Full Name
Jenn Quader
Job Title
President & CEO, The Smart Agency
Company
The Smart Agency
Speaker Bio
Jenn Quader is President & CEO of The Smart Agency, a 30-year-old company she acquired in 2018 that exists to advance commercial real estate and finance through effective communications.
Jenn leads Team Smart in delivering innovative strategies and bottom-line results to many of the most significant companies in the U.S. across fund management, asset and property management, retail, brokerage, development, capital markets, debt and structured finance, and construction, with experience spanning multifamily, retail, office, and industrial product.
Jenn’s personal mission is to empower the next generation of confident communicators by sharing her voice in the global movement toward empathetic and human-first business leadership.
She recently gave a TEDx Talk in Paris, France on the topic of resilience and is the co-host of Resiliency the Podcast – a global conversation of leaders, investors, and everyday changemakers aimed at redefining resilience in today’s ever-evolving world.
Jenn’s academic and career trajectory was unconventional and required tons of resilience!
She began her career as a professional singer and actress where she was told “no” many more times than “yes.” She spent years conveying stories through acting, singing, and performing while traveling to all 50 U.S. states and many international destinations on several national tours of Broadway shows.
She then earned her Master of Arts in Global Communications from the American University in Paris, after earning a Bachelor of Science in Communications with a concentration in Public Relations from East Carolina University.
A veteran communicator, Jenn honed her skills working at global PR agency Hill & Knowlton/HKStrategies on behalf of major companies such as Fox/MGM Entertainment, Ford Motor Company, Michelin, and Mazda before specializing in commercial real estate.
She has served as an Executive Board Member and Chapter Director for Commercial Real Estate Women, Orange County (CREW-OC), and a featured speaker for IREM, the Commercial Real Estate Lending Conference (CRELC), and the OC Marketing & Advertising Association. Currently, she is Chair of the Urban Land Institute Orange County/Inland Empire Emerging Trends committee.
Jenn leads Team Smart in delivering innovative strategies and bottom-line results to many of the most significant companies in the U.S. across fund management, asset and property management, retail, brokerage, development, capital markets, debt and structured finance, and construction, with experience spanning multifamily, retail, office, and industrial product.
Jenn’s personal mission is to empower the next generation of confident communicators by sharing her voice in the global movement toward empathetic and human-first business leadership.
She recently gave a TEDx Talk in Paris, France on the topic of resilience and is the co-host of Resiliency the Podcast – a global conversation of leaders, investors, and everyday changemakers aimed at redefining resilience in today’s ever-evolving world.
Jenn’s academic and career trajectory was unconventional and required tons of resilience!
She began her career as a professional singer and actress where she was told “no” many more times than “yes.” She spent years conveying stories through acting, singing, and performing while traveling to all 50 U.S. states and many international destinations on several national tours of Broadway shows.
She then earned her Master of Arts in Global Communications from the American University in Paris, after earning a Bachelor of Science in Communications with a concentration in Public Relations from East Carolina University.
A veteran communicator, Jenn honed her skills working at global PR agency Hill & Knowlton/HKStrategies on behalf of major companies such as Fox/MGM Entertainment, Ford Motor Company, Michelin, and Mazda before specializing in commercial real estate.
She has served as an Executive Board Member and Chapter Director for Commercial Real Estate Women, Orange County (CREW-OC), and a featured speaker for IREM, the Commercial Real Estate Lending Conference (CRELC), and the OC Marketing & Advertising Association. Currently, she is Chair of the Urban Land Institute Orange County/Inland Empire Emerging Trends committee.
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