Full Name
Jennifer Litwak
Job Title
President & CEO
Company
PEP Housing
Speaker Bio
Jennifer is the President and Chief Executive Officer of PEP Housing. She successfully managed the closing of over $1.3 billion in multifamily acquisitions and overseen the development, preservation and renovation of over 8,882 units of affordable housing nationwide. Jennifer is an active member of the American Bar Association’s Section of Real Property, Trust and Estate Law and served as the Chair of the Residential, Multi-Family, and Special Use Group. Jennifer also serves as the American Bar Association’s Section Advisor to the Uniform Law Commission’s Unlawful Restrictions in Land Records Act Committee.
Jennifer serves as the Vice Chair of Urban Land Institute’s Affordable & Workforce Housing Council. She has taken on numerous roles with Commercial Real Estate Women Network (CREW) and served as an appointed member of various National Committees including, Network Industry Research, Member Education, and Scholarship Selection since 2016. In 2020, Jennifer was inducted into the CREW Visionaries program. Jennifer has also served on the Advisory Board of the Annual GlobeSt. Women of Influence Conference and Awards since its inception in 2019.
In 2024, Jennifer was selected by the North Bay Business Journal for Forty Under 40. In 2019, she became a Fellow of the American Bar foundation, a global honorary society of legal professionals and scholars who have demonstrated outstanding leadership and received the Gamechanger Award from Connected Women of Influence. She was also selected by GlobeSt. Real Estate Forum as a Women of Influence for her achievements in the Humanitarian category in 2020 and in the Independent/Non-Business Professional of the Year category in 2019.
Jennifer earned a Bachelor of Arts from Wake Forest University, where she graduated magna cum laude, and holds a Juris Doctor from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law. She is a graduate of the prestigious Development Finance Certified Professional (DFCP) program of the Council of Development Finance Agencies and completed an Executive Certificate in Nonprofit Leadership from John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Jennifer is also an active member of 50/50 Women on Boards, Impact 100 Redwood Circle, Leadership Santa Rosa, and the Junior League of Napa-Sonoma.
Jennifer serves as the Vice Chair of Urban Land Institute’s Affordable & Workforce Housing Council. She has taken on numerous roles with Commercial Real Estate Women Network (CREW) and served as an appointed member of various National Committees including, Network Industry Research, Member Education, and Scholarship Selection since 2016. In 2020, Jennifer was inducted into the CREW Visionaries program. Jennifer has also served on the Advisory Board of the Annual GlobeSt. Women of Influence Conference and Awards since its inception in 2019.
In 2024, Jennifer was selected by the North Bay Business Journal for Forty Under 40. In 2019, she became a Fellow of the American Bar foundation, a global honorary society of legal professionals and scholars who have demonstrated outstanding leadership and received the Gamechanger Award from Connected Women of Influence. She was also selected by GlobeSt. Real Estate Forum as a Women of Influence for her achievements in the Humanitarian category in 2020 and in the Independent/Non-Business Professional of the Year category in 2019.
Jennifer earned a Bachelor of Arts from Wake Forest University, where she graduated magna cum laude, and holds a Juris Doctor from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law. She is a graduate of the prestigious Development Finance Certified Professional (DFCP) program of the Council of Development Finance Agencies and completed an Executive Certificate in Nonprofit Leadership from John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Jennifer is also an active member of 50/50 Women on Boards, Impact 100 Redwood Circle, Leadership Santa Rosa, and the Junior League of Napa-Sonoma.
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