Lauralee Martin
Lauralee Martin is an American business executive and Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of Jones Lang LaSalle,[1][2] a position she has held since January 2002.
Education and experience
Martin received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Oregon State University and an Masters of Business Administration from the University of Connecticut. After graduation, she was a financial analyst at GE Capital. She worked briefly with consumer products but was assigned to their real estate group.[3]
Real estate
After leaving GE in 1987, Martin joined Heller Financial, rising to President of the Real Estate Finance Division.[4] In 1995, she reluctantly agreed to become the corporate CFO, where she assisted with their Initial public offering in 1998. The company was subsequently purchased by General Electric Capital Corp. for $5.3 billion in 2001. Martin was then hired as CFO at Jones Lang LaSalle, her present position.[3][4]
Boards
In addition to being a director at Jones Lang LaSalle, Martin is on the board of REIT-HCP, Inc. and Kaiser Aluminum; and was on the KeyCorp board from 2004 until 2010 and on the Gables Residential Trust board from 1994 to 2005.[4]
Conservation
She is an advocate of sustainability and energy conservation in commercial real estate development[5][6][7] and was named one of Crain's Chicago Business 25 women to watch.[3][8]
References
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ "Lauralee Martin - Forbes". People.forbes.com. 2012-04-18. Retrieved 2012-10-21.
- ^ a b c Hanson, Cynthia: [2] Chicago Business, May 7, 2007, "Lauralee Martin"
- ^ a b c [3] Reuters, April 24, 2008, "HCP Announces Election of Lauralee Martin to Board of Directors"
- ^ "Lauralee Martin.ppt" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-10-21.
- ^ "Learn about CFO Conferences". Cfoconferences.com. Retrieved 2012-10-21.
- ^ "Statement on Energy Efficiency". Energyfuturecoalition.org. Retrieved 2012-10-21.
- ^ "Movers and Shakers: Real Estate". The Glass Hammer. 2008-09-18. Retrieved 2012-10-21.
