Leadership Insights from Rebecca Hertz

March 26, 2021

ULI Washington regularly features member leaders’ thoughts and insights as we adjust personally and professionally to a "new normal." ...

Leadership Insights from Lee DeLong

March 12, 2021

As builders, we have a responsibility to deliver projects on schedule, on budget, and with the highest quality and safety standards...

Leadership Insights from Scott Willis

March 5, 2021

The story of my ULI DC activation began  on  Friday March 6, 2020; which was the day I returned to Washington DC from a week…

Leadership Insights from Alexandra Johns

February 26, 2021

Certainly, the best development teams are comprised of leaders who facilitate candid and constructive discussion, call the shots...

Leadership Insights from Alyson Bode

February 24, 2021

My role in the real estate industry is data centric – I am constantly reading, calculating, distilling, and attempting to draw meaning...

Leadership Insights from John C. Coe

February 12, 2021

You just arrived at the office (back when you could), and the owner of your company calls you into his/her office and asks you to…

Leadership Insights from Diana Shin

February 5, 2021

2020 was extraordinary in every sense of the word. While the year ranged from “unprecedented” to “wtf,” it was also remarkable to witness th

Leadership Insights from Paola Moya

December 18, 2020

Even before starting Moya Design Partners, I wanted to ensure that my designs and projects reflected my personal mission, supporting...

Leadership Insights from Rhea Vaflor

December 11, 2020

When I first entered the workforce, you very much had to be in the office. You had to be seen at your desk. You were…

Leadership Insights from Chelsea Rao

December 4, 2020

As I write this essay, it is nine months after the Coronavirus pandemic first escalated in the U.S. and I am looking forward to having…

Leadership Insights from Gwen Wright

November 13, 2020

Lessons learned on moving into a new 14-story LEED Platinum office building in downtown Wheaton…during a pandemic.

Leadership Insights from Marisa Flowers

October 30, 2020

In 2005 I was working with a national real estate advisory services firm. I was an associate, which meant doing the behind the scenes work,

Leadership Insights from Hilary Chapman

October 23, 2020

Our homes are foundational. More than just a roof over our heads, they have been forced to become our workplaces and our classrooms...

Leadership Insights from Katie Bucklew

October 16, 2020

All real estate asset classes are seeing seismic shifts in preferences that happen potentially once a lifetime… a cultural revolution in...

Leadership Insights from Brad Dockser

October 8, 2020

We’re going through an unprecedented type of crisis that has completely altered the ways in which we interact and engage with the built...

Leadership Insights from Bryce Turner

October 2, 2020

When times are “normal” and business is humming along per usual, change occurs relatively slowly. I am always amazed at how long it takes...

Leadership Insights from Andrew Trueblood

September 24, 2020

The DC Office of Planning (OP) is charged with supporting Mayor Bowser, DC government, and residents to think beyond what needs to happen...

Leadership Insights from Tanya Stern

September 17, 2020

"Collective trauma” may be a strong phrase, but it is one that came to my mind to make sense of the time period we are…

Leadership Insights from Kay Pierson

September 10, 2020

It is no accident that the Covid-19 pandemic is coinciding with global unrest. The pandemic has exposed how deeply-entrenched social...

Leadership Insight from Stephen Gregg

August 27, 2020

As the summer comes to a close, I continue to find myself reeling from the turmoil that has characterized this year.

Leadership Insights from Scott Brideau

August 19, 2020

The convergence of health, economic, and cultural issues currently affecting us – a black swan event at a global level - present a unique ch

Leadership Insights from Samia Byrd

August 6, 2020

From community development and housing, to a career urban planner; to a Deputy County Manager, to now a Chief Race and Equity Officer. Chief

Leadership Insights from Feras Qumseya

July 30, 2020

Once upon a time, in far-away galaxy, in an era when face-to-face interaction was the norm on planet Earth, I was sitting in a project...

Leadership Insights from Shawn Seaman

July 23, 2020

Resilience is a word that has slowly crept into our collective vocabulary over the last several years. In the last year or two...

Leadership Insights from AJ Jackson

July 16, 2020

The mission of the Urban Land Institute is to provide “leadership in the responsible use of land and in creating and sustaining thriving...

Leadership Insights from Julie Smith

July 10, 2020

The year 2020 may prove to be one of the most challenging of our lifetimes.  COVID-19 has changed our daily lives in ways that we…

Leadership Insights from Alisa Brem Rosenberg

July 2, 2020

Great innovations come from great challenges.  I think about this as I sit at my desk, working from home for the 116th consecutive day...

Leadership Insights from Candace Chazen and Charlotte Troup Leighton

June 24, 2020

At a time when we have experienced months of challenges none of us would have ever imagined – the triple threats of COVID-19, the...

Leadership Insights from Edward Walter

June 18, 2020

The last few weeks have caused us all to stop and further reflect on the continued inequalities and injustices faced by Black people...

Leadership Insights from Adam Weers

June 4, 2020

In what feels like a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away (also known as January), the leadership team at ULI Washington hosted…

Leadership Insights from Bob Pinkard

June 1, 2020

At the beginning of our shift to teleworking The Pinkard Group decided to have a call with the entire team at 9 AM every morning.…

Leadership Insights from Marcel Acosta

May 21, 2020

What a different world we’re living in. With many of us holding online office meetings we’re thinking about things that weren’t on anyone’s

Leadership Insights from Justin Chapman

May 20, 2020

It’s really unbelievable when you think back to January 2020, the beginning of a new decade, and realize the magnitude of the shockwave...

Leadership Insights from Eric Maribojoc

May 14, 2020

It’s easy to forget that we may be living through our generation’s defining days. My parents were impressionable young children when...

Leadership Insights from Evan Weisman

May 5, 2020

I read a great post last week on LinkedIn. Reading others’ posts is one of the things that makes me feel at least somewhat connected...

Leadership Insights from Carrie McCarthy

April 30, 2020

I was honored to be asked to contribute to this column and I hope everyone is coping well as we enter the third month of…

Leadership Insights from Robin Mosle

April 23, 2020

I am honored to share my thoughts with you and hope that you and your families are all well. Through this collective and difficult....

Leadership Insights from Bob Youngentob

April 15, 2020

I hope everyone reading this is safe and healthy. It has been over 30 days now since Covid -19 has had such a profound impact...

Leadership Insights from Yolanda Cole

April 8, 2020

Many of us in business have survived a number of disruptions, but none like this. This one feels personal because lives are at stake...

Leadership Insights from Jamie Weinbaum

April 3, 2020

Greetings from home!  Like most of you, I am squirreled away in my house attempting to balance work and family.  It’s been an incredibly...