Roger Staubach
Chairman
Few players at any level of football ever generated as much excitement as Roger Staubach did every time he took a snap from center. If one characteristic symbolized his daring play more than any other, it was his uncanny ability to lead the Dallas Cowboys to come-from-behind victories. He engineered no less than 23 fourth quarter comebacks that produced victories, fourteen in the final two minutes of the game or in overtime. Staubach played his entire 11 years of professional football with the Dallas Cowboys and was the starting quarterback for 8 of those years, leading the team to four Super Bowls and achieving victories in Super Bowls VI and XII. His pro career culminated in his selection into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1985; his first year of eligibility.
Staubach received a late start in professional football as he fulfilled four years active duty with the United States Navy after graduating from the Naval Academy. He separated from active service as a lieutenant following a distinguished career that included overseas duty in Vietnam for one year. Staubach left a legacy at Annapolis. As a junior in 1963, he was named recipient of college football's top honor, the Heisman Trophy and he is the only midshipman to win the Thompson Trophy Cup for best all around athlete three consecutive years.
Today, Staubach is Executive Chairman of Jones Lang LaSalle Americas, a financial and professional services firm specializing in real estate. Staubach’s role is focusing on client relationships, new business development and strategy. The firm offers integrated services delivered by expert teams worldwide to clients seeking increased value by owning, occupying or investing in real estate. With 2007 global revenue of $2.7 billion, Jones Lang LaSalle has approximately 180 offices worldwide and operates in more than 700 cities in 60 countries. The firm is an industry leader in property and corporate facility management services, with a portfolio of approximately 1.2 billion square feet worldwide. LaSalle Investment Management, the company’s investment management business, is one of the world’s largest and most diverse in real estate with more than $54 billion of assets under management.
Prior to joining forces with Jones Lang LaSalle, Staubach was Executive Chairman of The Staubach Company, a market leading global real estate advisory firm that delivered cost-effective solutions for office, industrial and retail clients. When Roger entered the commercial real estate industry in 1977 the concept of “user representation” was not widely practiced. He saw the potential in this idea and was committed from the outset that The Staubach Company would exclusively represent users of space.
He expanded services to meet clients' ever-changing requirements. Areas of expertise included strategic consulting, site selection, acquisition, disposition, construction consulting / project management, real estate administration, portfolio management, facility management, business and economic incentives and financing and capital solutions. The Staubach Company’s 1,600 people served 3,000-plus clients from 70 North American offices and completed 7,280 transactions totaling $28 billion and 200 million square feet during the fiscal year 2007.
In July 2008, The Staubach Company merged with Jones Lang LaSalle, bringing together the unique strengths of two powerful organizations into one integrated global company.
Staubach and his wife, Marianne, have five children and reside in Dallas, where he is involved in many community, professional and charity activities, including the Children's Cancer Fund, the United States Naval Academy Foundation. He serves on the board of directors for AMR Corporation and Cinemark theatres.
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