Women of Influence

JLL veteran, Nashunda Williams will assume the global position and will be responsible for implementing the firm's DEI strategy.

CRESDA is working with Billion Dollar Roundtable companies to help achieve diversity goals with third-party suppliers.

"We want the head of the organization to instill change," says CREW Network CEO Wendy Mann about supporting action on DEI initiatives.

The firm has hired Jared Noordyk as head of securitization and Natalie Grainger as chief credit officer.

"Women must become allies to one another, sharing valuable experiences and encouraging each other to take on new challenges," says Kate Keller of Keller Augusta.

It will focus on providing capital to Black-led affordable housing developers, as part of Goldman Sachs' One Million Black Women initiative.

"Be sure to learn from and develop strong mentoring relationships with those around you. In the end, you are only as good as the team you are working on and with," says Bonnie Neuman of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft.

"But motherhood has actually made me better, as the balancing act that is needed with kids is similar to the one needed to manage a full plate of transactions," says Michelle M. McAtee, partner at Jenner & Block.