The Goldie Initiative Announces Record-Breaking Class of 2020-21 Scholars

Megan Abraham

Megan Abraham

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The Goldie Initiative has set a new record for number of Goldie Scholars and universities represented with its 2020-21 class. The Goldie Initiative is very pleased to welcome its largest cohort ever, totaling 25 scholars from 12 schools, including 8 who are returning for their second year of the two-year program. It follows on last year’s class, which also represented the largest participation to that point with 23 scholarship winners. With this new class, The Goldie Initiative has added three additional schools to its list of universities supported: Cornell University, Georgetown University, and University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC).

Founded in 2007 by Chicago real estate icon Goldie B. Wolfe Miller, The Goldie Initiative is dedicated to redefining the commercial real estate industry by elevating and advancing the careers of women with high potential. The Goldie Initiative has created a professional community of women with extraordinary academic and leadership potential who are its Goldie Scholars. The organization’s unique strategy of scholarship, mentoring, networking, and professional development cultivates talented women into future leaders.

The 2020-2021 class of Goldie Scholars, listed here by school, includes:
Chicago-Kent College of Law: Hannah Saed.
Cornell University: Ines Andrade.
DePaul University: Jennie Berman, Kelsey Berry.
Georgetown University: Megan Burrows, Adriann Murawski.
Northeastern Illinois University: Christina McInerney.
Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management: Meredith Bledsoe, Sandra Kafka, Emily Mohr, Allison Rabin.
University of Chicago: Jessie Chen, Kristina Flathers, Kylie Gerst.
University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC): Liz Kersjes, Chelsa Moore.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Hannah Brostoff, Wanqiu Chen, Jesse Han.
University of Michigan: Suman Gidwani, Lexx Mills, Kristin Mixon.
University of Notre Dame Law School: Natasha Gunasekara.
University of Wisconsin: Carolyn Kane, Liz Trautz.

This year’s Goldie Scholars will be spotlighted at the annual Goldie Gala, scheduled as a virtual event for September 17th at 5:00pm. The gala will also honor Lynn Reich, Executive Vice President at Colliers International, as this year’s Shero.