Two San Francisco Bay Area entrepreneurs hired a year ago to help run one of Northern California’s biggest real estate brokerages after it rebranded as Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Mason-McDuffie Real Estate have left the firm.

Mason-McDuffie named SmartZip Analytics co-founder Frank Richards co-CEO in October 2010, saying he would share leadership duties with Chairman Ed Krafchow, the company’s top executive for nearly two decades. A few weeks later, Mason-McDuffie named another SmartZip co-founder, Dan Worley, chief strategy officer.

Richards and Worley have left Mason-McDuffie “to pursue other interests,” but will continue to provide consulting and advisory services to the company, said Cathy Harrington, the brokerage’s vice president of new media and agent resources.

Harrington said Dougan Jones, a 30-year industry veteran and former CEO of Prudential Utah Real Estate, has been named managing director of Mason-McDuffie. Jones joined the firm in February and has been serving as managing partner of the company’s Wine Country Group in Sonoma County.

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Real Estate Expert Named VP at Insurance Broker

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SAN FRANCISCO, June 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Robert L. Johnson, Jr. has joined Lockton in San Francisco as a Vice President and Producer in the firm’s Commercial Insurance Division.  

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The addition of Johnson expands Lockton’s depth of expertise in the institutional real estate space. He will be based in Lockton’s San Francisco office and will have a lead role in growing Lockton’s presence in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Johnson has held many key business development and management roles during his career. Immediately prior to joining Lockton, he was owner of Johnson Independent Advisors, Inc., a consulting firm focused on institutional real estate. He has also held various positions with real estate and financial services companies, including AMB Property Corporation, La Salle Investment Management, and the Ernst and Young Kenneth Leventhal Real Estate Group.

Johnson is a graduate of California State University, earning a B.S. in Accounting and Finance, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, earning a M.S. in Real Estate Development and a M.B.A.

“Robert brings a wealth of experience and deep relationships in the institutional real estate community, a major focus for our office. He is a remarkably strategic thinker and proven problem-solver. We are excited to have him as part of the Lockton team,” remarked Adam McDonough, President and CEO of Lockton’s San Francisco operations.

Robert can be reached at 415.568.4116 or rjohnson@lockton.com.

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More than 3,800 professionals at Lockton provide more than 15,000 clients around the world with insurance, benefits, and risk management services, offering an uncommon level of client service. From its founding in 1966 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA, Lockton has grown to become the largest privately held insurance broker in the world and 9th largest overall. Business Insurance recognized Lockton as a “Best Place to Work in Insurance.”   You can learn more at www.lockton.com

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