Welton Advisory Board

Member Biographies


Rockford O. Kottka, CPA

  • Chief Accounting Officer and Human Resource Officer of CenterPoint Properties Trust
  • Directs HR office for over 100 employees of a public company (NYSE:CNT)
  • Responsible for financial reporting of over 200 industrial properties to SEC
  • CenterPoint Properties Trust is the largest industrial property landlord in Chicago

1989 to 2002
Executive Vice-President and Treasurer of CenterPoint Properties Trust

  • Instrumental in taking company public through an IPO in 1993
  • Directs all reporting requirements for a public real estate trust to the SEC
  • Supervises financial reporting on over 32,000,000 sq. ft. of industrial real estate properties
  • CenterPoint Real Estate Trust currently owns over 1,500 acres of land for the expansion of their portfolio (approx. 19 million additional sq. ft. of industrial space)
  • CenterPoint market capitilaization currently exceeds $2 Billion

Previous Positions

  • Vice President and Controller for Globe Industries, Inc.
  • B.S. Degree from St. Joseph's Calumet College Certified Public Accountant

Miscellaneous

  • Married
  • Three Children, Two Grandchildren
  • Member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants