Mark Rose is chairman and CEO of Avison Young, one of the world’s fastest-growing commercial real estate services firms. Headquartered in Toronto, he launched his real estate career working with real estate clients at a public accounting firm. At age 26, he was named CEO of the U.S. Real Estate Investment Trust of British Coal Corporation.

Katie Miller is a senior national commercial escrow officer with First American Title Insurance Company in Denver, where she closes and underwrites large commercial real estate transactions across the U.S. With 12 years of industry experience in both residential and commercial real estate, she serves as chairman of NAIOP Colorado’s Developing Leaders Committee, where she helps the association and industry expand diversity initiatives.

In my travels to various chapters this year, I’ve been focusing on the issues surrounding the changing face of commercial real estate. We’re becoming more diverse by gender and ethnicity, and it’s exciting to see how new voices are helping our industry grow.

Some highlights from NAIOP's E.CON: The E-commerce Conference in Phoenix, Arizona.

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