Appleton Office

John Pfefferle began his career in real estate in 1966, after graduating from college, and has been CEO of NAI Pfefferle since 1972, when he founded the company as Pfefferle Realtors. Mr. Pfefferle expanded his business into management, sale and development of commercial real estate properties through the 1980s, specializing in the Fox Cities area. As CEO, he has been involved in the development and management of well over $400.0 million of property in the past 20 years.

A leader of the Fox Valley real estate community, Mr. Pfefferle is a long-term member of the Fox Cities Board of Realtors and a past member of the Fox Cities Chamber of Commerce board of directors and many of its subcommittees; he was inducted into the chamber’s Business Hall of Fame in 2011. Mr. Pfefferle has also served on the regional board of directors of Associated Bank and Marshall & Ilsley Bank (now Bank of Montreal) and on the board of Banta Credit Union.

Mr. Pfefferle is also an active member of his community: He is the current president of the University of Wisconsin Health-Fox Valley Family Practice Clinic and serves on the board of directors of the Fox Cities Building for the Arts. Mr. Pfefferle previously served on the boards of the St. Elizabeth Hospital Foundation and Appleton Downtown Inc. and on the Appleton Catholic Education Board. He also served on the Outagamie County Board of Supervisors for 12 years, including eight years as chair of the property committee.

Career Summary

Amy Pfefferle Oelhafen is the president of Pfefferle Companies, Inc., the umbrella entity for Appleton-based NAI Pfefferle and Pfefferle Management. Amy works closely with the leadership team to oversee operations and client services. Pfefferle Companies has more than 120 employees, 20 licensed real estate brokers, offices in Appleton, Green Bay, Wausau and Sheboygan, and hundreds of clients from small businesses to municipalities and investors to multi-national corporations. Pfefferle Companies is fully invested in every community that we call home, serving in leadership roles at multiple local organizations and supporting a variety of causes. We are the region’s thought leaders and trusted advisors to countless partner organizations. Pfefferle Companies’ services, expertise and team cover the entire state. We are also one of the largest commercial real estate firms in Wisconsin with over 13 million square feet of managed real estate.

Amy joined Pfefferle Investments in 1998 and began selling and leasing commercial properties throughout the state. She is skilled in facilitating business transactions, having successfully managed transactions ranging in value from $300,000 to $17 million.

Education

• Bachelor of Arts degree from St. Norbert College

Achievements & Affiliations

• CoStar Power Broker Award, 2022
• Board of Directors, Riverview Gardens
• National Association of Realtors (NAR)
• Commercial Association of Realtors (CARW)
• Wisconsin Realtors Association (WRA)
• Realtors Association of Northeast Wisconsin (RANW)
• Women in Commercial Real Estate
• Licensed real estate salesperson, state of Wisconsin
• Former chair, board of trustees, St. Francis Xavier Catholic School System
• Former board member, Appleton Downtown, Inc.
• Former board member, Octoberfest
• Former board member, Appleton Art Center

Career Summary

Tom Scheuerman currently works with select accounts and oversees investments in the Washington Street Investment Fund portfolio. Through 2020, Mr. Scheuerman was managing broker of NAI Pfefferle and was responsible for the overall operations of the commercial brokerage area including sales, leasing, administration, and business development.

Mr. Scheuerman joined the company from Valley Bancorporation, a bank holding company headquartered in Appleton, Wisconsin. As vice president, he directed the internal audit and regulatory compliance functions for all bank and non-bank subsidiaries in Wisconsin. Prior to Valley, Mr. Scheuerman was an audit manager in the Madison, Wisconsin office of Grant Thornton. Throughout his professional career, he has overseen audits, including SEC audits of clients from the construction, wholesale, retail, non-profit and banking sectors.

Education

• Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh.
• Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology and a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in accounting from the University of Wisconsin – Madison.

Affiliations

• Member, American Institute of CPA’s
• Member, Wisconsin Institute of CPA’s
• Member, CoreNet
• Certified Public Accountant
• Designee, Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM)
• Licensed real estate broker, state of Wisconsin

Career Summary

Greg Landwehr serves as a partner/senior commercial real estate advisor at NAI Pfefferle. He was named a partner in the firm in 2020. Greg previously worked as a commercial property inspector for Strategic Asset Services of Rancho Santa Margarita, California and performed lender inspections of properties throughout Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. He became a commercial real estate professional in 2006, after obtaining his Wisconsin real estate broker’s license. Prior to that, he founded an American Business Forms franchise in Appleton, which ultimately grew into a successful corporation, PrintX Printing Solutions. He began his professional career as an account executive for Moore Business Forms in Green Bay.

Education

• Master of Arts degree from Truman State University
• Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh

Achievements & Affiliations

• Second Place, Broker of the Year, NAI Pfefferle, 2022, 2021
• Third Place, Broker of the Year, NAI Pfefferle, 2020
• First Place, Broker of the Year, NAI Pfefferle, 2017
• Broker of the Quarter (3rd Quarter), NAI Pfefferle, 2022, 2021, 2018
• Broker of the Quarter (2nd Quarter), NAI Pfefferle, 2022, 2017
• Broker of the Quarter (4th Quarter), NAI Pfefferle, 2017
• CoStar Power Broker Award, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018
• National Association of Realtors (NAR)
• Commercial Association of Realtors (CARW)
• Wisconsin Realtors Association (WRA)
• Inspector certification for Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac multifamily properties, Mortgage Bankers Association
• Advisory board member, Total Health & Safety Solutions, LLC
• Licensed real estate salesperson and broker, state of Wisconsin
• Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR)
• Broker Price Opinion Resource (BPOR) certification
• Masters in Commercial Property (MICP) designation
• Mission pilot, Brown County Civil Air Patrol
• Friendship Family Host, Lawrence University

Career Summary

Elizabeth Ringgold serves as a partner/senior commercial real estate advisor at NAI Pfefferle’s Appleton office, where she specializes in retail, hospitality and office related real estate transactions. Elizabeth was named a partner in the firm in 2020. She started her career with NAI Pfefferle in 2004, when she relocated to Wisconsin and obtained her real estate license. She previously spent eight years in Tennessee as a licensed real estate salesperson with a large regional commercial real estate company, where she handled commercial property management and commercial leasing of office and retail properties.

Education

• Bachelor of Arts degree in communications from William Jewell College

Achievements

• First Place, Broker of the Year, NAI Pfefferle, 2022, 2014, 2011
• Third Place, Broker of the Year, NAI Pfefferle, 2018, 2017, 2015, 2013, 2012
• Broker of the Quarter (fourth quarter), NAI Pfefferle, 2022
• Broker of the Quarter (third quarter), NAI Pfefferle, 2017, 2010
• Broker of the Quarter (first and second quarters), NAI Pfefferle, 2014
• CoStar Power Broker Award, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2018

Affiliations

• Board of directors, Appleton Downtown, 2013 – Present
• International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC)
• Wisconsin Realtors Association (WRA)
• Commercial Association of Realtors (CARW)
• Commercial Council for Realtors Association of Northeast Wisconsin (RANW)
• Women in Commercial Real Estate
• Licensed real estate salesperson, state of Wisconsin

Career Summary

Laurel Marquardt joined NAI Pfefferle in January 2009 as director of business operations. She is responsible for operational and sales support functions in all NAI Pfefferle offices – Appleton, Green Bay, Sheboygan and Wausau. Ms. Marquardt oversees the day-to-day operations of the brokerage division including marketing, systems analysis and implementation, revenue and expense analysis and project coordination. Ms. Marquardt is trained in Lean processes. She is also a member of the company’s management team.

Prior to joining the company, Ms. Marquardt had over 25 years of experience in insurance and banking. Her background is in operations, accounting/finance, human resources and facilities.

Education

• Bachelor of Business Administration degree in accounting from the University of Wisconsin – Whitewater.

Achievements and Affiliations

• Licensed real estate broker, state of Wisconsin
• Certified Public Accountant
• Member, Women in Commercial Real Estate
• Finance committee member, St. Paul Elder Services
• Development committee member, Crossways Camping Ministries
• Volunteer of the Year, Friends of the Brown County Library, 2018
• Past secretary, treasurer, board member and volunteer coordinator, Friends of the Brown County Library

Career Summary

Manny Vasquez is vice president of business development for NAI Pfefferle and Pfefferle Companies, a commercial real estate leader founded in Wisconsin in 1971. He is responsible for promoting Pfefferle’s full-service platform to a variety of clients, including local businesses, national and international corporations, site selectors, investors, owners/developers, municipalities and other real estate users. Manny works in collaboration with the company’s sales and leasing team, as well as its facilities and property management group, to offer best-in-class services with a focus on industrial, office, retail, multifamily, land and investment property. Manny also helps the company and clients extend their market reach beyond Wisconsin by leveraging Pfefferle’s partnership with NAI Global, a network of 5,100 local professionals in 300+ commercial real estate offices around the country and world.

Prior to joining NAI Pfefferle, Manny led the Fox Cities Regional Partnership, a public-private economic development organization focused on business recruitment, retention and expansion in Wisconsin’s Fox Cities region. He is actively involved in several non-profit organizations and lives in downtown Appleton.

Education

• Master’s degree in public administration from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
• Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and international affairs from Marquette University

Achievements

• Stephen Hintz MPA Award, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, 2014
• Rising Star Award, The Post Crescent

Affiliations

• Board of directors, Wisconsin Economic Development Association (WEDA)
• Board of directors, Marquette University’s Center for Real Estate
• Board of directors, Centergy (Central WI Economic Development)
• Board of directors, Greater Green Bay Chamber Economic Development
• Board of directors, Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region

Career Summary

Joseph “Joe” Schuessler serves as secretary and general counsel for Pfefferle Companies, Inc. He oversees the legal department and provides assistance to the brokerage, management and development divisions of our companies. Mr. Schuessler has over ten years of law practice experience, including both litigation and transactional experience. He is admitted to practice law in Wisconsin, Illinois and Texas.

While not handling legal matters at Pfefferle, Mr. Schuessler enjoys being outdoors and spending time with his wife and family.

Education

• Bachelor of Arts degree, cum laude, from the University of Florida
• Juris Doctor degree from Notre Dame Law School

Affiliations

• Wisconsin State Bar Association
• Outagamie County Bar Association
• Board of Directors, Residential Services, Inc.

Career Summary

Adam Figurin joined NAI Pfefferle as a commercial real estate advisor in 2019. He specializes in landlord and tenant representation and in sales transactions, working with a variety of clients in the Fox Valley and Green Bay area. Mr. Figurin works collaboratively with the NAI Pfefferle brokerage team to provide his clients with the best results and service.

Mr. Figurin was previously employed with Colliers International, Fox Valley, as a sales associate. He has also worked for both Northwestern Mutual and Otis Elevator Company.

Education

• Bachelor of Science degree in marketing & professional sales from Illinois State University.

Achievements and Affiliations

• Commercial Association of Realtors (CARW)
• Board of Directors, Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA), Fox Cities
• Make-A-Wish, Young Wish Makers of Wisconsin (YWOW)
• Leadership Fox Cities Alumni
• Appleton Northside Business Association

Career Summary

John Roberts serves as a senior commercial real estate advisor at NAI Pfefferle.  He joined the company in 2016, bringing with him many years of experience in the fast-paced greater Green Bay and Fox Valley area. Mr. Roberts gained a wealth of experience while working in a highly competitive financial sales/account management role with American Express Global Corporate Services and as a business banking relationship manager with JP Morgan Chase Bank.

After integrating into commercial real estate brokerage in 2015, Mr. Roberts successfully hit the ground running with a focus on providing meaningful value and driving positive results for his business and investor clients/customers.

Education

• Bachelor of Science degree with a major in economics, minor in business and subsequently completed several business graduate courses from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh

Affiliations

• Broker of the Quarter (4th Quarter), NAI Pfefferle, 2022
• Licensed Real Estate Broker, state of Wisconsin
• Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR)
• Commercial Association of Realtors (CARW)
• Wisconsin Realtors Association (WRA)
• Realtors Association of Northeast Wisconsin (RANW)
• Heart of the Valley Chamber of Commerce
• Fox Cities Chamber of Commerce
• Appleton North Business Association
• U.S. Navy Veteran

Career Summary

Teresa Knuth serves as commercial real estate advisor at NAI Pfefferle, where she represents clients in office and retail projects, investment real estate, industrial building sales and land development.

Teresa comes to NAI Pfefferle with years of experience in commercial brokerage, being previously employed at Commercial Horizons in Appleton and Newmark Knight Frank and Colliers International, both in Minneapolis. Teresa commits to fully understanding each client’s goals and applying her market knowledge and resources to strategically approach negotiations..

Education

• Bachelor of Science degree in real estate studies from University of St. Thomas

Achievements

• Fox Cities Chamber of Commerce Future 15, 2022
• CoStar Power Broker Award, 2022, 2021, 2019
• Finance & Commerce Rising Young Professional, 2018
• Minnesota Commercial Association of Real Estate (MNCAR) Rising Star Award, 2017

Affiliations

• Commercial Association of Realtors (CARW)
• Economic development committee, Appleton Downtown Inc.
• Advisory committee member, Pulse Young Professionals Network
• Advocacy committee co-chair, Pulse Young Professionals Network
• Events committee co-chair, Womens Fund for the Fox Valley Region, Inc.
• Tourism development grant committee member, Fox Cities Convention and Visitors Bureau
• Member, Women in Commercial Real Estate

Career Summary

Jonathan Glassco joined NAI Pfefferle as a Commercial Real Estate Advisor following the completion of his Master’s of Business Administration from Tulane University. Mr. Glassco joined NAI Pfefferle with sales experience from 8 years at Bergstrom Automotive. He also previously worked with Avison Young in Chicago where he worked closely with their development team.

Jonathan represents clients in industrial, office, retail, land, multi-family, hospitality and self-storage. Mr.Glassco focuses on real estate investment sales, where he has become a Wisconsin leader in the specialized and sought after asset class of self-storage. Mr. Glassco proudly conducts his business around the concept that “a client now is a client forever”, demonstrating that integrity, honesty, and professionalism is his top priority with every transaction.

Education

• Bachelor of Commerce degree in finance and accounting from Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
• Master of Business Administration degree in international business and real estate development from Tulane University

Achievements and Affiliations

• Vice President, Tulane Real Estate Club
• Tulane Representative, National Real Estate Challenge, Austin, TX
• Tulane Representative, 2019 STR New York Conference
• Tulane Representative, Atlanta Entrepreneurial Hospitality
• STR Certified, Hotel Industry Analytics
• Canadian Securities Certified, Fixed Income Trading and Sales
• Canadian Securities Certified, Equities Trading and Sales
• Canadian Securities Certified, Personal Banking
• Canadian Securities Certified, Investment Dealer Compliance

Career Summary

Nick Schmidt serves as a commercial real estate advisor at NAI Pfefferle in the Fox River Valley area, where he has been a lifelong resident. Mr. Schmidt focuses on retail, vacant land and investment property sales and development. He has been involved in the sale, purchase or development of numerous retail centers and has worked with Alltel Wireless, Edward Jones, Snap Fitness, Subway and many other local and regional tenants.

Prior to joining the NAI Pfefferle team, Mr. Schmidt served as an escrow officer in the closing department of a local title company. This experience provided him with great exposure to many local lenders and real estate professionals, and an inside look at the title side of a real estate transaction.

Education

• Bachelor of Science degree in business administration
• Bachelor of Arts degree from St. Norbert College

Achievements and Affiliations

• Third Place, Broker of the Year, NAI Pfefferle, 2011
• National Association of Realtors
• Wisconsin Realtors Association
• Commercial Association of Realtors Wisconsin
• Licensed real estate salesperson, state of Wisconsin

Career Summary

Cindy Renard began her career with NAI Pfefferle November 11, 2013. She is the senior broker assistant to several brokers in the Appleton office. Her job duties include preparing BOV’s, amendments, expiration’s, CoStar/LoopNet, designing profile sheets, designing postcards, newsletters & brochures for mailings, Zipforms, doing research and comps for brokers and working individually with her brokers on special projects and helping other offices on an “as needed” basis.

Cindy also serves as marketing coordinator where she develops, coordinates and executes various marketing pieces for the company along with keeping all the websites up to date.

Career Summary

Linda Gill began her career with NAI Pfefferle in January 2009. In September 2017, she obtained her real estate salesperson license.

Linda is the senior licensed broker assistant to several brokers in the firm. She assists with research and comps, new listings and amendments, Zipforms, CoStar/ LoopNet, Crexi, REDI/Catylist, creating profile sheets, BOVs and proposals, sign requests and sign inventory. As listing coordinator, Linda is responsible for keeping data current in REApps (real estate management program). She also assists the property management division as needed.

Her past experience includes working as a legal secretary at a local law firm.

Achievements

• Lean training
• Licensed real estate salesperson, State of Wisconsin
• 2020 NAI Pfefferle Team Player of the Year

Career Summary

Gaylene Muniz serves as senior licensed broker assistant to Amy Pfefferle Oelhafen and Nick Schmidt in NAI Pfefferle’s Appleton office, where her job duties include working with listing contracts, offer to purchases, showings, expirations, amendments, BOV’s, Letter of Intents, zipforms, creating profile sheets, CoStar/ LoopNet, Crexi, REDI/Catylist, and doing research and comps. Gaylene also serves as Dollar General Coordinator, working with Todd Platt, who is the developer on the Dollar General sites that are being built in Wisconsin.

Gaylene began her career with NAI Pfefferle in February 2005, in the Green Bay office where she worked with the real estate brokers and the Pfefferle Management group. In 2007 she transferred to the Appleton office.

Prior to joining NAI Pfefferle, Gaylene lived in San Antonio, Texas and worked with the American Funds Group for 12 years as a broker assistant/call specialist. The American Funds Group is a money management organization offering a broadly diversified family of mutual funds to individuals, leading corporations and institutions.

Affiliations

• Member, Women in Commercial Real Estate
• Member, American Legion Auxiliary Post 436
• Licensed real estate salesperson, State of Wisconsin
• Notary, State of WI Department of Financial Institutions
• Lean training

Career Summary

Brenda Nakhla began her career with NAI Pfefferle in November 2007, working for the Wausau office. As senior broker assistant, she now works part-time, remotely, assisting brokers in the Wausau office, along with occasionally assisting brokers in the Appleton, Green Bay and Sheboygan offices.

Brenda’s job duties include creating profile sheets, entering and updating listings in CoStar/LoopNet, Crexi, and the Central Wisconsin and Greater Northwoods MLS websites, producing detailed maps of various properties, assisting in preparing proposals and broker opinions of value for brokers, preparing the monthly Featured Listing Report, assisting Pfefferle Companies employees with their professional profiles and designing various marketing pieces for the company.

Prior to joining NAI Pfefferle, Brenda worked for seven years as a legal secretary and two years as an administrative assistant to the CEO and COO of a health care company in Wausau.

Career Summary

Lois C. Noone began her career with NAI Pfefferle in January 2020. She provides operational support to all brokers and broker assistants in the areas of listing services management, research, file documentation, and special projects. She also backs up the broker assistants when needed.

Prior to joining NAI Pfefferle, Mrs. Noone owned and operated an Overhead Door business in the Fox Valley. She was in that industry for 20 years and prior worked in the banking and credit union industry.