2023 Fall Issue of Urban Land - 28

developments
developments
At right, Mitch Rudin
and Savills global CEO
Mark Ridley meet with
participants of the Savills
North America Junior Broker
Development Program in
New York City.
developed a reputation, and
I think it goes back to those
three guiding principles of
authenticity, access, and allyship
that people have seen as
legitimate, so we continue to
attract diverse talent.
We view these [program
participants] as best-in-class
professionals who just happen
to fit into some definition of
diversity. So, recently, Ernie
Jarvis joined us from Washington,
D.C. [He's] one of the
leading spokespeople on DEI
in the country. Ivan Boone
joined us in Chicago not too
long ago, and then, through
bringing on board a strategic
alliance within Integrative Partners,
which was founded by
Shawna Menifee. Our head of
Tri State research is Marisha
Clinton who joined us last year
. . . and is now co-head of
BEU. They've all hit the ground
running.
The original term for access
came from Shawna. When she
was here about six months,
we were sitting together and
she said, " Look, I came here
because I knew that you were
authentic, and the organization
was authentic. But having been
a 30-year professional in the
real estate industry, [I find that]
the most pleasant surprise is
the amount of access that's
been provided to clients and
other professionals. " I had two
A's until she added the third
A, which was the access. [The
partnership has] paid off in the
amount of accounts she's been
introduced to; the kinds of
business she's helped generate
for us; the relationships with
third-party supplier networks
and very core professionals,
who have been terrific.
UL: Are there any industry
groups that you would want
to highlight in terms of [their]
having a positive impact?
Rudin: Because your fall event
is in Los Angeles, one of the
best groups that I've seen-and
most influential-is AAREP LA
[African-American Real Estate
Professionals]. Their leadership
is extraordinary, as is their
membership and collaboration.
UL: Can you talk more about
how you lead with " authenticity,
allyship, and access " ?
Rudin: We have, as I said
before [been making] sure we
are getting the best professionals,
and we are creating
the environment to be as
inclusive as possible. It all starts
with authenticity. Having the
advantage of 20-plus years of
industry history with this certainly
helps it.
In concert with that goes
allyship .... [We] indicated that
support through each of the
ERGs that have come along,
and that runs across the organization.
We have some outstanding
people.
Two of the most significant
acquisitions we've done in the
last three years included Macro
and T3 Advisors. Michael Glatt
(Macro) and Roy Hirshland (T3
Advisors) each built organizations
committed to access and
diversity.
If you look across parts
of our leadership team here,
we recently promoted Janet
Woods to president of the
East, and Ann Duncan Inman
who's our Chief Strategy Officer
and Chief Diversity Officer.
We've shown a commitment
to diversity both in word
and deed.
And then, thank you,
Shawna for giving me the third
A, " access. " We're not putting
you in a corner, we're exposing
you to the entire organization
to succeed, which is the only
logical thing to do.
BRETT WIDNESS is the online editor of
Urban Land.
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