Careina Williams

Biography: Careina Williams has over two decades of real estate investment and finance experience. She is currently the Senior Managing Partner of Caro Investors. She has acquired, invested in, and/or asset managed over $2.0 BN in real estate assets throughout the United States. Careina most recently served as Managing Director and the Portfolio Manager of Sundance Bay Debt Opportunity Fund. Previously, Careina served as COO of a small, short opportunistic equity hedge fund and Principal of Acquisitions and Asset Management at Artemis Real Estate Partners. At Artemis, she contributed significantly to helping grow the core plus emerging manager business from $300M to over $1BN, with three institutional pension fund clients and 27 managers, in addition to serving on the Investment Committee. Prior to Artemis, Careina served as Principal, Investments for Capri Capital Partners, LLC, where she was responsible for origination, investment structuring, and asset management of equity and structured finance investments. Careina also worked for Goldman Sachs within the Investment Banking Division and at Bertelsmann Music Group. Careina graduated with honors from Harvard University (A.B. Economics) and has an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. She is a member of the Urban Land Institute – Silver Retail Counsel. Careina is a member of the CareTrust REIT (NYSE: CTRE) Board of Directors and serves as Chair of the Investment & Endowment Committee for the United Church of Christ.