Matthew VanEck is a senior vice president with Kidder Mathews Valuation & Advisory Services, in the Irvine office. He has been active in real estate appraisal and consulting for nearly 15 years. Prior to joining Kidder Mathews, Mr. VanEck was a Valuation Services Director at Colliers International. Other experience includes working at American Appraisal where he headed the real estate and related assets practice for their Los Angeles office.
Mr. VanEck’s appraisal experience consist of valuing traditional operating properties (retail, office and industrial), as well as specialty properties including studios, marinas, aggregate mines, railroad right-of-ways, rail yards, utility easements, conservation easements and land developments. He has experience in performing valuations for tax reporting, financing, property tax appeals, eminent domain, litigation support and financial accounting purposes. Overall, Mr. VanEck has performed appraisal assignments in over 30 states and the District of Columbia.
Mr. VanEck is active with the Southern California Chapter of the Appraisal Institute. He currently sits as the vice-chair for the Southern Branch. Past leadership positions include Nominating Committee (2015), Co-Chair of the Candidate Guidance Committee (2013) and Alternate Regional Representative (2010). He is also a member of the International Right of Way Association Orange County Chapter 67 and in 2017 was elected as the Public Agency Liaison chair. From 2010 to 2016, Mr. VanEck was also a board member for the non-profit community organization, Orange County Head Start. Over that period of time, he was elected as the Board’s Chair, Vice Chair and Treasurer.
B.S. University of Southern California