Veronica Hackett

Biography: Veronica Hackett is a New York real estate developer focused on urban projects. She is the co-founder of The Clarett Group, which completed 11 acclaimed ground-up high-rise residential projects in NYC, ranging in size from 100,000 to 500,000 square feet. In addition to developing projects for its own account or with partners, the company also provides development advisory services for select clients. As previous development head for two large companies, Brookfield and Park Tower, she oversaw development projects in major US cities and London, developed signature office buildings for such companies as IBM and JPMorgan, worked on Hudson Yards and played a key role in the transformation of Times Square. Additionally, she has been a corporate and retail real estate executive in the U.S., Europe and Japan, a real estate pension fund asset manager, a real estate lender and executive banker with a major money center bank, , a Wall Street financial analyst and a CIA economic analyst. Ms. Hackett has been the recipient of several awards and honors, including New York WX Woman of the Year award, AREW’s 25th Anniversary Women of Achievement award and the YWCA business leader’s award. Named one of New York City's “100 Most Influential Women in Business” by Crain's New York Business, as well as “One of the 100 Most Important People in Real Estate, she has held leadership positions with a number of prestigious organizations, including the Board of the Committee of 200, the organization of the country’s leading businesswomen. She was a Trustee of the Urban Land Institute, a member of the Executive Committee of the NYU Real Estate Institute’s Advisory Board and was on the Executive Committee of Board of Governors of the Real Estate Board of New York. She has also served as a member of the board of WX (New York Women Executives in Real Estate) and Girls Inc. She received an MBA in Finance from New York University and a BA in History and Economics from Notre Dame Maryland University