Patricia A. Connolly

Patricia A. Connolly, Director, Portfolio Management, RREEF. Ms. Connolly earned her Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from Tufts University and holds a Masters of Business Administration from Harvard Business School. Ms. Connolly has over 18 years of experience in the real estate asset management, property management and leasing industry. She joined RREEF, a Member of the Deutsche Bank Group, in 2005 in the New York Corporate Office as a Regional Manager. In 2006, she was named Regional Director overseeing property management in the Northeast, responsible for 18 million square feet of office and industrial assets from Portland, ME to Philadelphia, PA. In 2007, she was promoted to Director in her role as Portfolio Manager overseeing two of the firm’s pension fund clients’ separate accounts, whose real estate portfolios are valued at about $1 billion and consist of office, industrial, retail and multi-family assets located across the country. Prior to joining RREEF, Ms. Connolly was Senior Vice President with Shorenstein Realty Services East, LLC overseeing East Coast property management for trophy Class A office buildings from Boston, MA to Charlotte, NC. She was previously with Jones Lang LaSalle Americas, Inc., culminating a 14-year career as Regional Operations Manager in Manhattan overseeing property teams associated with a portfolio of about 23 million square feet of commercial office buildings and serving a roster of prestigious clients, including Goldman Sachs. During her Jones Lang LaSalle tenure, she specialized in office, retail and industrial property management and leasing in a variety of markets along the East Coast from Boston, MA to Miami, FL. Before attending business school, she began her professional career as a product research engineer with Procter & Gamble in Cincinnati, OH and also served as a technical supervisor with Polaroid Corporation in New Bedford, MA. Ms. Connolly is an active member of REBNY (Real Estate Board of New York), ULI (Urban Land Institute), WX-NY (Women Executives in New York Real Estate), HBSWAGNYC (Harvard Business School Women Alumnae of Greater New York City), TAAP (Tufts Admissions Alumnae Program), and The Outreach Project. Ms. Connolly currently sits on the Board of Directors for REBNY and The Outreach Project, and has served as a Director for BOMA (Building Owners and Managers Association) in New York. She has broker's licenses in New York and Florida, and a Massachusetts salesperson's license. She is actively involved in fund raising for The Outreach Project and the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer in New York and Boston. She teaches fourth grade religious education. Ms. Connolly lives in Westchester County, New York with her husband and two children.