MINNEAPOLIS — Clay Dodd has been named director of valuation and advisory services at CBRE Group, Inc. in Minneapolis. CBRE is a commercial real estate services and investment firm offering a broad range of integrated services, including facilities, transportation and project management.

In his new role, Mr. Dodd will help CBRE establish a national agribusiness practice.

Throughout his 25 years as a fee appraiser, Mr. Dodd has appraised many grain elevators, including country, shuttle train, river and port elevators. He also has appraised many flour mills, including hard, soft and durum mills. Other assignments include ethanol plants, soybean crushing plants, biodiesel plants, corn mills (wet), oat mills, malt plants, feed mills (dedicated and commercial), seed plants, specialty mills, dairy processing plants, fruit and vegetable processing plants, meat processing plants, pasta plants, canneries, dry mix plants and general food processing plants.

He received a bachelor of science degree from Saint Cloud State University in Saint Cloud, Minn.