Andrea Pierce

Biography: Andrea Pierce is a managing director and the head of US commercial asset management for Starwood Capital Group. She is based in San Francisco, California. Prior to joining Starwood Capital, Andrea was a managing director at JP Morgan Asset Management in New York City where she led US retail acquisitions and Eastern US office and industrial asset management. She was also a voting member of the firm's investment committee. While at JP Morgan, Andrea also sat on the board of directors and operating committee of Carr Properties, a private office REIT based in Washington DC. Prior to that, Andrea was a group vice president at The Mills Corporation, a publicly-traded regional mall REIT, and she was in charge of asset management for the company’s joint venture portfolio. Prior to The Mills Corporation, Andrea worked in the capital markets and portfolio management groups of JMB Realty Corporation and its successor companies. Andrea attended the University of Southern California, where she earned a B.S. in accounting. She also took graduate level civil engineering courses at Columbia University. Andrea is a CFA Charter Holder and a Certified Public Accountant. She sits on ULI's national programming committee, is the past chair of ULI's Commercial & Retail Development Council (Blue), and is a former member of ULI's Urban Development & Mixed Use Council (Gold). Andrea is also a member of NAIOP and sits on its Office Investments & Development national forum.