Women Transforming Bay Area CRE Panel Discussion

A Leadership Conversation on Diversity & Mentorship in the Workplace, Career Advancement, Recruitment, Retention and Empowering Professional Development within the CRE Industry

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  Meg Spriggs

  Real estate executive with proven ability to execute land acquisitions, complex entitlements, development and investment management strategies in urban areas. Keen understanding of multifamily asset class with a track record of delivering 4,000 apartment units over the last 20+ years. National execution experience in primary and secondary markets including San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Sacramento, Denver, New York, Portland, Minneapolis and Southeast Florida. Accomplished people leader with expertise leading small and large teams as well as growth and change management cultures.

  Lendlease

  Managing Director, Development

  Meg Spriggs

  Managing Director, Development

  Lendlease

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  Laura Hall

  Laura Hall has been with EAH Housing since 2008, and became president and CEO in 2019. As president and CEO, she is responsible for the operations, real estate development, real estate management and services for over 25,000 residents and over 700 employees. Ms. Hall has more than 25 years of leadership experience, including real estate development – new construction and acquisition/rehabilitation, facilities management and client services. Prior to her tenure at EAH Housing, Ms. Hall was responsible for strategic planning, operations management, and regulatory compliance of a corporation providing community-based programs, totaling nearly 1,000 employees and $70 million in revenue. She managed projects spanning from site acquisition and response to Requests for Proposals (RFP), to supervising the transition from business development to operations. She possesses substantial expertise in the areas of contract negotiations, customer development and retention. In addition, she worked to raise awareness within the legislative, judicial and executive branches of the government regarding the need for community services. She has a California Broker License and graduated with high honors from the University of California at Berkeley with a B.A. in Political Science. She received a Master’s in Business Administration, Strategic Leadership, from Dominican University in San Rafael.

  EAH Housing

  CEO

  Laura Hall

  CEO

  EAH Housing

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  Daria Walker

  Daria is the founder and principal of Walker Realty Capital. As a premier mortgage broker focused in the San Francisco and Los Angeles commercial real estate markets, she has established a reputation for professionalism, dedication, and leadership. Since 2013, Daria has been involved in the origination of over a half-billion dollars in debt transactions, and has worked for major firms, including Umpqua Bank, NAI, and Marcus & Millichap Capital Corporation. The vast network of lenders she has built over the years, coupled with a history of successfully navigating the often complex and arduous deal process, ensures the highest level of support and service to every client. Over the years, Daria has broadened her focus from stabilized assets to include value-add strategies, construction projects, and complicated real estate-based SBA financing for startups. Additionally, she has substantial relationships across all lending platforms, including those from investment banks, CMBS lenders, community banks, credit unions, private equity firms, insurance companies, private money lenders, and various funds. With strategic partnerships, Daria is also able to source equity on select projects. Daria holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology and a Master of Science in financial analysis and investment management from Saint Mary’s College of California. When she isn’t closing deals, you can often find her hosting events and recruiting members for The Women of Real Estate (WRE), an exclusive networking group for young female executives in commercial real estate. On weekends, Daria enjoys golfing with fellow members of the LPGA Amateurs, classical music concerts, and reading non-fiction.

  Walker Realty Capital

  Principal

  Daria Walker

  Principal

  Walker Realty Capital

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  Marie Murphy

  Marie Murphy is the Principal and CEO of MJD Capital Partners and is responsible for the overall strategy, operations, and investment management of the firm. MJD Capital Partners, LLC is a privately-held full service development and management company based in San Francisco, California. MJD Capital Partners, LLC works with debt and equity partners seeking to invest in real estate investments, including short term and long term investment horizons. Marie has completed over 50 projects in select West Coast markets. Marie is a frequent speaker at real estate conferences throughout the United States. Marie holds a B.A. from Santa Clara University and a Masters from St. Mary’s College. Marie is a licensed real estate agent in the state of California. Marie lives in San Francisco, CA with her two daughters, Madeline and Molly.

  MJD Capital Partners

  Principal & CEO

  Marie Murphy

  Principal & CEO

  MJD Capital Partners

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  Caroline Chase

  Caroline Guibert Chase practices real estate, development, and land use law, with an emphasis on representing real estate developers in the entitlement of residential, commercial, and institutional development projects. Caroline has a unique multidisciplinary background including architecture, California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA) consulting, urban planning, and zoning enforcement. She has excelled at helping clients navigate the complex local and state entitlement processes throughout the Bay Area. Caroline has extensive experience with CEQA and has been involved in every step of the preparation of various CEQA documents, including the review of technical studies and the preparation of Environmental Impact Report (EIR)-required project objectives and alternatives. She is particularly well-versed in local and state historic resource issues, which often complicate the CEQA review process by triggering the need for an EIR. Caroline’s involvement and passion for her practice are also evident outside of the firm. Caroline is on the San Francisco Housing Action Coalition (SFHAC) Board and Chair of the SFHAC Legislative Committee. Caroline is also a member of the San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR) Housing Policy Committee and the Urban Land Institute (ULI).

  Allen Matkins

  Partner

  Moderator

  Caroline Chase

  Partner

  Allen Matkins

Development & Investment Honorees

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  Janice Thacher

  Before joining Wilson Meany, Janice led the development of Pier 1 — an award-winning historic rehabilitation project on San Francisco’s waterfront — in her role leading AMB Corporate Real Estate Advisors as a part of the development group at AMB Property Corporation (now Prologis). While there, she also represented clients in the acquisition and disposition of assets, portfolio evaluation and lease negotiations. Prior to that, Janice was a partner at Trammell Crow Company in Southern California.

  Wilson Meany

  Partner

  Janice Thacher

  Partner

  Wilson Meany

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  Yayu Lin

  Yayu Lin joined Sares Regis in 2005 and is responsible for the operations of the Commercial Division. She also serves as Account Executive and oversees major commercial development projects in the Bay Area. Yayu previously managed several residential development and construction projects, including faculty housing projects in the Residential Division

  Sares Regis

  COO

  Yayu Lin

  COO

  Sares Regis

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  Ann Silverberg

  As Chief Executive Officer for Related California's Northern California Affordable and Northwest Divisions, Ms. Silverberg is responsible for the strategic direction, overall management and daily operation of the company's over $3.5 billion affordable portfolio in Northern California and Oregon. She has been directly responsible for the growth of the affordable pipeline in Northern California and Oregon to over 5,000 units under construction and in pre-development. Prior to joining Related California, Ms. Silverberg was Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer at BRIDGE Housing Corporation where she was responsible for directing and overseeing their Northern California Division. She led the development and redevelopment of more than 8,000 affordable, mixed-income, mixed-use and transit-oriented housing units, including the acquisition and redevelopment of nearly 1,000 public housing units in San Francisco and Sacramento, the joint venture development of mixed-income residential units in Milpitas. She was also responsible for the capital aggregation and placement of equity and debt for their Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) and non-LIHTC developments and has overseen the negotiation and placement of over $3 billion in project level debt and equity. She is a recipient of the Northern California Real Estate Women of Influence and Most Influential Women in Bay Area Business awards by the San Francisco Business Times, and has been recognized twice as one of the most dynamic women in commercial real estate by BISNOW. Ms. Silverberg is the immediate past chair of the Board of Directors of the California Housing Consortium and was a co-chair of California State Treasurer Ma’s California Debt Limit Allocation Committee/Tax Credit Allocation Committee Working Group. She currently serves as the co-chair of the Bay Area Council Housing Policy Committee and is on the Housing Policy Committee of the San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR). She was appointed to the SF Housing Leadership Council, is a board member of the San Francisco Housing Action Coalition (SFHAC), a co-chair of the ULI San Francisco Local Product Council, and past president of the Board of Directors of the Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California. Ms. Silverberg is a faculty lecturer in the College of Environmental Design at the University of California, Berkeley where she teaches a graduate level methods class in project analysis. She holds a Master of City and Regional Planning from the University of California, Berkeley and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, Los Angeles.

  Related California

  CEO, Affordable Northern California

  Ann Silverberg

  CEO, Affordable Northern California

  Related California

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  Amy Price

  Amy Price is president of BentallGreenOak (BGO). In her role, Amy also co-heads the firm’s U.S. Investment Management business and oversees its Canadian Investment Management and Real Estate Services businesses. Amy is a member of the Management Committee, chairs the U.S. Investment Committee for the firm's core, core plus and separate account clients, and co-chairs the U.S. Management Committee. Amy also leads BGO’s equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) initiatives globally and chairs the firm’s EDI Leadership Council. Prior to joining the firm in 2012, Amy was a managing director and head of real estate investing for the western U.S. at Morgan Stanley, where she was an Investment Committee member, and built the real estate investment management business in San Francisco. Amy also spent time in Morgan Stanley’s New York and Hong Kong offices. Amy is a member of the Global Board of Directors of Urban Land Institute (ULI), a member of the Board of Directors and Chair Emeritus of NAREIM, and a member of the Board of Directors of AFIRE. She is also involved in philanthropic endeavors, as a member of the Board of Directors of the YMCA of San Francisco, the National Charity League with her daughter, and Service Corp with her son. Amy holds an MBA with distinction from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and graduated magna cum laude from Colgate University.

  BentallGreenOak

  President

  Amy Price

  President

  BentallGreenOak

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  Isis Spinola-Schwartz

  Isis Spinola-Schwartz is a development executive with more than fifteen years of experience in real estate development, land use planning, and project and development management. Her experience includes the development of commercial and residential projects, multi-family garden apartments, university campus, and hotels. Her extensive Real Estate experience includes operations and development management of more than sixty buildings in San Francisco for Veritas Real Estate Investments, one of San Francisco’s largest multi-family real estate development companies. More recently Isis worked on conversions of existing housing stock into LIHTC residential units, adding more than 600 dwelling units to the affordable housing stock in the San Francisco Bay Area. Isis specializes in the development of processes that ensure the seamless implementation of real estate projects. Whether adding Additional Dwelling Units to historic buildings in urban settings, or bringing together diverse disciplines to implement complex urban infill residential and commercial projects, Isis uses her extensive experience and business contacts to develop and nurture great relationships that ensure seamless implementation from design development to occupancy. In addition to her experience in Real Estate, Isis is passionate about bringing innovative and sustainable solutions to the urban environment. She worked for the United Nations in the Sustainable Urban Planning offices in Vienna, Austria and is a member of the Katerva Cities and Mobility Impact Panel, (https://katerva.net/awards/award-categories/12-cities-and-mobility), which helps evaluate and accelerate disruptive sustainable innovations from around the world. “I am excited about working for Forge Development Partners because the company is developing state of the art solutions to today’s urban living. The development of workforce housing that is sustainable and affordable is not only critical, it should also become the norm in today’s world. I look forward to working with this dynamic team and its partners to bring the projects currently on the board and many others to San Francisco, San Diego and Los Angeles.

  Forge Development Partners

  CSO

  Isis Spinola-Schwartz

  CSO

  Forge Development Partners

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  Candice Gonzalez

  Real Estate Developer, Affordable Housing Builder, Housing Leader, Community Builder, Attorney Passionate about equality of opportunity through housing and education for all income levels. Passionate about inclusion and diversity. • 17+ years in real estate acquisitions, contract negotiations, site selection, and brokerage. • 10+ years of experience in a corporate real estate environment (multi-family and mixed-use real estate development and portfolio/asset management leadership) • Strong focus on political and community engagement, advocacy, and building relationships with local organizations, community leaders, policy makers, and government agencies. This involves close monitoring of the political environment in order to advocate for and advance policies, programs, and projects that will positively impact the housing industry and community at large. • Exceptional relationship-building skills and people skills – ability to relate well to others and be relatable to others. • Focus on all aspects of development at a strategic level including acquisitions, feasibility, entitlements, consensus building, complex loan closings, design, construction, and sale/lease-up. • Ability to drive the planning of multiple, fast-paced and complicated projects. • Team management – up to 50 FTEs plus all vendors and stakeholders in a fast-paced environment. • Participate in speaking engagements, panels, and media interviews regarding the Silicon Valley housing crisis.

  Sand Hill Property

  Chief Housing Officer & Managing Director

  Candice Gonzalez

  Chief Housing Officer & Managing Director

  Sand Hill Property

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  Claire Han

  Claire is the Principal & Co-Founder of Avenues Development, a real estate development and consulting firm that specializes in entitlement, permitting, and construction of residential properties, by utilizing efficient and cost-effective building systems. Claire has led all phases of development, including acquisitions, due diligence, capital sourcing, entitlements, construction, and project delivery. Claire utilizes her expertise in contract negotiation, financial analysis, land use and entitlement strategies, regulatory permitting, and community outreach, to navigate the complexities of urban development in the Bay Area. Prior to co-founding Avenues Development, Claire led the development team at Madison Park and has also managed entitlement and permitting projects throughout the Bay Area for City Ventures. Claire received her undergraduate degree in Political Science with a minor in Business Administration from the University of Southern California and holds a Master of Science in Real Estate Development from New York University. She is a member of the Urban Land Institute, NAIOP, SPUR, and the International Council of Shopping Centers.

  Avenues Development

  Principal & Co-Founder

  Claire Han

  Principal & Co-Founder

  Avenues Development

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  Elisse Douglass

  Founder

  BBF CO

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  Elaine Breeze

  Elaine Breeze leads all community development activities for SummerHill Apartment Communities in the Bay Area. As Senior Vice President of Development, she oversees new community development, including land planning, land acquisition due diligence, architecture and design, budgeting, community engagement, and securing all necessary entitlement approvals. Ms. Breeze has been affiliated with the Marcus & Millichap companies since 1988, starting as a research analyst with Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Brokerage. With affiliate SummerHill Homes until 2008, as Senior Vice President and Managing Director, she oversaw the development of award- winning single family and multifamily for-sale projects throughout the Bay Area. From 1989 to 1990, she was an analyst and project coordinator for Essex Property Company specializing in multi-family investment real estate and retail shopping center joint ventures. Ms. Breeze graduated from the University of California at Berkeley with a Bachelor of Arts degree in History. She completed post-graduate studies in Real Estate and Architecture at U.C. Berkeley and in Construction Practices at San Jose State University. She is a current member of the SAMCEDA Executive Board and the Home for All San Mateo County Task Force and serves as a stakeholder representing the residential development community on numerous city-led planning initiatives in San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties.

  SummerHill Apartment Communities

  SVP, Development

  Elaine Breeze

  SVP, Development

  SummerHill Apartment Communities

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  Ani Vartanian Boladian

  Ani co-manages RPP and is specifically responsible for acquisitions and investor relations. Prior to Rubicon Point Partners, Ani served in the Obama administration responsible for the $200 billion TALF program and restarting the securitization market during the height of the recent financial crisis. Previously she was with Rockwood Capital, in the capacity of acquisitions, asset management, and establishing a $400 million separate account on behalf of a state pension fund. Her career began at Goldman, Sachs & Co.Ani is a graduate of StanforUniversity and Harvard Business School.

  Rubicon Point Partners

  Managing Partner

  Ani Vartanian Boladian

  Managing Partner

  Rubicon Point Partners

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  Samidha Thakral

  Samidha Thakral is a vice president and investment officer at Prologis. She is responsible for Capital Deployment and investment activities in the San Francisco Bay Area. Prior to joining Prologis in 2021, Samidha spent 14 years collectively at Hines, EQR and Lendlease where she led the ground-up development and acquisition of projects valued at over $5 billion including 1,400 apartment units, 6 million square feet of office and over 800 condominium units. Having lived and worked in three different countries on multiple real estate product types, she brings a unique perspective. Samidha has a demonstrated track record of creating successful projects that uniquely combine multiple product types that deliver real estate that is valued by both the end user and the investor. She is passionate about innovation and technology in real estate and currently serves as Co-Chair of the ULI San Francisco Innovation Council that brings together leaders in Real Estate, technology, and Venture Capital. Samidha has a Master’s in business administration from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, a Bachelor’s in Architecture from the Sushant School of Art & Architecture and a Masters in Music from the University of Delhi. When not at work, she enjoys cooking and pottery-painting with her two daughters and supports charitable initiatives in India that help educate children.

  Prologis

  VP, Data Center Investments

  Samidha Thakral

  VP, Data Center Investments

  Prologis

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  Sonia Taneja

  Sonia joined King Street in 2021 with over 15 years of experience in commercial real estate and finance. As Managing Director and West Region Market Leader, she is responsible for overseeing the firm’s activities in the Western United States. She holds a B.S. in Business Administration and B.A. in Economics from the University of California at Berkeley as well as a Master of Business Administration degree from Harvard Business School.

  King Street Properties

  Managing Director

  Sonia Taneja

  Managing Director

  King Street Properties

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  Lauren Krause

  VP & Head of Development

  Essex Property Trust

Brokerage, Client Services, Advisory & Consulting Honorees

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  Elizabeth Hart

  Vice Chairman

  Newmark

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  Kelly Glass

  Kelly Glass joined Avison Young in 2017 as a Principal. Kelly leads the leasing activity at Beacon Capital's high-quality 44 Montgomery Street office tower, which has approximately 700,000 square feet (sf). In addition, she has leased 601 Montgomery on behalf of Montgomery Building Inc for 20 years. Kelly is consistently a Top 10 Producer for the NorCal region at Avison Young. Glass brings nearly 20 years of commercial real estate industry experience to Avison Young, previously a senior director at Cushman & Wakefield in San Francisco for 16 years. During her career, she has brokered leases spanning 5.7 million sf while specializing in landlord representation within the downtown San Francisco office market.

  Avison Young

  Principal

  Kelly Glass

  Principal

  Avison Young

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  Holly Neber

  Holly Neber is CEO of AEI Consultants, an international property consulting firm. AEI provides real property insights and solutions through environmental and property condition assessments, health and safety consulting, building performance evaluations, remediation and corrective action, and construction risk management from 25 offices in the US and Europe. Holly is the 2019 President of CREW (Commercial Real Estate Women) Network and past president of the National Engineering and Environmental Due Diligence Association (NEEDDA). Holly was named among RealShare’s California Women of Influence in 2015 and Bisnow’s Bay Area Power Women in 2016 and 2017. In 2018, Holly was named to the Real Estate Forum Women of Influence and Connect Media Women in Real Estate lists and honored with the Courage in Leadership Award at EDR’s PRISM Conference.

  AEI Consultants

  CEO

  Holly Neber

  CEO

  AEI Consultants

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  Georgia Collins

  Executive Managing Director & Global Lead

  CBRE

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  Julie Hyson

  Managing Director

  JLL

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  Laura Barr

  Laura leads a San Francisco-based team with a passion for the urban public realm and consumer trends, innovating “retail-as-a-service,” an approach to leasing and operations now used by top mixed-use developers and operators that demystified the value creation for retail. As a result, Laura and her team get involved early on and advise clients on positioning or repositioning major assets and on consumer brand growth strategy. Laura and her team have advised on several Bay Area landmarks including Ghirardelli Square, Golden State Warriors’ Chase Center, Tishman Speyer’s development with the San Francisco Giants and Eataly in San Jose’s Valley Fair Mall. Laura also brought in several luxury brands in San Francisco’s Union Square including The RealReal, Dolce & Gabbana, Shreve & Co. and structured a deal for Isaia in the long- vacant, historic Frank Lloyd Wright building. Laura served for six years on CBRE’s Americas Producer Advisory Board as its youngest member and co- chaired the Futures Committee, which produced research on the impact of autonomous vehicles on real estate. Laura is also a Business Line Cohort Leader in CBRE’s Women’s Network Group. Outside of CBRE, Laura serves as a board member at La Cocina and Health Hospitality Partners. Laura earned her master’s degree in City Planning and a Certificate in Real Estate Design and Development from the University of Pennsylvania and had the privilege of working for Professor Asuka Nakahara.

  CBRE

  SVP

  Laura Barr

  SVP

  CBRE

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  Cori English

  Managing Principal

  Cushman & Wakefield

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  Christina Clark

  Managing Principal

  Cresa

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  Mary Alam

  Ms. Alam is Executive Vice President / Principal at NAI Northern California and a commercial real estate expert who has consistently achieved top-producer ranking, earning the #1 spot throughout the firm in 2019.. She owes her expertise to having closed hundreds of transactions during her career and to working in real estate and related fields for over twenty years. Ms. Alam holds an MBA degree earned in 2007 as well as a BA in economics from Columbia University in New York. Prior to becoming a real estate broker, Ms. Alam was VP at a San Francisco commercial bank with a focus on real estate finance. Her extensive business education and prior finance work experience, in addition to a multi-year career in the commercial real estate sector, makes her a valuable resource to real estate investors looking for the best execution of their real estate strategies, including broker representation on their sales and acquisitions. Ms. Alam is known for her local-market expertise of the San Francisco Bay Area coupled with extensive experience selling single and multi-tenant properties nationwide. Among her many talents, Ms. Alam is notable for her skillful and tenacious approach to navigating very complex transactions and bringing them to a successful close. Over the course of her career, Ms. Alam has closed multi-million dollar deals and has a consistent pipeline of on-and off-market properties for sale. Among her notable transactions are: A 144 Unit Apartment Complex, multiple Walgreens in CA and nationwide-including Mill Valley, Sacramento and the Central Valley in CA plus Pawley’s Island in SC and Houston, TX, plus many shopping centers/Retail properties in CA and nationwide. Her specialties follow her clients’ needs which include Residential land development sites, retail strip and shopping centers, multifamily and mixed use properties as well as single-tenant net-leased properties, office and industrial real estate assets. Ms. Alam has consistently received praise and accolades from her clients, peers, and colleagues, earning a wide array of repeat business and referrals. Ms. Alam has been a San Francisco Bay Area resident since her teenage years and currently lives with her family in Marin County, CA. She takes pride with her husband of having raised two upstanding young adult children and in her involvement in fundraising activities for their schools and extracurricular activities. She enjoys playing tennis, walking and hiking, and spending time with family and friends. Ms. Alam is multilingual, speaking fluent English, French, and Arabic in addition to conversational levels of Spanish and Italian

  NAI Northern California

  EVP & Principal

  Mary Alam

  EVP & Principal

  NAI Northern California

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  Sheilagh Knowles

  Sheilagh Knowles is Vice President for Cost management at Turner & Townsend, a global construction consultancy business. Sheilagh holds a BSc in Quantity Surveying from MTU Ireland and has over 20 years commercial management experience in the construction industry. She has worked on major projects around the world including Ireland, UK, Europe, UAE, Australia, and New Zealand, she moved to the Bay area in 2018. Sheilagh is a straight talking, results orientated, and people focused business leader with a passion for service excellence. Having grown up in the construction industry, Sheilagh understands the challenges presented to young women starting out their career, she strives to promote gender parity in the workplace by mentoring young women to reach their potential and providing them with a safe space, tools, and support to grow and thrive in the industry.

  Turner & Townsend

  VP Cost Management

  Sheilagh Knowles

  VP Cost Management

  Turner & Townsend

Asset Management, Property Management & Operations Honorees

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  Karlene Holloman

  CEO

  Common

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  Angela Kleiman

  Ms. Kleiman is responsible for overall Operations of the Company, which includes Portfolio, Asset and Property Management; Technology; Data Analytics and Research; Redevelopment and Resource Management; and Commercial Departments. Ms. Kleiman served as the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from 2015 to 2020 and was responsible for the overall transaction management for the $16 billion merger with BRE Properties. She joined Essex in 2009 to manage the Private Equity platform and grew the business from $750 million to $3 billion in gross assets. Prior to joining Essex, Ms. Kleiman's real estate career focused primarily on institutional investment management and investment banking. As a Senior Equity Analyst and Vice President of Investor Relations at Security Capital, she was responsible for over $2 billion of the firm's REIT investments and all client communications. As a Vice President with J.P. Morgan Real Estate & Lodging Investment Banking Group, she advised senior management and boards in strategic business platforms and capital markets transactions. Ms. Kleiman began her career in real estate development management in 1991. She holds a Bachelor of Science from Northwestern University, and a Master of Business Administration from the Kellogg School of Management. She is a member of NAREIT and NMHC.

  Essex Property Trust

  Senior EVP & COO

  Angela Kleiman

  Senior EVP & COO

  Essex Property Trust

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  Vivian McDiarmid

  VP of Asset Management

  Jamestown

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  Katie Ullman

  Katie Ullman currently leads Stockbridge’s rapidly growing Supply Chain Infrastructure (SCI) asset management platform, comprising over 100 industrial assets and $2 billion in AUM, overseeing several team members and JV partners. She also leads Stockbridge’s proptech team, evaluating potential solutions and developing a proprietary initial evaluation criteria. Previously, she led Stockbridge’s West Coast Multifamily asset management team, overseeing development and operating properties. Katie has nearly 20 years of real estate experience across a range of roles, asset classes, and regions, working at large firms in New York and San Francisco, including: PGIM, Madison International Realty, Tishman Speyer, Citigroup, and JPMorgan. She is a on the ULI Commercial Product Council and NAIOP’s Diversity & Inclusion Board, and was previously a founding member of PWiRE (Penn Women in Real Estate), CREW SF Board Member, and Northern California Women of Influence 2017 Rising Star. Katie is originally from Columbus, Ohio, and graduated from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania with concentrations in real estate and finance. Katie also loves mentoring and volunteering, skiing, college football, and outdoor adventures with her family, including three kids!

  Stockbridge

  Vice President, Head of SCI Asset Management

  Katie Ullman

  Vice President, Head of SCI Asset Management

  Stockbridge

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  Andrea Reeder

  SVP Asset Management

  Beacon Capital Partners

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  Leizl Jones

  Director, Global Facilities Management & Operations

  Illumina

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  Tanicia Jackson

  Director

  Union Property Capital

Architecture, Construction and Engineering Honorees

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  Sandy Mendler

  Principal

  Gensler

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  Megan White

  CSO

  Integral Group

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  Jessica Carps

  Jessica brings more than 15 years of experience in corporate accounting and finance to her role as CEO. Her responsibilities include providing direction and control to the financial and accounting functions of the company; participating in the formation and implementation of financial plans and company policy; furnishing information for planning and control; and providing general financial, accounting and management decisions. As a member of the executive team, she provides the detailed financial analyses that enable strategic and data-driven decision making. Jessica believes that construction is a great industry for accounting professionals to build their careers. “This industry is always in need of experienced professionals who understand and can strategically manage construction financials,” said Jessica. “Further, project accountants who can effectively support and partner with their Operations counterparts to manage projects are an invaluable resource.” Jessica looks forward to mentoring those who are in pursuit of growing their careers in the construction industry, particularly those who are interested in a CPA career path as an experienced professional, rather than directly out of school. Jessica enjoys traveling and recently spent time in Southeast Asia. She also takes an annual trip to Croatia to visit with her husband’s family. Next up on her travel bucket list are South America and Northern Europe.

  Skyline Construction

  CEO

  Jessica Carps

  CEO

  Skyline Construction

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  Thuy Fontelera

  As the founding principal of woman and minority-owned, Element Structural Engineers, Inc, Thuy Fontelera is engineering the change she wants to see with a commitment to building a firm that is community and DEIB driven. She is focused on transforming what leadership looks like for not only the A/E/C industry but for other industries as a whole. For over 10 years, Thuy and her team continue to demonstrate high-caliber experience by providing structural design and engineering services for a variety of project types that include commercial, residential, healthcare, and education, throughout the Bay Area and greater Bay Area.   Thuy understands the importance and responsibility in growing our future pipeline of engineers.  She volunteers her time to Mission Valley ROP's in Fremont to their high school engineering program as an Industry Advisor and recently started an engineering club at Cristo Rey De La Salle in Oakland.    Thuy continues to be motivated by the energy and enthusiasm of her team and encourages them to volunteer, continue their education, and lead with empathy.  She believes that by building stronger people, one can build stronger communities, which in turn builds stronger buildings.

  Element Structural Engineers

  Principal

  Thuy Fontelera

  Principal

  Element Structural Engineers

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  Aida Ribar

  Aida leads HOK’s WorkPlace practice across the firm’s San Francisco and Seattle studios. With over 20 years of design and project management experience, she helps clients redefine how, when and where their people work, optimizing their global real estate portfolios and creating innovative, high-performance work environments that enable people to be productive, healthy and engaged. As a recognized architectural and design professional, Aida brings her creative thinking and organizational skills to synthesize client needs into specialized design strategies and solutions. She leads the planning, design and implementation of work experiences across a variety of commercial and educational interiors projects from design development through construction. Aida is an industry thought leader on workplace. She has spoken about a variety of design related topics including Neurodiversity; technology’s impact on the workplace; space fusion and the rise of the human factor for IFMA and is an active member of the AIA and CoreNet Global.

  HOK

  Principal & Regional Leader of Workplace

  Aida Ribar

  Principal & Regional Leader of Workplace

  HOK

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  Shelley Doran

  SVP

  WEBCOR Builders

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  Chrissie Davis

  As the President for CORE Builders, Chrissie Davis oversees all projects currently under construction and works closely with clients in preconstruction. She prides herself in leading the CORE team to provide quality products and services to all clients. Chrissie has helped grow CORE Builders into a company with $100M annual revenue, building projects for third party clients and in-house. Chrissie Davis has been building in Southern and Northern California since 2000. She has a Civil Engineering Degree from Loyola Marymount University and a Master’s Degree in Construction Engineering Management from Stanford. She started her career working for commercial builders, but found a home in multi-family construction mostly in the South Bay. Chrissie is a LEED AP and has a passion for giving back to the community. She spent a year dedicating herself to community service in AmeriCorps*NCCC stationed in Washington D.C.

  CORE Builders

  President

  Chrissie Davis

  President

  CORE Builders

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  Angela Wu

  As Director of KPF's San Francisco office, Angela leads KPF’s on-the-ground project coordination on the west coast, meeting regularly with clients to provide seamless communication and a streamlined approach to project management. With more than 20 years of architecture experience, Angela has led a variety of projects in terms of both type and scale, ranging from singular residential, office, retail and institutional buildings to large-scale, mixed-program, multi-building complexes. Over the course of her career, Angela has developed particular expertise working in California and along the west coast of the United States. Through her deep and diverse experience, she has developed a design sensibility that is highly program-driven and culturally-based. Her interest in multidisciplinary collaboration to create synthesized architectural projects is key to her approach. Angela is a deep believer in the integration of architecture, structure, sustainability, and planning for a human-scaled environment, and these guiding principles are behind her design and management of numerous award-winning and prominent projects, such as Platform 16 and South Almaden Boulevard in San Jose and 5M Soma, 415 Natoma and 10 South Van Ness in San Francisco. Angela’s work consistently provides clients with highly aspirational designs while meeting their objectives on time and on budget. Dedicated to understanding her clients’ underlying needs, she carefully guides the process from programming and entitlements to final design and construction. With each project, Angela endeavors to fulfill the vision of all stakeholders, ensuring that designs meet their goals while representing inspiring and timeless architecture.

  KPF

  Director

  Angela Wu

  Director

  KPF

Finance Honorees

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  Michele Leiva

  CFO

  DPR Construction

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  Susan McCarthy

  Susan McCarthy is a Director with Silicon Valley Bank’s Private Bank which is continuing its integration of Boston Private. She specializes in Commercial Real Estate and Construction Lending. Susan has 35 years of banking experience after starting her 1 st banking job on Black Monday, October 1987. Previously with Redwood Bank, Peninsula Bank (part of Greater Bay Bancorp) and Borel/Boston Private, Susan has focused on infill construction projects, CRE and closely held business lending. Originally from the Garden State, she escaped summer and winter by relocating to Humboldt State for college. Currently in her 29 th year of volunteer work as a Citizen Scientist with The Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary Beach Watch program on a longitudinal study. Other volunteer work includes beach cleanups, stocking food pantries, Habitat for Humanity and Family House special projects. Susan loves hiking, beach combing, kayaking, and paddle boarding and hopes to get back into more international travel and diving again soon.

  Silicon Valley Bank Specialty Lending

  Director

  Susan McCarthy

  Director

  Silicon Valley Bank Specialty Lending

Government, City & Non-Profit

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  Sachiko Tanikawa

  Chief Sustainability Officer

  City & County of San Francisco

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  Catherine Stefani

  District 2 Supervisor

  City & County of San Francisco

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  La Shelle Dozier

  La Shelle Dozier is Executive Director of the Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency, serving in this capacity since 2009. She is the longest tenured Executive Director for SHRA since the Joint Powers Agency was formed in 1981. Ms. Dozier is responsible for administering the Agency’s FY 2022 budget of $347 million and a workforce of over 300 employees. As Executive Director, Ms. Dozier oversees community development and revitalization strategies in the City and County of Sacramento, as well as the provision of housing for low income residents using a wide variety of programs and financing mechanisms. Ms. Dozier leads the Agency’s management of a $325 million affordable housing portfolio. Over the past 20 years, SHRA has assisted in the production of more than 22,800 units of affordable housing through the application of various financing tools. Ms. Dozier is also responsible for the Agency’s function as the Housing Authority for the City and County of Sacramento which administers federally funded rental assistance programs to provide safe, decent housing that serves more than 14,000 low income families.

  Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency

  Executive Director

  La Shelle Dozier

  Executive Director

  Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency

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  Katie Lamont

  COO

  Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corp

Tenants

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  Mijn Jung

  Senior Manager Facilities Operations

  Golden State Warriors

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  Iowayna Pena

  Director Real Estate & Development

  San Francisco Giants

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  Ellen Johnson

  Senior Director Real Estate Projects

  Salesforce

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  Namita Kamath

  Head of RE Planning & Insights

  Pinterest

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  Robin Bass

  Real Estate & Workplace Services

  Google

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  Rachel Goldstein

  VP Real Estate Development

  Lyft

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  Tracy Hawkins

  Tracy has been active in all aspects corporate real estate and facilities management for over 15 years – her skills encompass project management, design and construction, leasing & transactions and workplace operations. With international experience leading corporate real estate teams in the film, fashion and the technology sectors, notably previously at Yahoo! for 7 years and now at Twitter as the Global Head of Real Estate. She has been at Twitter for the last 5 years joining them to lead their EMEA and APAC Real Estate & Workplace teams in 2013 moving to San Francisco in 2014 to head up their Design & Construction team during a period of explosive growth which ultimately led to her assuming leadership of their entire global Real Estate & Workplace team in March of 2016. Tracy experience covers the entire gambit of corporate real estate including the design and project management of various types of spaces from sound studios for Ridley Scott whilst at Ascent Media Group, to showroom space for Calvin Klein to award winning innovative and collaborative office spaces for Yahoo! and Twitter. Tracy specializes interweaving company culture within the physical space and raising the profile of corporate real estate teams within the business. Tracy’s philosophy is that of #oneteam meaning that CRE must be seen as part of the business as a trusted and strategic business partner with a seat at the decision making table to be truly effective and impactful. Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Tracy.

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  VP Work Transformation

  Tracy Hawkins

  VP Work Transformation

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