Mikel Lord, Project Executive in the Project Delivery Division
Mid-Atlantic PBS is pleased to announce our Mikel Lord as the newest Project Executive within the Project Delivery Division (PDD). PDD plans, executes and manages the delivery of non-capital projects as well as the reimbursable program in the region. Project Managers and Project Executives support client agencies’ housing and space needs from requirements development through occupancy, and manage a variety of alterations projects.
Prior to transitioning to PDD, Lord most recently served as the Real Estate Acquisition Division (READ) Technical Branch Chief, responsible for a variety of leasing programs supporting real estate acquisition. Aggregating these programs under one branch drives organizational alignment, integration, and improves forecasting and reporting. Read more about Gary Eberly who has transitioned into the READ Technical Branch Chief role vacated by Lord.
Lord also served as READ’s performance measures subject matter expert, making significant contributions to our Region’s success in performance measures which led to GSA’s ability to better serve our clients’ missions. Lord developed our Regional strategy to perform internal pre-award lease assessments and managed a training team that provides Realty Specialists with the knowledge and tools to shape productive negotiations. Lord was instrumental in helping Mid-Atlantic PBS attain significant savings in lease cost avoidance and lease replacement rates on behalf of our client agency tenants.
After graduating from Philadelphia’s Drexel University with a degree in business administration, Lord began his GSA career in 2008 as a realty specialist on the West Virginia team and became a warranted lease contracting officer (LCO) in 2013. As an LCO, Lord managed numerous projects, negotiating over $22 million in rent savings for a Department of State lease in Hagerstown, Maryland, including $1 million of free tenant improvements.
In his new role as Project Executive in PDD, Lord says, “I’m looking forward to this new experience and will continue to strive for successful project outcomes for our customer agencies.“
This article is part of the Spring issue of the FOCUS newsletter. Please visit the Focus Newsletter page .