Colliers International in Greater Phoenix has appointed Mindy Korth, a top commercial real estate executive with nearly 30 years of experience in the Phoenix market, executive vice president, adding depth to the firm’s investment sales expertise.

Korth will drive Colliers’ investment property sales by pinpointing prime business opportunities for clients, developing business strategies and conducting comprehensive sales transactions. She will collaborate closely with other Colliers’ brokers.

Korth’s well-rounded expertise includes a keen understanding of all aspects of commercial real estate transactions, location and market intelligence, and loan acquisitions.

“Mindy is a team player with extensive transactional skills and outstanding relationships with national clients who have trusted her with major complex deals for years,” said Bob Mulhern, managing director of Colliers. “The recent addition of Mindy and several other talented brokers places Colliers into a robust position for 2014.”

Prior to joining Colliers, Korth served as CBRE’s executive vice president of investment properties for 29 years, including 22 years at Trammell Crow Company prior to its merger in 2006 with CBRE, completing transactions valued at more than $2.5 billion and representing more than 18 million square feet.

She was part of the top producing Phoenix Trammell team from 1996 to 2003 and in 2005 and 2006. She was a Trammell Top 50 National Producer in 2002, 2003, 2005 and 2006. She has consistently been a CBRE-Phoenix Top 20 Producer since 2007.

Korth started her career as a certified public accountant at Deloitte before entering the commercial real estate industry.

“I’m excited to jump in and develop a pipeline of investment property sales for our clients,” Korth said. “The opportunity to propel Colliers’ client services platform and work under Bob Mulhern’s dynamic leadership is invigorating.”

AZRE magazine named her Big Deal Office Sales Broker in 2012 and People to Know in 2008, 2009 and 2011. NAIOP named her the Investment Broker of the Year in 2003, 2008, 2009 and 2010.

Korth is a board member of the Discovery Triangle Development Corporation and Balsz Community Education Foundation. She is the former board chair of Eight/KAET Public Television’s Community Advisory Board and Valley Partnership.

She also is a member of Social Venture Partners of Arizona and Arizona Commercial Real Estate Women having served on both boards. Korth is involved with ULI Arizona, NAIOP Arizona and International Council of Shopping Centers. She earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Arizona State University.