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The Commercial Real Estate Diversity Equity and Inclusion Advisory Board is a think tank made up of on-the-ground leaders and practitioners in the real estate industry.

The Advisory Board provides a forum for open discussion of actionable solutions to the challenges that our industry, firms, and teams face when building high-performing, diverse teams with a culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. 

Speaker Series

January 2025

Dana Schneider, Senior Vice President, Director of Energy and Sustainability, Empire Realty Trust

December 2024

Meghan Kissell, Senior Director, Policy and Member Advocacy, American Association of University Women

September 2024

Wendy Mann, CEO, CREW Network

March 2024

Kimberly Lewis, EVP, Chief Equity Officer, IWBI

February 2024

Sonia Huntley, SVP, DEI, ULI

January 2024

Ken McIntyre, CEO, Real Estate Executive Council (REEC)

November 2023

Manikka Bowman, Executive Director, Project REAP

September 2023

Amy Lang, Strategic Talent Development Leader, Colliers

May 2023

Cedric Bobo, CEO and Co-Founder, Project Destined

April 2023

Nicolia Robinson, Principal of the Urban Design & Planning Studio, Cooper Carry

February 2023

Revathi Greenwood, Global Head of Data and Insights, Cushman & Wakefield

December 2022

Muriel Thompson, Director, Social Impact and Employee Relations, North America, Colliers

September 2022

Tiffany English, Senior Director, Architecture, Qualcomm and Immediate Past President, CREW Network

Barbi Reuter, CEO, Cushman & Wakefield | PICOR Commercial Real Estate Services and President, CREW Network

March 2022

Subha Barry, Chief Executive Officer, Seramount

February 2022

Jeremy Banoff, Vice Chairman, Compensation Consulting, Ferguson Partners Consulting

December 2021

Mike Burns, Managing Partner, The Burns Brothers

October 2021

Ingrid Jacobs, Global Head of Diversity and Inclusion, JLL

April 2021

Cid Wilson, President & Chief Executive Officer, Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility (HACR)

Board Members

Chair, Mandi Wedin

Founder + CEO

Feroce Real Estate Advisors

mwedin@feroce.us


Linda Aronson

Principal

Linda Aronson Consulting LLC

lindaaronson@lsaronson.com 


Adrienne Bain

CRE Executive

JPI

Adrienne.Bain@jpi.com


Elizabeth Beck

Director, Valuation & Advisory

Cushman & Wakefield

elizabeth.beck@cushwake.com 


Heba Bella

Architect | Associate

Cooper Carry


Jocelina O. Benzmiller

Senior Director, Operations & Strategy AM Research & Strategy

JLL

Jocelina.Benzmiller@am.jll.com


Audra L. Cunningham

Executive Vice President & Chief Administrative Officer

T. Dallas Smith & Company, LLC

audra@tdallassmith.com


Julianne B. Goodfellow

Vice President, Government Affairs

National Multifamily Housing Council

jgoodfellow@nmhc.org


Bonnie Gottlieb

Retired SVP, Industry Affairs & Strategic Initiatives

Nareit

bonniesgottlieb@gmail.com 


Jenna Kirkpatrick Howard

Senior Vice President

Lockton Companies

jkhoward@lockton.com


Nicole Miller

Senior Managing Director, Co-Regional Manager

Savills

nmiller@savills.us


Sadhvi Subramanian

SVP

sadhvisubramanian@yahoo.com


Muriel Aubry Thompson

Director of Social Impact and Employee Relations

Colliers International

Muriel.thompson@colliers.com


Veronica Unnikrishnan

Partner & SVP of Innovation, Strategic Partnerships and Marketing

5Q

veronica.unnikrishnan@5qcloud.com


Karen Whitt, CPM, RPA, CRE

President Real Estate Management Services US

Co-Executive Sponsor, North America D & I

Colliers

Karen.Whitt@colliers.com


Katie P. Yanushonis

Senior Vice President

The Meridian Group

katieyanushonis@tmgdc.com