As President and CEO, Colton has maintained the company’s strategic direction focusing on mixed-use and town center developments with an emphasis on urban in-fill and master-planned communities. Sudberry is active in the company’s pursuit of entitlements and financing of particularly complex and challenging development opportunities throughout San Diego County, Riverside County, Los Angeles and Nevada. The firms’ major projects under development include the award-winning 235-acre master-planned community of Civita in San Diego’s Mission Valley, the 465-acre El Corazon mixed-use community and SoCal Sports Complex in Oceanside, and the 850,000-square-foot Watermark mixed-use project in San Diego’s Scripps Ranch. Prior to joining the firm in 1997, Sudberry was a leasing agent for Corti Gilchrist Partnership and CBRE. Sudberry has a master’s degree of Real Estate Development from the University of Southern California and dual bachelor’s degrees in International Business and Marketing from the University of Colorado, Boulder. At UC Boulder, Colton was a member of the 1990 National Champion, Big 8 Champion, and Orange Bowl Champion football team. Sudberry is a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers and Urban Land Institute. He is also a member and former member of the board of directors of NAIOP San Diego. He serves as a board member of the USC Lusk Center for Real Estate, the National Advisory Board of the University of Colorado Real Estate Center, the San Diego City College Foundation and Santa Fe Christian Schools.