PGLRE #49: A New Era for Project REAP with Manikka Bowman
On episode 49 of Pretty Girls Love Real Estate, I chat with Manikka Bowman, the new Executive Director for Project REAP, an organization championing diversity in the commercial real estate industry for the past 24 years.
During our conversation we discuss:
New initiatives for the 25th anniversary of Project REAP
Quantitatively measuring the tangible impact that Project REAP has had on its alumni and the CRE industry as a whole
Manikka's upcoming project in Cambridge, MA with her development company, HarveyReed LLC
Book Recommendation: CRE Industry Insights and Whitepapers from JLL; Clarion Partners
Contact Manikka: Linkedin, https://www.projectreap.org/
Full Bio:
Manikka Bowman is the executive director of Project REAP and founder of HarveyReed, a development firm based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Before joining REAP, she was the Director of Policy for the Urban Land Institute Boston/New England District Council. She led policy research and provided CRE thought leadership for the Boston market. Manikka is a Boston Business Journal 40 under 40 honoree and serves on the board of Abundant Housing Massachusetts, a nonprofit committed to expanding housing opportunities in every community in the Commonwealth. Bowman holds a bachelor's degree from Bethune-Cookman University and dual master's degrees in Divinity and Urban Policy from Columbia Theological Seminary and Georgia State University.
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