Eileen Byrne

Eileen Byrne retired from BlackRock in 2008 as Global Head of Real Estate Account Management and currently advises real estate firms on organization, investment and product strategy. Ms. Byrne's nearly 35 year career in real estate began as a policy analyst for the City and County of Denver, and later a development officer for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. At the Denver Partnership, she was responsible for downtown redevelopment projects in the mid-1980s; she then went on to start her own consulting firm, which was bought by Townsend in 1998. She served as a Townsend principal until 2004, when she moved to BlackRock.