St. John Properties, a Baltimore-based real estate development and management company, has promoted Lori Rice to vice president and controller.

The Catonsville resident has worked for the company since 2000.

She will continue overseeing the company's accounting and financial reporting activities of the firm's commercial office, retail and warehouse real estate portfolio, which consists of more than 15 million square feet of space.

Rice earned her Bachelor of Science in accounting from Mount St. Mary's College, in Emmitsburg, and is a certified public accountant.