encompassing brokerage, asset management, and firm leadership. This multigenerational connection has provided Ryan an invaluable reservoir of knowledge and understanding, which he adeptly taps into to benefit his clients. Ryan’s approach to real estate is characterized by a blend of relationship-centric and data-driven strategies that continuously evolve with the ever-changing industry landscape. With a portfolio boasting a multitude of closed transactions featuring varying deal structures, he has cultivated an expansive database of tenants, buyers, investors, and brokers. This resource is regularly leveraged to meet the diverse needs of his clients. Moreover, Ryan frequently collaborates with out-of-state brokers seeking a connected agent with a nuanced understanding of local markets. Beyond his professional achievements, Ryan has dedicated time outside the office to pursue additional leadership opportunities within the professional and local community spheres. These experiences have not only enriched his role as a real estate agent but also fostered a sense of camaraderie, purpose, and deep connection with the local community. This profound understanding allows Ryan to navigate their needs, challenges, and potential solutions with a unique perspective and unwavering dedication. Licensed since 2010, Ryan’s career pivoted from residential to commercial focus after earning a CID scholarship for CCIM 101. Following course completion, he joined NAI Latter & Blum at the end of 2011. As a rookie commercial agent, Ryan gained industry attention, earning recognition from the Commercial Investment Division of the New Orleans Metropolitan Association of REALTORS for sales and leasing production exceeding $2.5 million. He was also a corecipient of the “Largest Retail Sale” award and was acknowledged as one of two “Rising Stars.” Notably, Ryan was honored as the “Rookie of the Year” by NAI Latter & Blum in 2012. His list of accolades expanded over the years, including but not limited to: St. Tammany Chamber’s “Outstanding Young Professional” 2016, GNO Inc.’s “Millennial of the Year in Real Estate” 2019, and the CID’s “Special Purpose Sale of the Year” 2020. |