BOSTON-Kirk Sykes, president of New Boston Fund's urban strategy America fund, has been appointed chairman of the board of directors for the Real Estate Executive Council. The professional association works to promote the interests of minority executives doing business in the commercial real estate industry.
The REEC Board is made up of 14 members, each of whom serves a maximum of two consecutive three-year terms. Sykes will succeed Quintin Primo III, who served as chairman of the REEC Board since the inception of the organization in 2003. Sykes has been working as vice chairman of REEC for the last three years.
Under Sykes, the association will work to attract a more diverse membership while also working to offer services and support to existing members—including those who helped launch the organization and are now the industry's elder statesmen and women.“One of my goals is for REEC is to be less board centric and more supportive of membership in trying to grow the senior people of color in real estate,” he tells GlobeSt.com.
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Rayna Katz
Rayna Katz is a seasoned business journalist whose extensive experience includes coverage of the lodging sector, travel and the culinary space. She was most recently content director for a business-to-business publisher, overseeing four publications. While at Meeting News, a travel trade publication, she received a Best Reporting award for a story on meeting cancellations in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina.
