Ryan S. Dunn
Principal, Owner and Co-founder
Ryan is a Principal, owner and co-founder of Dunn Twiggar. He is directly involved with all aspects of the company, including company management, strategic planning, marketing, investor relations and each service provided by Dunn Twiggar.
Ryan began his career in 2001 at one of Philadelphia’s premier commercial real estate companies, The Rubenstein Company, LP, where he was an Associate in their leasing firm, The Rubenstein Brokerage Group, Inc. While there, Ryan represented Rubenstein in lease negotiations and valuations for their $1 billion office portfolio. He then joined Dunn-Noble Development Company, LLC in 2004 as a Development Manager, where he oversaw the development and management of the company’s retail centers.
Ryan graduated from Villanova University, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. He is a licensed sales person in Pennsylvania, completed the Leadership Lehigh Valley program, is a member of Bethlehem ROTARACT and board member for Leadership Lehigh Valley and ArtsQuest. Ryan was featured in Eastern Pennsylvania’s Business Journal May 2008 issue as one of the “20 Under 40” in the Lehigh Valley, was named by Lehigh Valley Style magazine as of one of 8 people to watch in 2008 and was April 2009’s entrepreneur of the month for www.lehighvalleyentrepreneur.tv.
Ryan currently lives in Bethlehem, PA with his wife Ellen and their two children.
Andrew J. Twiggar
Principal, Owner and Co-founder
Andrew is a Principal, owner and co-founder of Dunn Twiggar. He is directly involved with all aspects of the company, including company management, strategic planning, marketing, investor relations and each service provided by Dunn Twiggar.
Andrew started in real estate with J.G. Petrucci Company, a regional industrial real estate development company, where his responsibilities included all aspects of new project management, as well as, property management. He then joined Dunn-Noble Development Company, LLC as a Development Manager, overseeing the development and management of the company’s retail centers.
Prior to his real estate career, Andrew worked at QuestOne, a business consulting firm which specialized in constraints based management consulting to Fortune 500 clients, and the Small Business Development Center, which focuses on business consulting to small business clients. Andrew worked as a manufacturing engineer and as a design engineer for Follett Corporation (Easton, PA). Andrew frequently draws on the wide breadth of his work experience in his service to his clients.
Andrew received a Masters of Business Administration degree from Lehigh University. Andrew also received a Bachelors of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Lehigh, where he served in several student leadership positions.
Outside of Dunn Twiggar, Andrew serves as an Adjunct Professor at Lehigh University’s College of Business and Economics. Andrew’s volunteer activities include serving on City of Bethlehem’s Planning Commission (Chair 2005-2008), serving as a member of the Lehigh Valley Planning Commission, and serving as a Sunday School teacher at his church, First Presbyterian Church of Bethlehem.
Andrew resides with his family in Bethlehem, PA.
Matthew Macdonald
Vice President
Matt is Vice President for Dunn Twiggar and its affiliates. He is responsible for identifying investment opportunities, developing brokerage and management relationships and structured finance for both Dunn Twiggar and clientele.
Prior to joining Dunn Twiggar, Matt worked for a fully integrated real estate firm serving Eastern PA and New Jersey. He was credited with expanding portfolio and market share by some 53% prior to the company being sold.
Previously, Matt worked for a number of financial institutions, most notably, Meridian Bank, CoreStates Bank, First Union and Mellon Bank. During his tenor as Vice President, Matt served clientele in areas of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland. His portfolio exceeded $600 million in commercial and consumer loans.
Matt graduated from the University of Scranton with a B.A. in Communication and a B.A. in History. Matt received his Graduate Degree through the prestigious Banker’s Association Program sponsored through Spring Garden College.
Currently, Matt lives with his family in Montgomery County supporting local youth programs and community events.
John Eastman
Vice President
John Eastman has been a successful commercial property manager/facilities manager for over twenty-five years. He is Vice President for Dunn Twiggar and its affiliates, where he is responsible for property management throughout the Lehigh Valley and Greater Philadelphia regions.
An Easton, PA native, he is familiar with the local commercial real estate professionals and service providers. He most recently was the Vice President of commercial property management at Valleywide Property Management in Allentown, PA. Prior to ValleyWide, he managed over 13 million square feet of industrial distribution centers for Liberty Property Trust in the Lehigh Valley.
At Dunn Twiggar, he heads the commercial property management department, develops annual operation budgets and capital budgets, oversees tenant improvement projects, and administers contracts for office, flex industrial, and retail properties. He is focused on providing superior customer service that surpasses industry standards of integrity.
Mr. Eastman earned is BS from Kutztown University with a degree in secondary education. He resides in Forks Township, Pennsylvania with his wife Barbara, an elementary school learning consultant.