Success Stories

From SIOR Foundation Scholars to Commercial Real Estate Professionals

We love seeing what happens when opportunity, education, and industry access come together.

Congratulations to Zachary Gallagher and Russell Malone, two SIOR Foundation scholarship recipients who attended the SIOR Fall Event in Louisville and have now taken an exciting next step in their commercial real estate careers. Both have accepted positions with Cushman & Wakefield.

Their SIOR experience was one part of a larger journey into commercial real estate—giving them an opportunity to expand their industry exposure, build relationships with experienced professionals, and see firsthand the many paths a career in CRE can take.

We’re proud that SIOR and the SIOR Foundation could play a role in that journey, and even more excited to now welcome Zachary and Russell into the commercial real estate profession.

And to the SIOR members, chapters, donors, and supporters who make these opportunities possible, thank you. Your investment in students helps strengthen the future of commercial real estate.

Former Scholarship Recipient Continues her Commercial Real Estate Journey

Former Mildred C. Hanson, SIOR Memorial Scholarship winner, Elinor Oren, has been hard at work since receiving her scholarship. She finished her study abroad program at University College London—the #3 architecture university in the world—where she received upper first-degree grades, designed a naturally ventilated café to UK building standards, and was invited to serve on a final year Architectural Critique panel at the Canterbury University for the Creative Arts. She returned from London to spend her summer as the Real Estate Private Equity summer intern at PGIM (Pru) working in multifamily asset management and acquisitions, underwriting deals of ~$200M. This fall Elinor returned to the University of California, San Diego to finish her Bachelor of Science in Real Estate and Development degree where she is co-president of the campus real estate club working with department administration and CREW to host UCSD’s first panel on women in commercial real estate.