Sponsors & Donors
Thank You to the following Sponsors and Donors of The Goldie Initiative.
The Goldie Initiative is deeply grateful to the generous sponsors, foundations, organizations, and individual donors whose support 20255 a tremendous success for our organization. We proudly recognize the organizations and individuals whose generosity is making a lasting impact on our Goldie Scholars, Alumnae, and the commercial real estate industry.
DONORS & SPONSORS $5,000–$9,999
Alliant Credit Union
Altus Group U.S. Inc.
Article Student Living
Associated Bank
Atomatic Mechanical Services, Inc.
Bank of America
Berglund Construction
Big Four Properties/ Considine Family
Foundation
Bisnow
Pam & Paul Boneham
Bridge Industrial
Buchalter
Byline Bank
Capital One
Karen & Jay Case
CenterPoint Properties
Chicago Association of Realtors
Clune Construction Company
Colliers International
Continental Properties Company, Inc.
Core Spaces
Cushman & Wakefield
Dermody Properties
Draper & Kramer
Elrod Friedman LLP
Executive Construction Foundation
Fellowes Brands
Hamilton Partners
Imperial Realty Co.
Invesco, Ltd.
IOC Construction
J. S. Frank Foundation
Jones Day
Kayne Anderson Real Estate
LandCare, LLC
Latham & Watkins LLP
Marcus & Millichap
Matterhorn Venture Partners
James McShane
Merchants Capital
Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP
Nixon Peabody LLP
Old National Bank
Ostrander Construction
Pearlmark
Power Construction Co. LLC
Primo Fontana
RE Journals
RealtyAds
Lynn and Richard Reich
Related Midwest
Riemer & Braunstein LLP
RSM US LLP
Jared Sheiker
Siegel Jennings Co. L.P.A.
SIOR Chicago Chapter
SIOR Global Foundation
Sterling Bay
Stikeman Elliott
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
Taylor Johnson Public Relations
The Adams Angelos Family
The CCIM Institute Foundation
The Harvey L. Miller Family Foundation
The John and Kathleen Schreiber Foundation
The McShane Companies
Ventas Charitable Foundation
Edwin Warfield
Wright Heerema Architects
DONORS & SPONSORS $2,500–$4,999
Anonymous
BCU Risk Advisors
Beacon Capital Partners
BGO
Boodell & Domanskis, LLC
Bucksbaum Retail Properties
Chatham Financial
Clarett
Clarius Partners
Connor Electric Services, Inc.
Crescent Cleaning Company
Douglas and Cindy Crocker
Dalfen Industrial
Eversheds Sutherland
Fairlawn Real Estate
Farpoint Development
Faxon Family Fund/ Shadow Hill Partners
Fifth Third Bank
First Bank Chicago
Focus
Founders 3
Marvin and Elaine Gottlieb
Great Southern Bank
Hillwood Investment Properties
Honigman LLP
JDI Realty LLC
Kelso-Burnett Company
Landrock LP
Larry and Margaret Singerman
LG Group
Loberg Construction
Logistics Property Company, LLC
Magellan Development Group
Mariani Landscape
Mesa West Capital
MMK Consulting
Allan Muchin
Near North Title Group
Newcastle Investors
PGIM Real Estate
Plante Moran
Playbook
Power Construction Co. LLC
Project Management Advisors, Inc.
Quarles & Brady
Riverside Investment and Development
RX Health & Science Trust
Ryan Companies US, Inc.
Shannahan Foundation
Spaceco Inc.
Stantec Consulting Services, Inc.
STRUXC Companies
Temerity Strategic Partners
Titan Security Group
Venture One Real Estate
Western Specialty Contractors
WHI Real Estate Partners
Zimmerman Real Estate Group, Ltd
Zitella Development
DONORS & SPONSORS UP TO $2,499
Megan Abraham
Wendi and Richard Adler
American Online Giving Foundation
Anonymous
Avrum Gray Family Fund
Barbara Field
Barbara Hanig
Bear Construction
Belle and Harvey Cole
Carol Warshauer
Craig Foreman
Cynthia & Barry Greenburg
Cynthia & Howard Barnett
Barbara Levoff
Danny Margolis
Ann McKenzie
David Moscow
Daniel North
Ellen A Rudnick
First American Bank
Heartland Bank and Trust Company
IWIRE (Industrial Women in Real Estate)
Jen Sweeney
Jeremy Bressman
Jimena Sayavedra
JMB Realty
Joan Mopper
Jordan Rovito
Karen Lee
Kathy McCoy
Katie Kazas
Kirsten Ekdahl Hull
Klaudia Burkowski
Laura Giampietro
Lexis Livengood
Linda and Ronald Rashkow
Linda Klein
Linda Pace
Lindsay O’Brien
Margo and Mike Oberman
Margy Sweeney
Marilyn & Larry Robinson
Marilyn and Burton Greenberg
Marilyn Lissner
Marjorie Tsang
Megaen MacDonald, CPM
Meghan Czechowski
Michael and Suzanne Moskow
Michael and Valerie Lewis
Midwest CRE Advisors / Main Place Properties
Rebecca Mati
Richard and Carol Fleisher
Rosenson Foundation
Sandra Lund
Scott Hirsch
Shannon O’Hare
Sue Taghabon
Taylor Brown
The Robert Thomas Bobins Foundation
Theodore F. Perlman
Tiffani Siegel
Caroline Ufondu
DONATIONS IN MEMORY OF SUSAN ROSEN
Anonymous
Jeremy Bressman
Marilyn Lissner
Lexis Livengood
Shannon O’Hare
Jordan Rovito
Margy Sweeney
GRADUATION CAMPAIGN DONORS
Megan Abraham
Thea Button
Sarah Cannella
Wanqiu Chen
Kelsey Cleland
Laura Giampietro
Nicole Grimaldi
Kirsten Hull
Katie Kazas
AnnaMaria Kowalik
Heidi McClenahan
Ann McKenzie
Mary Fran Murphy
Victoria Noonan
Jimena Sayavedra
Sue Taghabon
Stephen Wright
Shelley Xu
DONATIONS IN HONOR OF GOLDIE B. WOLFE MILLER’S 80TH BIRTHDAY
Anonymous
Wendi and Richard Adler
Howard & Cynthia Barnett
Richard Fleisher
Al Gorman
Barbara Hanig
Linda Klein
Karen Lee
Sandra Lund
Rebecca Mati
David Moscow
Margo & Mike Oberman
Linda Pace
Linda Rashkow
Harold Rosenson
Larry & Margaret Singerman
Caryn Skurnick
Caroline Ufondu
Many thanks to the following Foundations and Organizations for supporting our scholarship fund in 2025:
SIOR Global Foundation
The CCIM Institute Foundation
SIOR Chicago Chapter
A Special Note of Thanks
We recently discovered that some donors and gifts in the Under $2,500 Giving Level were inadvertently omitted from our recognition list.
We sincerely apologize for this oversight. Every gift to The Goldie Initiative plays an important role in advancing our mission and creating opportunities for women pursuing leadership careers in commercial real estate. We are deeply grateful for the generosity and support of these donors.
We are pleased to recognize the following individuals and organizations below and will also include them in our 2026 Annual Report to ensure their contributions receive the acknowledgment they deserve.
With gratitude, we thank the following supporters:
- Alley, Brayton
- Avgeris & Associates
- Belle Bennett Cole
- Benjamin, Marc
- Booma, Matt
- Bornquist, Inc.
- Burns, Jamie
- Cowen, Dolores
- Curtolo, Lauren
- Fine, Karen
- Greenberg, Burt & Marilyn
- Greenburg, Barry & Cynthia
- Hall, Melissa
- Hupfer, Kristin
- JM Brennan
- Joy, Judith
- Kamin, Malcolm & Kay
- Kirschner, Ben
- Kurtzon, Michael
- Lardenoit, Julie
- Steve and Arlene Lazarus Foundation
- Lehman, Caroline
- Leone, Gene
- Loberg Construction
- Maguire, Jenna
- Malapero, Caroline
- Margolis, Daniel
- McQuestion, Holly
- Oberman, Liv (Olivia)
- Opus Group
- Pennrose
- Peterson, Zane (In Memory of Susan Rosen)
- Prairie Service Group
- Rus
- Sid Grinker Restoration Inc.
- Siegel, Tiffani and Ryan
- Six, Bob
- Snow, Brian and Arlene Semel
- Strusiner, Rick & Lynda
- Strybel, Robert
- The Robert Thomas Bobins Foundation
- Warshauer, Myron & Kookie
- IWIRE
Every effort has been made to accurately list our 2025 donors – please email info@goldieinitiative.org to report an error.