Betsy Brennan

SAN DIEGO—Facilitating the creation of cutting-edge commercial properties as well as residential developments that address the spectrum of housing needs is a major goal this year of the Downtown San Diego Partnership, Betsy Brennan tells GlobeSt.com. Brennan recently joined the organization as its new president and CEO.

Brennan succeeds interim president and CEO Bill Geppert, formerly the head of Cox Communications San Diego. Past president and CEO Kris Michell successfully led the Downtown San Diego Partnership for nearly seven years until this October 2017, when she accepted a position in Mayor Kevin Faulconer's administration as deputy COO of special projects.

Most recently, Brennan lived and worked in Charleston, SC, as VP of development and stewardship for the Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina. In this role, she directed initiatives related to civic engagement and economic development, and led asset development, donor services and external relations for a nine-county coastal region in the Palmetto State.

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Carrie Rossenfeld

Carrie Rossenfeld is a reporter for the San Diego and Orange County markets on GlobeSt.com and a contributor to Real Estate Forum. She was a trade-magazine and newsletter editor in New York City before moving to Southern California to become a freelance writer and editor for magazines, books and websites. Rossenfeld has written extensively on topics including commercial real estate, running a medical practice, intellectual-property licensing and giftware. She has edited books about profiting from real estate and has ghostwritten a book about starting a home-based business.