September 23, 2021

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2021 Goldie Gala Shero

Debra A. Cafaro

CEO & Chairman, Ventas, Inc.

Debra A. Cafaro is a self-described working girl from Pittsburgh with an iconic sports-centric leadership approach that brings people together. The success she created at Ventas is unparalleled, just like her commitment to women leaders.

 

  • Raised Ventas’ market capitalization from $990M to $28B
  • Twice named one of the Forbes’ World’s 100 Most Powerful Women
  • Top 100 Best-Performing CEOs in the World for six consecutive years by Harvard Business Review
  • Longest running woman CEO of a Fortune 500 company
Debra A. Cafaro’s Story

2021 Gala Vice Chairs

In formation

Curt Bailey
President
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Rachel Brown
Partner
Kirkland & Ellis

Jared Chupaila
CEO
Brookfield Properties

James Clewlow
Chief Investment Officer – EVP
CenterPoint Properties Trust

Trisha Connolly
Senior Managing Director
Ackman-Ziff Real Estate Group

Randy Fifield
Founder and Chairwoman
Randy Fifield Modern Living

Amy Galvin
Managing Partner
Luxury Living Chicago Realty

Andy Gloor
CEO
Sterling Bay

AJ Jacobs
Business Development Manager
W.E. O’Neil Construction Co.

Katie Kazas
Managing Director – Capital Markets
Longfellow Real Estate Partners

Howard Kirschbaum
Partner
Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg

Duke Miglin
Founder & CEO
Miglin Properties, LLC

Brian Mutchler
Managing Director
Harrison Street Real Estate Capita

Marguerite Nader
President & CEO
Equity Lifestyle Properties

David Neithercut
Board Member, Past CEO
Equity Residential

Robin Panovka
Partner
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

Mark Parrell
Chief Executive Officer
Equity Residential

Allison Rabin
Chief Operating Officer
Near North National Title Grou

Mark Rose
Chairman & CEO
Avison Young USA

Sheli Rosenberg
Chief Executive Officer
Roselin Investments

Gina Saenz
Director of Marketing
CenterPoint Properties

David Schwartz
CEO & Chairman
Waterton

Mark Shannahan
Tenant Service Coordinator
Hines Interests Ltd.

Roz Skozen
Director of Community Engagement
Clayco

Amy Sullivan
Senior Associate
Colliers International

Margy Sweeney
Founder & CEO
Akrete

Christine Torres
Director – Office Leasing, Retail
Brookfield Properties

Barbara Trachtenberg
Partner
DLA Piper

John Vance
Principal
Stone Real Estate

Jamie Weisman
Partner
KPMG

Assistant Gala Vice Chairs

Meredith Bledsoe
Real Estate Finance Manager
Facebook

Jessie Chen
Real Estate Investment Banking Associate
Goldman Sachs

Wanqiu Chen
Student
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Sheila Loberg
CEO
SHEcon Development and Construction

Megan May
Real Estate Equity Senior Associate
Allstate

Vasiliki Mitrakos
Associate Attorney
Winston & Strawn LLP

Sue Taghabon
Commercial Real Estate Appraiser
Urban Real Estate Research, Inc.

THe Goldie Initiative Board of Directors

Laura Giampietro
Newcastle Limited
Board President

Ankur Gupta
Sidley Austin LLP

Vera Halicki
Ameritus LLC

Scott Hirsch
Millbrook Real Estate | The Benida Group

Elizabeth Hozian
Associated Bank

Suzanne Knoll
Jack Miller Family Foundation
Jack & Goldie Wolfe Miller Fund
Director of Programs and Operations

Steve Madden
Libertyville Bank & Trust – A Wintrust Community Bank

Goldie Wolfe Miller
Millbrook Corporate Real Estate Services

Mary Fran Murphy
The Walsh Group

Vicki Mutchler
Conor Commercial ​

Alicia Schuyler Oberman
Board Member Institute for Jewish Nonprofits

John Petrovski
BMO Harris  Bank

Molly Phelan
Siegel Jennings

Momei Qu
PSP Growth​

​Jay Raghavan
JRC Advisors, LLC

Sheli Rosenberg
Roselin Investments

Christa Sorenson
Equity Residential

Jen Sweeney
Millbrook Real Estate Company

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