Lisa Downing is the founder and principal of Connections Consulting Group. Her expertise is her understanding the impact of international market trends on the movement of people, culture and capital in urban areas including real estate. For more than 19 years she has worked in both the corporate and non-profit sectors as a researcher, evaluator, community and country ethnographer and management consultant. In these various capacities, she developed her expertise in qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis; executive assimilation and development, leadership, education, community development, diversity and now New York real estate.

Lisa has worked for distinguished organizations such as: American Express, the Ford Foundation, the Annie E. Casey Foundation, the Academy for Educational Development, Africare and Warburg Realty Partnership. Ms. Downing is a strategic thinker, applied researcher and skilled evaluator. She knows how to facilitate organizational and individual change through strategic planning, process consulting and policy development. Overall, her keen listening skills and her desire to meet the needs of her clients enhance her relationships with people particularly when it comes to marketing real estate.

Ms. Downing has traveled extensively in West and North Africa (Nigeria, Senegal, the Gambia, Mali and Marrakech, Morocco) where she has either toured, lived and/or worked. It was during her travels in West Africa that she developed an interest in African Art, its symbolism and the artists. The experience heightened her awareness of global interdependence and helped Ms. Downing to realize her role in making the linkages between culture, economics and politics. These connections are critical to the growth and success of organizations and their leaders in the 21st century.

Ms Downing is currently pursuing her Master of Science degree in Real Estate Finance at New York University from the esteemed Schack Institute . She holds a Master of Science Degree in Management and Urban Policy from New School University. In addition, she has extensively studied cultural anthropology at the doctoral level of the City University of New York Graduate Center.

Ms. Downing is a member of the Association for Real Estate Women, Urban Land Institute and CoreNet Global. She is active in many of The Brearley School alumnae activities as well as those in the Historic Mount Morris Park Community in which she lives.

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