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Developing Leader Spotlight: Leading With Purpose

  • July 22, 2026
Her path into commercial real estate may have been unconventional, but every step was deeply intentional, said Jennifer Villalobos, senior associate, Cushman & Wakefield, and a recipient of the 2025 Developing Leaders Award.
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Developing Leader Spotlight: Building Detroit’s Future

  • July 17, 2026
While he jokes that his aunt, a broker, talked him into a career in commercial real estate, Alex Vasileff, vice President, acquisitions, Bedrock Detroit, and a recipient of the 2025 Developing Leaders Award, said that the complete answer is that he was drawn to the ability to transform communities, combined with the use of skills related to problem-solving, math, research and relationship building.
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Mentoring

Developing Leader Spotlight: Opening Doors for the Next Generation

  • July 13, 2026
Michael Tait, a winner of the Developing Leaders Award and an active member of CREDA Maryland, has built his commercial real estate career around relationships – and now he’s using those relationships to help open doors for the next generation of industry leaders.
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Senator Mitt Romney and NAIOP President and CEO Marc Selvitelli

Leadership in an Age of Disruption: A Conversation with Mitt Romney

  • May 1, 2026
In a conversation that spanned technology, economics, and governance, Romney’s message was consistent: the challenges ahead are real – but so is the capacity to meet them, if leadership rises to the moment.
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Developing Leader Spotlight: Blueprint for Success

  • April 22, 2026

Many children are drawn to busy construction sites with lumbering excavators digging deep piles of dirt – but not everyone gets to see a construction site up close. Growing up, MaryVictoria Montanari, a recipient of the 2025 Developing Leaders Award, spent her childhood exploring construction sites wearing a hard hat and tool belt.
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Women in CRE

The State of Women in Commercial Real Estate: Key Takeaways from the 2025 CREW Network Study

  • February 17, 2026
The commercial real estate industry continues to evolve in response to economic cycles, shifting workplace expectations, and the long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Understanding how these changes are shaping talent, leadership and compensation is essential for firms competing in today’s market. The 2025 CREW Network benchmark study offers valuable insight into these dynamics, with a particular focus on women in the industry.
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Celeste Tanner

Leadership Lessons from Celeste Tanner, 2026 NAIOP Chair

  • February 6, 2026
Celeste Tanner, NAIOP's 2026 chair and co-founder, president, and chief development officer of Confluent Development, joined NAIOP’s Inside CRE podcast to share the leadership principles that have shaped her career in the collaborative world of commercial real estate.
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Five Principles for Success from Navy SEAL Kevin Lacz

  • October 7, 2025
Navy SEAL veteran Kevin Lacz shared five powerful principles for success at NAIOP’s I.CON Cold Storage conference, drawing from his experiences in combat, medicine, and entrepreneurship.
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