Catherine Sloss Jones

Biographie : Catherine Sloss Jones- #149962 President and Chief Executive Officer Sloss Real Estate Company July 9, 2001 President and Chief Executive Officer Sloss Real Estate Company, Inc. 3500 Ridge Park 1130 South 22nd Street Birmingham, AL 35205 Catherine Sloss Jones serves as president and CEO of Sloss Real Estate Company, Inc., a, multi-disciplined real estate firm founded by her grandfather in 1920. Under her leadership, the company focuses on urban development and revitalization of the city center and on renewal of the community. Cathy and her company have been committed to redeveloping historic buildings, constructing new buildings that honor their surroundings, and providing planning services to others throughout the region. Significant projects include creating Pepper Place, a vibrant mixed-use district and Park Place, Birmingham’s first HOPE VI project. A recognized civic leader, Cathy serves on the boards of the Lakeshore Foundation, Leadership Birmingham, Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark, Birmingham Museum of Art and the Auburn Urban Studio. She is also a member of the University of Alabama at Birmingham President’s Advisory Board. Cathy was an active participant in creating Birmingham’s City Center Master Plan and she chaired the Downtown Redevelopment Authority for over 15 years. She was a member of the Board of Directors of the Birmingham Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. An active member of the Urban Land Institute (ULI). Cathy has served on the Inner City Council and as a faculty member of the Daniel Rose Fellowship working with mayors across the United States. She currently chairs the Alabama Chapter of the ULI. She is on the steering committee for LOCUS, a national organization advocating for sustainable, walkable urban development in America’s metropolitan areas. She created and manages The Market at Pepper Place, a nationally-recognized public market, and has been on the Farmers’ Market Advisory Board of the Ford Foundation. In 2007 and 2008, Cathy pursued graduate studies at Harvard University, first as a Loeb Fellow and then as a visiting scholar at the Graduate School of Design. In addition to honing her expertise in sound design principles and green buildings, she used her time at Harvard to study innovative models for mixed-income and mixed-use neighborhoods. Since returning to Birmingham, she has applied that knowledge to her interest in developing locally-based food sources, the revitalization of urban centers and the overall health of the community. She has received numerous awards including, Birmingham Businesswoman of the Year, 2002 (Birmingham Business Journal), Women Who Make A Difference Award, 2013 (Birmingham News/AL.Com), ULI Atlanta Award for Excellence for her work at Pepper Place and Executives of Influence, 2015 (Birmingham Business Journal). She was named to the Alabama Academy of Honor in 2017, the most distinguished award given to an Alabamian. EDUCATION: Wofford College- B.A. (1975) Converse College University of Madrid, Spain