Back by popular demand! Chris Thornberg is Founding Partner of Los Angeles-based consulting firm Beacon Economics and the Director of the Center for Economic Forecasting and Development at the UC Riverside School of Business Administration. He is an expert in forecasting, regional economics, labor markets, economic policy and real estate analysis. In fact he was one of the earliest and most adamant predictors of the sub­prime mortgage market collapse that began in 2007 and the global economic recession that followed.

Regularly called on by CNN, NPR, the Wall Street Journal and New York Times, Thornberg also presents to leading business, government, and nonprofit organizations across the globe including Chevron, The New Yorker, City National Bank, REOMAC, the California State Association of Counties and Colliers International.

In 2015, Thornberg was named to California State Treasurer John Chiang’s Council of Economic Advisors. He also serves on the advisory boards of Paulson & Co. Inc., one of Wall Street’s leading hedge funds.

Dr. Thornberg holds a Ph.D in Business Economics from The Anderson School at UCLA where he also taught in the MBA program and served as a senior economist.

With an illustrious career spanning more than 45 years in the South Coast commercial real estate market, Steve Brown is widely considered one of the region’s premier leaders in CRE sales and analysis. He has earned the respect and following of many of the community’s most established investors and is often called upon by lenders, colleges and fellow brokers as a trusted resource for industry and market information.

Since joining Radius in 2002, Brad Frohling has completed more than $900 Million in local commercial real estate sale and lease transactions, specializing in the retail, office, development, and industrial sectors in the South Coast. Brad entered into commercial brokerage in 2000, representing a group of private investors and completing several off-market transactions that resulted in excellent returns in the Santa Barbara area. Prior to that he was instrumental in managing the Eastern United States for Oakley Corporation, where he helped grow his sales division from $8 million in sales to $16.5 million in just three years and launched new product lines including footwear, outerwear and optical products.

Since 1979 Steve Golis has been involved in the exclusive marketing and sale of primarily residential income properties in the Tri Counties. Over his 42-year career, Steve Golis has amassed multifamily and commercial sales amounting to more than 14,000 units sold, with sales volume during the past decade alone exceeding more than $1 billion, making Golis the overwhelming leader in apartment sales in Santa Barbara County and the Central Coast. He has received numerous awards during his career, including the Santa Barbara Association of Realtors Jack Kelly Award for Most Challenging 1031 Exchange (2013, 2018), and the Howard C. Gates Achievement Award recognizing the standout sale of the year (2018), the first time a commercial broker has achieved this distinction.

Over the past 17 years, Gene Deering has completed over 1,150 transactions valued at more than $1.6 billion, working in tandem with fellow Radius partners Bob Tuler and Paul Gamberdella. In fact, in 2022 the team completed 26 sales and 67 leases involving more than 640,000 sq. ft. and valued at more than $295 million, putting them atop the commercial leasing and sales leaderboard on the South Coast. A former college athlete, Gene’s unrivaled energy and leadership skills propelled him to the role of Senior Vice President in 2017, then Principal in 2018. Prior to joining Radius, Gene began his career working for CB Richard Ellis in 2004.