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April Roundtable features UC Real Estate Center and CREW Cincinnati collaboration
Event Information (passed)
The UC Real Estate Center and CREW Greater Cincinnati will jointly present a Roundtable Series event on Friday, April 14, at Cooper Creek Event Center. Sign-in and networking will begin at 7:30 a.m. followed by a breakfast buffet. The program will begin at 8:15 a.m.
All attendees are required to register prior to the event. Roundtable Members are admitted for free with a 2022-23 Membership. The non-member charge is $95 per person, CREW member charge is $45 per person, and UC faculty, staff and students are admitted for free.
The program will include introduction and opening remarks followed by a panel discussion and Q&A moderated by Wendy Mann, CEO of CREW Network and president of the CREW Foundation.
Featured panelists will include local real estate professionals Lindzie Gunnels, Molly Ironmonger, Christopher Johnson and Amy Reddy.
About the speakers
Wendy Mann, moderator
Wendy Mann, CREW Network
Wendy Mann, certified assessment evaluator (CAE), is chief executive officer of CREW Network. With 30 years of association management experience, Mann brings a passion for commercial real estate, her strategic vision for the association and a commitment to mentoring and advancing women to the CREW Network. She believes that connecting, collaborating and communicating are key to success in building relationships and creating change within the industry. Mann is committed to ensuring that CREW Network chapters and affiliate groups are strengthened through best practices, aligned through our mission and engaged through leadership development. She is dedicated to working collaboratively with like-minded organizations and companies that make diversity and inclusion a priority.
Guest panelists
Lindzie Gunnels
Lindzie Gunnels, 3CDC
Lindzie Gunnels joined the 3CDC team in 2019 as senior commercial leasing officer. In this role, Gunnels manages the leasing activity for all retail, restaurant and office spaces, and oversees the commercial tenant buildouts and execution of strategies related to tenant relations.
Molly Ironmonger
Molly Ironmonger, Mercy BonSecours
Molly Ironmonger has worked on many sides of the construction industry. After joining the Bon Secours Mercy Health ministry, Ironmonger served as director of design and construction for Southwest Ohio and Kentucky.
Christopher Johnson
Christopher Johnson, Frost Brown Todd
As chief inclusion, diversity, equity and belonging officer, Chris Johnson leads the firm’s initiatives and goals in the areas of workplace experience, client and community engagement, workforce representation, as well as firm wide inclusion and belonging efforts.
Amy Reddy
Amy Reddy, Al. Neyer
Amy Reddy brings more than 20 years of human resources experience to the company’s first-ever vice president of talent leadership role. Her strategic focus on employee and employer services is positioned to drive Al. Neyer’s ability to recruit talent and develop its strong multi-regional team of employee-owners.
CREW Greater Cincinnati
With more than 120 members, CREW Greater Cincinnati is the leading organization for mid and senior-level executive women in the Greater Cincinnati commercial real estate field. As part of CREW Network, the industry’s premier business organization, CREW Greater Cincinnati is transforming the commercial real estate industry by advancing women globally. CREW Network’s membership of 12,000 professionals in over 75 global markets represents all aspects of commercial real estate — providing members with direct access to real estate professionals across all geographies and disciplines. Learn more by visiting https://crewcincinnati.org/
UC Real Estate Roundtable Series
The UC Real Estate Center, in conjunction with our Premier Partner, PNC Bank, is proud to present our 39th season of networking, national and international speakers, and access to industry leaders.
In 1983, the UC Real Estate Roundtable Series was created to establish and maintain links between the university and the business and real estate communities. The Roundtable Series features guest speakers who present their ideas, thoughts and perspectives on topics that impact the real estate industry. The Roundtable Series strives to:
- Encourage interaction between real estate professionals and UC students and faculty.
- Address issues and topics relevant to the real estate industry and leading professionals.
- Expose real estate professionals to industry research conducted at UC and elsewhere.
Our Roundtable Series membership is comprised of an average of more than 200 industry leaders each year. As our numbers continue to grow, the roundtable promises to be a rich opportunity for high-quality programming and networking.
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