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Susan Folckemer

Board Chair

Board Group Affiliation: Property Owner (East) - The Preiss Company 

Susan’s role as Chief Acquisitions & Development Officer includes oversight of all acquisitions and ground-up developments, as well as substantial upgrades and renovations of both new and existing assets and dispositions. Susan's team is also responsible for sourcing equity and debt for new projects and asset management oversight for existing joint ventures partners. Susan brings over 40 years of development, construction, operations, new business development and investment sales experience to the TPCO team.

Prior to joining TPCO 22 years ago, Susan served as a Regional Senior Director with CB Richard Ellis, covering the Carolinas and the Mid-Atlantic region.

Susan received her Bachelor of Science degree in Business at North Carolina Wesleyan. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of the National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC), Chair of the Hillsborough Street Community Service Corporation (HSCSC) and is actively involved in the Triangle Commercial Association of Realtors (TCAR), Urban Land Institute (ULI) and National Apartment Association (NAA) and Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW). Susan previously served on the Board of Directors and as President of both the Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM) and CREW.