The CNG Mid-Atlantic Education Committee is hosting a panel discussion with leading corporate real estate executives to explore different perspectives and best practices of their corporate real estate departments’ organizational design. Our moderator will lead an interactive conversation on best practices, how they manage their portfolios utilizing different internal organizational models, and how they leverage service provider outsourcing relationships.
Date: June 14th
Time: 3:00 - 6:00 PM
Location: Monday Properties Conference Center
1000 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 700
Arlington, VA 22209
Moderator:

Deane Edelman | Global Workplace Executive
Deane is a Global Workplace Executive with extensive experience in strategic planning, workplace design, facility operations, portfolio management, budgeting and forecasting, project coordination, and master space planning. Deane has been involved with numerous real estate deals and has delivered transformational, cost-effective, and innovative workplace and portfolio solutions with increased utilization verified through meaningful metrics. A broad-minded leader with a tremendous vision that knows how to effectively align resources to deliver meaningful results. He is especially talented at building a strong and diverse team.
Panelists:

Dawn Striff | Head of Workplace Solutions | Nestle
Dawn has been with Nestle for over 30 years and has helped Nestle achieve it’s mission of unlocking the power of food to enhance quality of life for everyone, today and for generations to come. As you can imagine, as the world’s largest food and beverage company, Nestle has a large and diverse real estate portfolio.Dawn successfully leads Nestle’s Workplace Solutions team for North America.

Susan Boren | Senior Vice President of Real Estate | Maximus
Susan is a recognized industry expert and a real estate executive with an extensive background in corporate real estate management, high-profile transactions, strategic direction, M&A, and stakeholder advisement. She has a proven track record of taking advantage of the current real estate market to rebalance her company's real estate portfolio, eliminate money-losing space, and reinvest proceeds from leases that generate high rates of return.

Chris Boynton | Senior Manager | MITRE Corporate Real Estate
Chris is a Facility and Engineering Director with proven success in all facets of building operations. A proven strategic planner with solid organizational and interpersonal skills, Chris has experience in the design, procurement, and implementation of critical infrastructures, personnel, and systems. He is a reliable, multi-skilled leader whose efforts are an asset to MITRE.