BROOKE BIRTCHER GUSTAFSON
PRESIDENT
BIRTCHER DEVELOPMENT
WHY: Named last year as president of the industrial development and investment firm, marking the fifth generation to lead the family-owned company, which has operated in Orange County for decades.
NOTABLE: Birtcher Gustafson, the great-great-granddaughter of company founder Justus Birtcher, is the company’s firm’s first female president. Her father, Brandon “Brandy” Birtcher, served as CEO since 2002.
IN THE NEWS: Since 2017, is credited with the firm’s acquisition of 260 acres across Southern California for more than 4.5M SF of industrial development across 11 buildings. She grew the company to a team of 12.
QUOTABLE: “Brandy and I started this new iteration of our firm in 2017 and have acted in the role of owners and operators in the years since. I plan on continuing the vision and setting up the next generation.”
