Lynn Jerath

Biography: Lynn is a sophisticated real estate investment professional, committed philanthropist and active community leader. Citrine Investment Group is an institutional real estate investment manager that invests in multiple asset classes across the United States, while igniting positive change for people and the planet. Currently, the company owns or advises on investments in the senior housing, adaptive reuse, manufactured housing, retail and hotel sectors. Lynn has a 28-year track record executing $10 billion in transactions at some of the most respected real estate firms in the world, including Goldman Sachs (The Whitehall Funds), the Carlyle Group and GEM Realty Capital. Lynn also created a $100 million opportunity zone industrial fund and ran a real estate hedge fund. Her expertise covers complex joint ventures with operating partners, direct purchases and sales of real estate, public market transactions, debt purchases, structured finance transactions and more. Lynn has experience across virtually all property types. Lynn’s professional expertise, unique perspective and holistic approach make her a sought-after and transformative leader. She is on the Advisory Board of Sundance Bay, a Utah-based real estate investment company and was on the board of Lotus Bancorp for ten years until its sale in 2015. Lynn is also an active member of the Urban Land Institute, formerly the Chair of the Urban Development and Mixed-Use Purple Council and a member of the ULI Health Leaders Initiative. Lynn is a Trustee of the University of Pennsylvania. Deeply committed to the University, she is also a member of the Penn Endowment Investment Board, Penn Live Arts and Trustees Council of Penn Women. She and her husband endowed an undergraduate scholarship for women pursuing Finance at Wharton. Lynn graduated magna cum laude from Wharton in 1995. Lynn is currently on the board of Hope Chicago and is the Board Chair of Embarc Chicago. She is also a member of the Economic Club of Chicago and The Chicago Club. She previously served on the boards of the National Poetry Foundation and Chicago Furniture Bank. She lives in Lincoln Park with her husband and dog Riley, and her two sons are current Wharton students.