Deborah L. Harmon
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Artemis Real Estate Partners
Ms. Harmon is an industry leader and entrepreneur with more than 30 years of experience in real estate. Harmon, along with Penny Pritzker, co-founded Artemis Real Estate Partners in 2009, a real estate investment firm that manages $4.2 billion of institutional capital. Artemis invests across core, core plus, value add and opportunistic strategies, and across product types in the U.S., focused on middle-market transactions with best-in-class joint venture operating partners. Artemis also invests in niche product types, including a core-plus healthcare real estate fund. Prior to co-founding Artemis, Harmon spent 17 years establishing and leading the principal investing business at JE Robert Companies, Inc.
Ms. Harmon currently serves as the Chairperson of the Pension Real Estate Association Foundation, on the Board of the Pension Real Estate Association, as a trustee of the Urban Land Institute, and as a member of the Advisory Board of Jasper Ridge Charitable Fund and the Advisory Board of the BlackIvy Group. She also serves on the Board and Executive Committee for Women for Women International and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Harmon was previously appointed by President Obama to serve as a Commissioner for the White House Fellows program. She also previously served on the board of directors for Forest City Enterprises [NYSE: FCE] and Avis Group Holdings [NYSE: AVI].
Ms. Harmon earned a BA from The Johns Hopkins University and an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Bill Hoogterp
Coach, Founder & CEO, Own The Room
Bill gave his first commencement speech while still in his 20s. As he built his career in the nonprofit and online world, he developed a niche: tips and tricks for teaching other people to become great speakers. This system evolved to become Own the Room.
Before Own The Room, Bill co-founded CMI, the parent company of CafeMedia and CafeMom, and worked with Mountain Lakes International. He has done nonprofit work with Into the Streets, Do Something, and The LEAGUE, as well as America’s largest volunteer network, Points of Light/HandsOn Network.
He has delivered Own The Room methodology, leadership training, and executive coaching to business executives, celebrities, and athletes on five continents and across numerous sectors.
Bill resides in New Jersey with his wife, Maria. His greatest career achievements include getting to coach his son’s little league team and teaching his daughter to be the youngest kid to dive off the Verona community pool big diving board.
