
Kathleen S. Briscoe
Independent Director
GRIFFIN CAPITAL ESSENTIAL ASSET REIT, INC.
Kathleen S. Briscoe is one of our independent directors and is a member of our Audit Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. She has been one of our independent directors since March 2016.
Since March 2016, Ms. Briscoe has served as a consultant at Cordia Capital Management, LLC, a privately owned real estate investment management company, where from November 2013 to March 2016, she held the positions of Chief Operating Officer and Chief Investment Officer for real estate, overseeing approximately $100 million of commercial real estate investments per year throughout the Western United States. From November 2011 to November 2013, Ms. Briscoe was a real estate consultant with Institutional Real Estate, Inc. and Crosswater Realty Advisors. From 2009 to 2011, Ms. Briscoe was the Chief Investment Officer for the IDS Real Estate Group in Los Angeles, California, where she managed two joint ventures with CalSTRS. From 2008 to 2009, Ms. Briscoe was a real estate consultant with Crosswater Realty Advisors, where she worked with CalPERS analyzing its real estate fund managers. From 2007 to 2008, she was a Managing Director and the head of the Los Angeles office for Buchanan Street Partners, a real estate investment management company. From 1987 to 2007, Ms. Briscoe was a Shareholder at Lowe Enterprises, a real estate investment, asset management, and development company, where she managed the firm’s investment clients, advised on a value-add private REIT, managed a portfolio, and served on the Executive Committee and as a voting member of the Investment Committee.
Education
- Bachelors of Arts, Dartmouth College
- Masters of Business Administration, Harvard Business School
Industry Activities
- Council Member, Urban Land Institute
- Advisory Board Member, Institutional Real Estate, Inc.
- Executive Member, National Association of Real Estate Investment Managers