Deborah Harmon Email & Phone Number

Deborah 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 more than $8.5 billion of institutional capital. The firm makes equity and debt investments in real estate across the United States, with a focus on multifamily, industrial, office, retail, hospitality, senior housing and medical office. Artemis specializes in joint venture partnerships and direct investments.Prior to co-founding Artemis, Harmon spent 17 years establishing and leading the principal investing business at J.E. Robert Companies, Inc., a global real estate investment firm where she was President from 1997 until her departure in 2007. Harmon was recognized in 2020 by Barron’s on its inaugural list of the 100 Most Influential Women in U.S. Finance, and was recognized by EY as an Entrepreneur of the Year® 2019 Mid-Atlantic Award winner and National Finalist. She was included in Real Estate Forum’s Women of Influence Hall of Fame in 2018.Harmon currently serves as Chairperson of the Pension Real Estate Association Foundation, a member of the Board of Directors of Urban Alliance and Sponsors for Educational Opportunity, a key leader and former trustee of the Urban Land Institute, and a member of the Advisory Boards of Jasper Ridge Charitable Fund and the BlackIvy Group. She also serves on the Advisory Council for the NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights and as 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, and served as a member of the Board of Directors for Forest City Enterprises [NYSE: FCE] and Avis Group Holdings [NYSE: AVI]. She previously served on the Board of the Pension Real Estate Association and on the Board and Executive Committee of Women for Women International.Harmon also has served on the Advisory Board for the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, and the Boards of Trustees for The Sidwell Friends School, The National Cathedral Elementary School, and The National Children’s Research Center in Washington, D.C.