The SKB Team - Senior Management
Sandra J. Rankin, CFA, CPA
Chief Financial Officer and Operations Manager
Ms. Rankin, a Chartered Financial Analyst and a Certified Public Accountant, joined SKB in 2003. As CFO, she oversees all financial reporting, forecasting, budgets, cash management, accounting systems and fiscal planning. Prior to joining SKB, she served as Vice President and Investment Officer at Highmark Capital Management, a wholly owned subsidiary of Union Bank of California. As a key member of Highmark’s senior investment management team, she analyzed new and existing financial products and prospective client portfolios and created asset allocation models. Before Highmark, Ms. Rankin held Controller, Treasurer and Accountant positions with Myers Capital Corp., Relwest Inc., Keegan, Linscott & Kenon, P.C., and Cienega, Ltd., all located in Tucson, Arizona. She graduated magna cum laude from the University of Arizona with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration.
Michele H. Frank
Executive Vice President—Asset Management
As Executive Vice President for Asset Management, Ms. Frank directs the Asset Management department at SKB. She is primarily responsible for budgeting, cash flow management and strategic planning for assets and for overseeing property capital expenditures, leasing and financial repositioning for a portfolio of SKB properties. Ms. Frank also assists originating, underwriting, financing and closing investment transactions. Before joining SKB in June 2003, she had over seven years of management, leasing and due diligence experience. This included asset management for 1.1 million square feet of industrial and office product for the newly established Schnitzer NW entity. Ms. Frank also worked for Equity Office as a leasing representative where she handled the leasing for 1.3 million square feet, and as a project manager for Spieker Properties where she leased and managed 1.3 million square feet of office/flex project and was part of the due diligence team. Ms. Frank holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism from Boston University.