Join the ULI Philadelphia Young Leaders for an off the record conversation with Anne Cummins, COO, Gattuso Development Partners, on what it’s like to transition from a senior executive position at a publicly traded real estate investment trust to co-founding her own development company. She’ll dig into how she got into real estate, her critical skills for success, the most surprising challenges of her career so far and the shift from developing in the suburbs to leading projects in the urban core.

Anne is a recognized leader in the real estate community and continues to expand her breadth of experience at Gattuso Development Partners, a firm committed to developing new and creative work environments that reimagine the workplace. Anne is also very active in ULI Philadelphia, currently serving as the Chair of Mission Advancement, where she is charged with ensuring that ULI best practices, policies, and programs are integrated into the District Council’s activities and outreach.

Anne will be in conversation with Mark Sanderson, Principal and founding partner at DIGSAU, a Philadelphia-based studio practicing contemporary architecture, urbanism and environmental design. With a commitment to their core values of design excellence, experimentation, and attentiveness to the material culture, the firm’s work strives to create meaningful places that empower and inspire people to be more creative, productive, and fulfilled.