Episode 15

 Episode 15: Connect

26 May 2021

In this Season Finale episode of extensio@work™, we explore the role and responsibilities of corporate Board members, the power of authentic leadership, how Boards are reacting to evolving issues of equity, and the transformative consequence of connection with others. Our guest is the visionary corporate Board Director Herman Bulls, repeatedly listed by Savoy Magazine as one of the Top 100 Blacks in Corporate America and one of the Most Influential Black Directors in Corporate America.

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Herman Bulls is Vice Chairman, Americas, as well as an International Director and the founder of JLL’s highly acclaimed Public Institutions which specializes in delivering comprehensive real estate solutions to federal, state, and local governments, nonprofit organizations, and higher education institutions.  Mr. Bulls works with the firm’s largest public and corporate clients to devise and implement integrated real estate strategies to lower occupancy costs and increase productivity. During over 32 years at JLL, Mr. Bulls has worked in the areas of development, investment management, asset management, facilities operations, and business development/retention.  He provides thought leadership and strategic guidance to senior-level executives. Mr. Bulls has served as an expert witness on real estate matters in court and testified before Congressional committees on real estate issues.

Mr. Bulls co-founded and served as President and CEO of Bulls Capital Partners, a multi-family financing company. Additionally, he founded Bulls Advisory Group, LCC, a management and real estate advisory firm. Prior to joining JLL, Mr. Bulls completed almost 12 years of active duty service with the United States Army. His last active duty assignments were working in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Financial Management at the Pentagon and as an Assistant Professor of Economics and Finance at West Point. He has completed the Army’s Airborne, Ranger and Command and General Staff College courses and served overseas in the Republic of Korea.  He retired as a Colonel in the U.S. Army Reserves in 2008.

Mr. Bulls serves on several public, private, and not for profit boards including Comfort Systems, USA (NYSE:FIX), USAA, the American Red Cross National Board of Governors, the Real Estate Advisory Committee for New York State Teachers’ Retirement System, the West Point Association of Graduates where he previously served as Vice Chairman, the Board of Directors of the Thayer Leader Development Group, and the Military Bowl an NCAA sanctioned football bowl game played in the nation’s capital each December. Mr. Bulls most recently joined the boards of Collegis Education and American Campus Communities (NYSE:ACC). Mr. Bulls’ former board service includes Tyco International, Exelis, Inc., Computer Sciences Corporation, and Rasmussen, Inc.

Mr. Bulls received a BS degree in engineering from the United States Military Academy at West Point and an MBA in finance from Harvard Business School.

Website: JLL

LinkedIn: Herman Bulls