Katharine Kelley is President and CEO of Green Street Properties and leads the company's real estate development operations and new business pursuits. Katharine has led the development of over $600 million of properties during more than 16 years of experience in the real estate development business.

Prior to Green Street, Katharine was Senior Vice President and one of three regional development officers at Post Properties, where she managed the development of 12 multifamily mixed used properties comprising a total of over 4,000 multifamily units. In particular, she led the team that developed the flagship, $120 million Riverside by Post mixed use development, which gained national recognition for product innovation. Prior to Post, Katharine worked with The Landmarks Group, where she developed and marketed 135,000 square feet of retail space for the $600 million Promenade mixed use development in Midtown Atlanta. Most recently, she honed her entrepreneurial skills as a Co-founder and President of internet company Blue Rock Avenue, located in Atlanta and New York.

Katharine is an Atlanta native and a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of North Carolina, and she received a Master of Science in Real Estate Development from Columbia University and an MBA from Harvard University. Katharine also served for several years on the City of Atlanta Zoning Review Board, and currently serves on the Atlanta Habitat for Humanity Advisory Board, the Finance Committee of The Westminster Schools, the UNC Johnston Honors Advisory Board, and the Board of the Congress for the New Urbanism.

 Kelley will speak at Georgia Tech's IMPACT Speaker Series on Wednesday, February 11th, 2015. All are welcome to attend. 

About the Impact Speaker Series:

Since 2002, the IMPACT Speaker Series has brought highly successful business leaders from a variety of industries to campus to share their experiences and give advice to students and other entrepreneurs on topics ranging from "building a venture around intellectual capital" to "successful entrepreneurship in large organizations" and "socially responsible leadership". The weekly series provides Georgia Tech students, alumni and the Atlanta business community an opportunity to network and learn from successful entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and notable business and non-profit leaders.

The series is free and open to the public, and reservations are not required.