Olivia graduated from Illinois College in 2023 with a bachelor’s degree in Finance and Psychology and a minor in Pre-Law. In 2024, she graduated from the Master of Real Estate program at Texas A&M University.  Outside of the office, she enjoys cooking, traveling, spending time with friends, family, and her cat!
Fort Worth
Bennett Veenker
Bennett received a Finance degree from Texas A&M University and is a graduate of the Master of Real Estate Program at Texas A&M. In his spare time, he enjoys spending time with friends and family, watching sports, golf, and traveling.
Shane McCarty, R/W-AC
Shane is a Director with LPA and has over a decade of experience appraising a wide range of commercial properties for both transactional and right-of-way projects. He is a graduate of the University of Colorado with a BBA in Finance with an emphasis in Real Estate. He is a Texas Certified General Real Estate Appraiser and holds a Right of Way Appraisal Certification (R/W-AC) from the IRWA.
Shane is passionate about spending time with his wife Jenn and three boys Joey, Les, and Jack. His hobbies include golfing, hunting, fishing, snow skiing, coaching, and spending time outdoors.
Danielle Watkins, MAI
Danielle serves as Managing Director at LPA Fort Worth, where she leads a team of appraisers on the transactional side. Danielle appraises a variety of property types including, office, retail, industrial, mixed-use developments, restaurants, land, and a variety of other special use commercial properties, such as airplane hangars and equestrian facilities.
Prior to becoming an appraiser, Danielle received her BS in Agribusiness through the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and MS in Real Estate from Mays Business School at Texas A&M University. Danielle enjoys spending quality time with friends and family, watching Texas A&M football games, going to the lake, and traveling.
Andy McLain, MAI, R/W-AC
Andy is the Senior Managing Director at LPA Fort Worth where he leads teams of appraisers focused on both transactional and infrastructure/right-of-way appraisals. Andy has over 15 years of commercial real estate appraisal experience and has appraised properties ranging from office, retail, industrial, land, special purpose, as well as partial acquisitions for eminent domain purposes. Prior to becoming an appraiser, Andy received his BS in Agricultural Economics, Finance and Real Estate in 2009 from Texas A&M University. Andy enjoys spending quality time with his family, making BBQ, hunting, fishing and anything outdoors.