Ralph B. Bunje, Jr. CPA, MBA (Tax), MS (Accounting), CES
Chairman
rbunje@ies1031.com 

Ralph has been advising clients on Section 1031 matters since 1978 and was a founder of Independent Exchange Services, Inc. in 1980. He has over twenty–five years of practical experience in financial management, accounting, income tax matters, investment banking, real estate finance, tax–deferred exchanges and organizational development. He has successfully managed merger, acquisition, reorganization, financing, joint venture, bankruptcy, problem assets and organizational engagements for clients. Ralph is a past President and current Director of the Federation of Exchange Accommodators, as well as the President and Co Founder of Reverse Exchange Services, Inc.

Cecily A. Drucker, JD CES
President
Cdrucker@ies1031.com
cdrucker@1031pro.com

Since 1974, Ms. Drucker’s continued law practice in the areas of real estate tax planning and financing, and other business and commercial transactions, provides added value to the strategic planning, which is an integral part of the Company’s “Qualified Intermediary” services. Her tax expertise and 25 years of experience in structuring and implementing §1031 tax–deferred exchanges has produced. She is the co–author of Real Property Exchanges, 3rd ed. (June 2002) published by the California Continuing Education of the Bar, and the seminal article on reverse exchanges, Reverse Tax–Deferred Exchanges (1989 Cal. Real Property Law Rptr., Vol XII, No. 8), and the experience of the Company's exchange coordination staff provide unsurpassed, professional, and responsive client services. She is the Executive Vice President of Reverse Exchange Services, a national qualified intermediary.

Frank Nishimoto, CPA
Vice President/Comptroller
fnishimoto@ies1031.com