THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Thank you for attending the Goldie Gala at Wintrust’s Grand Banking Hall!
231 S. LaSalle, Chicago  |  5:30 – 8:30 p.m.

THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING

THE 2023 GOLDIE GALA!

2023 Goldie Gala Shero

MARY LUDGIN

Head of Global Investment Research, Heitman

Mary Ludgin is Heitman’s Head of Global Investment Research. She is a partner of the firm and sits on its Global Management, Investment, and Valuation Committees. Mary oversees Heitman’s work in the realm of ESG and has served as editor of the series on Climate Risk that Heitman authored in collaboration with the Urban Land Institute. The third report in that series was released in February 2022 and focuses on Climate Migration.

Mary served as a Global Trustee of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) and as chair of ULI’s Chicago District Council. She currently chairs the board of ULI’s Randall Lewis Center for Sustainability in Real Estate. She previously served as Chair of the Pension Real Estate Association, President of the National Council of Real Estate Investment Fiduciaries, and President of the Real Estate Research Institute. In 2019, Mary received PREA’s James A. Graaskamp award, which recognizes researchers whose work contributes to the common body of knowledge regarding real estate investment.

Thank You To Our Sponsors!

(Sponsors to Date)

 

Diamond ($25,000+)

Platinum ($15,000)

Anonymous

Chicago Title Insurance Company logo
Waterton logo

Gold ($10,000)

Silver ($5,000)

Bronze ($2,500)

Gala Co-Chairs

Katie Kazas
President-Elect 2024
Managing Director, Capital Markets
Longfellow Real Estate Partners

Scott McKibben
CIO, Co-Founder and Managing Principal
Brennan Investment Group

2023 Gala Vice Chairs

Bill Barry
SVP, Commercial Finance Group
Draper & Kramer

Pam and Paul Boneham
2022 Shero Honoree

Kathleen Briscoe
Partner, Chief Capital Officer
Dermody Properties

Karen Case
2019 Shero Honoree
Vice Chair
CIBC

Shawn Clark
CEO
CRG

Michelle Mills Clement
Chief Executive Officer
Chicago Association of REALTORS® 

Jen Clune
Managing Director,
National Business Development

Clune Construction Company L.P. 

Mark Hamilton
Partner
Hamilton Partners 

Paula Harris
Managing Principal & Board Chair
Golub & Company

Michelle Herrick
Group Head & Managing Director,
Real Estate Banking

JP Morgan Chase & Co.

Kirsten Ekdahl Hull
Senior Vice President, Market Lead
EQ Office

Julie Ingersoll
Chief Investment Officer
CBRE Investment Management

Emily Johnson
President
Taylor Johnson Public Relations 

Trish Kelly
Executive Managing Director
Huntington National Bank 

Mary Ann King
Co-Head of Berkadia Institutional Solutions
Berkadia

Dan McCaffery
CEO & Chair
McCaffery Interests Inc.

Molly McShane
Chief Executive Officer
The McShane Companies 

Marguerite Nader
Chief Executive Officer
Equity LifeStyle Properties Inc. 

Rob Naso
Managing Partner & Head of
Asset Management

BentallGreenOak

David and Suzu Neithercut

Vicki Noonan
Managing Principal
Cushman & Wakefield

Amy Price
President
BentallGreenOak

Lynn E. Reich, SIOR
2020 Shero Honoree
Retired Executive VP
Colliers International 

Mark Rose
Chair and Chief Executive Officer
Avison Young

Sheli Rosenberg
2018 Shero Honoree
Principal
Roselin Investments

John  Schreiber
Founder
Centaur Capital Partners, Inc. 

David  Schwartz
Chief Executive Officer, Chairman & Co-Founder
Waterton

Margy Sweeney
Founder & CEO
Akrete

Hansel N. Whiteurst
Senior Vice President
Berglund Construction

Sarah Wick
Senior Vice President
Related

THe Goldie Initiative Board of Directors

Goldie B. Wolfe Miller
Founder | Chair
President
Millbrook Corporate Real Estate Services

Jen Sweeney
 President
President
Millbrook Real Estate Company

Katie Kazas
President-Elect 2024
 Managing Director, Capital Markets
Longfellow Real Estate Partners 

Steve Madden
VP & Secretary
Chief Executive Officer
Libertyville Bank & Trust – A Wintrust Community Bank

Scott Hirsch
Treasurer
Chief Financial Officer
The Benida Group LLC

Maggie Beckley
Development Executive, Healthcare
Mortenson Development

Julie Blaikie
Vice President, Human Resources
Business Partner
Equity Residential

Eric Fuglsang
Attorney | Partner
Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC

 Amy Hall
Chief Operating Officer
Caton Commercial Real Estate Group

Carole Jurkash
General Counsel | Partner
Boodell & Domanskis, LLC

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

​Cindy Malone
SVP & Director of Sales
National Commercial Services

Chicago Title Insurance Company

Scott McKibben
CIO, Co-Founder & Managing Principal
Brennan Investment Group 

Molly Phelan
Partner, Property Tax Attorney
Siegel Jennings​

Momei Qu
Managing Director
PSP Growth​

​Jay Raghavan
Founding Principal
JRC Advisors, LLC

Marissa Rose
Vice President, Development & Capital Markets
Avison Young

Julie Thick
Managing Director &
Central Region Market Manager

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Stephen Wright
President | Principal
Wright Heerema Architects 

Megan R. Abraham
Chief Executive Officer
The Goldie Initiative 

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