(Featuring Shumeca Pickett, Founder, Principal, Alfred Dewitt Ard)
The events of the past year have driven businesses to confront racial inequity, but some still shy away from the challenging language needed to make real, restorative, and economic progress.
. . . so what should leaders in the real estate industry do to meet the moment? Corporate social responsibility (CSR), diversity and inclusion (D&I) initiatives, and ESG reporting are part of the solution, but don’t always inspire change from the top down. What can the past tell us about the present to provide the framework for individuals and organizations to foster a more equitable future?
In this episode of the AFIRE Podcast, Shumeca Pickett, Founder and Principal of Alfred Dewitt Ard, a social impact consultancy, talks about race, equity, White supremacy, and challenging but necessary language needed to create meaningful change.
Listen now on your favorite podcast service (Apple, Google, Spotify) for the full episode.
FEATURING
Shumeca Pickett is the Founder and Principal of Alfred Dewitt Ard. Prior to launching Alfred Dewitt Ard, Shumeca held diversity, equity, and inclusion and strategy, team, and business development leadership roles at JP Morgan Chase and PNC Bank. Shumeca also provided leadership of her native city’s economic development organization’s inclusive economic growth culture and agenda.
She is a sought-after speaker and consultant in both the marketplace and on the Christian circuit of churches, colleges, and universities.
SUBSCRIBE TO THE AFIRE PODCAST
INTERESTED IN COLLABORATING ON AN AFIRE PODCAST? LET US KNOW.
DISCLAIMER
The publisher of AFIRE Podcasts is not engaged in providing tax, accounting, or legal advice through this publication. No content published in the AFIRE Podcast is to be construed as a recommendation to buy or sell any asset. Some information included in the AFIRE Podcast has been obtained from third-party sources considered to be reliable, though the publisher is not responsible for guaranteeing the accuracy of third-party information. The opinions expressed in the AFIRE Podcast are those of its respective contributors and sources and do not necessarily reflect those of the publisher.
QUESTIONS?
Benjamin van Loon, Communications Director
bvanloon@afire.org | +1 202 312 1405
Karen is the head of acquisitions for Allianz Real Estate, and has worked to invest in more than $25 billion of unlisted institutional real estate over the past 20 years. The first half of her career was oriented toward closed-end value-add and opportunistic fund investments in office, retail and multi-family assets across continental Europe. Since 2011, Karen has primarily focused on core and core-plus commercial investments in US gateway markets.
