Susan Prock Email & Phone Number

Bolingbrook, Illinois, United States

- Utilize highly developed analytical and relationship building skills to optimize investment performance- Develop investment life cycle strategies from acquisition to disposition with an emphasis on contingency planning to optimal performance- Successfully manage highly complex and multi-faced transactions while balancing entrepreneurial spirit with institutional discipline

Greater Chicago Area

Founded Focus Investments which provides a full range of consulting services to commercial real estate investors. Services include acquisition due diligence, ongoing asset management including evaluation of operating performance, supervision of third-party management and/or brokerage contracts, development of annual budgets and strategic plans, and execution of refinancing or sale strategies.

Active member of the full Board of Trustees as well as its underlying Finance Resources, Quality & Cost Effectiveness, and Risk Management, Audit & Legal Affairs committees. Full voting member for all Board activities with an emphasis on strategic planning, governance, quality metric measurement and process improvements. Requires active listening, a questioning mind, strategic thinking, and decision making. Notably, participated in decision to relocate in 2012 to a newly constructed 300-bed facility. Silver Cross was recognized for its dedication to patient safety by being awarded its 8th straight annual “A” Safety Grade by Leapfrog. Silver Cross remains an independent hospital with significant on-site partnerships with the University of Chicago, the Shirley Ryan Ability Lab, Loyola Medicine, and US Health Vest.

Active participant on decision-making, nine-member Board of Trustees for exceptional early childhood education facility in Joliet, IL. Qualified 501(3)(c); sponsored institution of the Sisters of St. Francis of Mary Immaculate. Member of Development Committee.

President for the Board of Trustees; responsible for conducting all meetings and performing all other responsibilities assigned to that position within the corporate by-laws, including signing legal documents and authorizing specific activities.

Engaged as a consultant to manage a portfolio of recently acquired institutional-quality office buildings where assets were underperforming. Successfully stabilized assets and prepared them for orderly disposition. Created streamlined analytical tools for use by entire portfolio management team to manage asset performance on key operational measures.

Recruited to manage a complex portfolio of equity real estate, including direct acquisitions, foreclosed loans and private securities. Successfully stabilized and optimized the sale of several assets in diverse markets (Chicago, Dallas, Boston, New York, Connecticut). Property types included office and industrial. Gained much “entrepreneurial” experience within an institutional environment. Created streamlined analytical tools to organize key valuation and operational measures. Received maximum bonus each year for full goal achievement within very challenging pay-for-performance program.

Evolved from recent college graduate to a highly valued member of equity real estate asset management team. Noteworthy transaction: Sears Tower Financing in 2001 ($600 million). Experience included loan origination, acquisitions & dispositions, and loan servicing (Sears Tower).

Mm, Finance

Bba, Real Estate & Finance