John McNellis graduated from the University of California at Berkeley and Hastings College of The Law, he co-founded McNellis Partners in 1982. John has served on the national Board of Trustees for the Urban Land Institute, is also a Governor of the ULI and a member of the ICSC. He is a former board member of the national Board of Directors for Outward Bound USA, Rebuilding Together Peninsula, Lambda Alpha International (Golden Gate Chapter) and the Peninsula Conflict Resolution Center. John is also a monthly columnist for the San Francisco Business Times and, on occasion, lectures for the ULI and various colleges and universities throughout the country.