Todd Hess

Todd has a Bachelor's degree from San Diego State University, where he played baseball, as well as a lifetime teaching credential and a Master's in Education from USC. He taught school and coached football and baseball for ten years at Orange High School in Orange County, California. During that time, he acquired his Administrative Credential from the University of California at Irvine. He started his real estate career in 1979 at Valentine and Associates, and five years later, he became the co-owner of the company. He also formed Public Land Consultants to advise school districts on their excess land and worked with Occidental and Research through its bankruptcy. During this period, Todd invested in VisionArt Design and Animation and shortly thereafter became the president of Santa Monica Studios and VisionArt. Under Todd's management, the company grew to 250 employees and worked on films such as Independence Day, Dr. Doolittle, and Godzilla. After the company was sold, he returned to commercial real estate at Beitler Commercial as a Vice President of Acquisitions. Todd has completed real estate transactions in over 20 states, totaling more than $600 million, and he has vast experience in all types of commercial real estate transactions, including property management and development. Todd moved to Texas to be closer to his grandchildren and obtained a Texas broker's license. He has served on numerous nonprofit boards and was elected president of both the Newport Mesa Unified School District Board of Education and the Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District Board of Education.