Cresa’s board of directors has re-elected Jack Burns, managing principal of Cresa Boston, to a two-year term.

Burns, a resident of Newton who has served on the board since 2006, has 34 years of experience in real estate negotiations, project management, design, land assembly, entitlements and development.

Burns serves as a board member for the Massachusetts Alliance of Economic Developers and CoreNet Global. Burns, who heads the project management group at Cresa, received a B.A. in architectural studies from the Boston Architectural Center in 1982.

"Cresa’s culture is based on collaboration, and this board exemplifies that principle," Jim Leslie, CEO of Cresa, said in a statement. "We are in a phase of dynamic growth in our organization and this leadership team has the talent and creativity to meet the challenges associated with this type of change."