Bill Emerson serves as the Interim Chief Executive Officer of Bedrock. In this role, Bill is responsible for overseeing Bedrock’s leadership team and the growth of the company. Bedrock and its affiliates have invested and committed more than $5.6 billion to acquiring and developing more than 100 properties, totaling more than 18 million square feet in Detroit and Cleveland, and is under construction with ground up developments in excess of 2 million square feet in Detroit.
Bill also serves as the Vice Chairman of Quicken Loans and Rock Holdings, Inc., the parent company of Quicken Loans, the nation’s largest mortgage lender and several other FinTech businesses. Previously, Bill was Chief Executive Officer of Quicken Loans, a position he held for 15 years. Under his leadership, Quicken Loans became the second largest retail mortgage lender and closed more than $400 billion of mortgage volume across all 50 states from 2013 through 2017. This wealth of experience growing a complex, national brand is helping to take Bedrock to the next stage of growth.
Bill is a member of the Board of Directors of Xenith, the Detroit Economic Club, The Parade Company, the Detroit Children’s Fund and the Skillman Foundation. Dedicated to his community, Bill has been the recipient of the ALS Association’s Iron Horse Award and the Salvation Army’s prestigious William Booth Award, the nonprofit’s highest honor. He also supports the Alzheimer’s Association Greater Michigan Chapter.
Steve Bentley serves as the Chief Financial Officer for Bedrock. Since its founding, Bedrock and its affiliates have invested and committed more than $5.6 billion to acquiring and developing more than 100 properties, including new construction of ground up developments in downtown Detroit and Cleveland totaling more than 20 million square feet.
In this role, Steve is responsible for managing all aspects of the company’s accounting functions. Steve joined the team in 2013 as the company’s first Chief Financial Officer. Steve managed and directed the expansion of the accounting and finance teams from five to over 50 team members in order to meet the demands of Bedrock’s growth.
During his tenure at Bedrock, he has closed on over one billion dollars in debt and monetized several tax credit deals under federal and state historic, new markets and brownfield programs. Steve brings 35 years of experience to this role. Prior to joining Bedrock, he served for 16 years as CFO and Principal of Burton-Katzman (now Dominion), a real estate development and property management firm.
Lawrence D. McLaughlin is the Executive Vice President/Chief Development Officer at Bedrock. Since its founding, Bedrock and its affiliates have invested and committed more than $5.6 billion to acquiring and developing more than 100 properties, including new construction of ground up developments in downtown Detroit and Cleveland totaling more than 20 million square feet.
In his role, Larry oversees the growth and logistics of all current and future Bedrock developments and projects.
Larry recently retired as a partner in Honigman LLP where he served as the Chairman of the Real Estate Department for 20 years. He also served as General Counsel to the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy from its formation through 2018. Larry’s practice included all aspects of real estate development with emphasis on real estate finance, retail development, urban redevelopment, public-private partnerships, construction law, government incentives and inducements, complex transactions, joint ventures and distressed debt.
Larry was rated a “Star Performer” by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, has been listed in Best Lawyers in America continuously since 1991, was elected to the Commercial Real Estate Hall of Fame in 2014, was named as a 2011 “Leader in the Law” by Michigan Lawyers Weekly, and was named in the top ten lawyers in Michigan in Michigan Super Lawyers 2006 and 2007.
He is a fellow of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers, served on its Board of Governors, the Program Committee and as Chairman of the Member Selection Committee; a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers Program Planning Committee and served as Chair of the U.S. Law Conference Program Committee; a member of the Finance Council of the Archdiocese of Detroit; and past Chairman of the Real Property Law Section of the Michigan State Bar.
Heather Wilberger is Bedrock’s first Chief Information Officer, responsible for overseeing and managing the information technology team and all strategic technology acquisitions for the company. Since its founding, Bedrock and its affiliates have invested and committed more than $5.6 billion to acquiring and developing more than 100 properties, including new construction of ground up developments in downtown Detroit and Cleveland totaling more than 20 million square feet.
Heather brings to Bedrock more than 15 years of experience in information technology, both in the public and private sectors.
Her specialties include minimizing redundancies, designing, implementing and managing networks and software as it relates to property management, acquisitions and development. Before coming to Bedrock, the newly minted Michigan resident was most recently the CIO for a large-scale residential and commercial property management firm on the West Coast.
Chuck Wilson serves as Bedrock’s Chief Security Officer and Senior Vice President of Operations. Since its founding, Bedrock and its affiliates have invested and committed more than $5.6 billion to acquiring and developing more than 100 properties, including new construction of ground up developments in downtown Detroit and Cleveland totaling more than 20 million square feet.
With more than 25 years of experience in Detroit law enforcement and private security, Chuck now oversees Bedrock’s security functions and operations teams which include engineering and property services.
Chuck is also the Chief Security Officer responsible for the security operations across the Rock Family of Companies, ensuring a safe and secure working environment for more than 30,000 team members in Detroit, Cleveland and across the country. He also leads community partnership development with local law enforcement and other stakeholders.
Previously, Chuck was Vice President of Support Services with Greektown Casino & Hotel, where he oversaw operations including Security, Parking, Valet, Transportation as well as Risk, Safety and Environmental Services.
He served a distinguished 20-year career with the Detroit Police Department and retired as Commander and Chief of Staff for Chief James E. Craig. During this time, he was a direct liaison to the business community and fostered a working relationship between the police and surrounding businesses.
Chuck believes it’s important to give back to the Detroit community he loves. He volunteers and supports Men Who Dare, Inc., the Police Athletic League (PAL) as well as many other youth development, senior citizen and crime prevention programs.
Chuck lives in Detroit with his family, where he was born and raised and is a self-proclaimed “sneakerhead” and die-hard Lions fan.
Melissa Dittmer serves as Bedrock’s first Chief Design Officer and is responsible for coordinating both short- and long-term design strategies throughout all aspects of Bedrock. Since its founding, Bedrock and its affiliates have invested and committed more than $5.6 billion to acquiring and developing more than 100 properties, including new construction of ground up developments in downtown
Detroit and Cleveland totaling more than 20 million square feet.
In her role, she utilizes design-thinking to ensure that every physical, spatial and urban experience is well-designed for all of the people who live, work and play within Bedrock’s footprint.
She has co-authored all of Bedrock’s master planned projects including Rivereast, Douglass Site and City Modern. Recently, Melissa collaborated with Detroit’s civic leaders on the city’s Amazon HQ2 proposal. In this role, Melissa led the creation of a 242-page Vision Book that illustrated Detroit’s unparalleled opportunity for growth, the city’s unique lifestyles and development strategies. As a design advocate, Melissa also co-led the organization, design, and curation of a 17-day architecture exhibition called “Detroit Design 139” that resulted in 16 special public events, 5,000 exhibit visitors, 19 published design articles, and three media outlets declaring Detroit as a top 10 tourist design destination. Throughout all of her work, Melissa strives to demonstrate the importance of utilizing architecture and design as urban regeneration strategies.