Leadership

Ms. Smith is Co-Founder and CEO of The CenterCap Group, LLC and heads the firm’s Strategic Capital and M&A and Execution efforts. Prior to forming The CenterCap Group, LLC, Ms. Smith was Co-Head of M&A and a Senior Managing Director with CB Richard Ellis Investors (CB Richard Ellis’s $40 billion AUM investment management business). She joined CBREI in July 2007 to co-head the build out of the firm’s M&A efforts and sat on the firm’s Global Leadership Committee. From 1998-2007, Ms. Smith worked on mergers and acquisitions with Lehman Brothers, Wachovia Securities and Morgan Stanley. Ms. Smith has been involved in more than $100 billion of mergers, acquisitions and restructuring transactions. Ms. Smith has won numerous industry awards including GlobeSt’s 2024 Women of Influence, NYREJ’s 2024 Ones to Watch, Bisnow’s 2023 New York Women Leading Real Estate, and Mergermarket’s 2024 Spotlight on Trailblazing Women. She has also contributed to the WSJ, Bisnow, Wealth Management, NYREJ and Insider publications. She serves on the Board of AIMCO (NYSE: AIV), and the membership committee for NAREIM. She is an active participant in WX, IREI, and PREA. Ms. Smith has a Bachelor’s degree in Economics honors and a Bachelor’s degree in Law honors, from the University of Sydney.