Fern Grodner
Trustee
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With over 25 years of corporate real estate experience, Ms. Grodner most recently served as Senior Manager, Global Real Estate and Facilities for Amazon.com (“Amazon”) from 2014 through 2019. At Amazon, Ms. Grodner was responsible for large, complex real estate transactions in the Americas in which she oversaw transactions totaling in excess of US$4 billion. Her expertise also extends to strategic planning, design, and construction of corporate space.
Prior to joining Amazon, Ms. Grodner spent seven years with JDS Uniphase Corporation overseeing all real estate aspects of an international portfolio of office and manufacturing sites. From 2002 to 2007, Ms. Grodner served as Vice President, Corporate Real Estate, at Wachovia Corporation, responsible for the growth of Wachovia Securities locations in the Western United States. During the early 2000 tech boom, Ms. Grodner served as Director of Real Estate for Relera, Inc. with a focus on co-location data centers. Ms. Grodner began her career with Bank of America Corporation, Corporate Real Estate, where during her seven-year tenure she was responsible for site selection, transactions, design, and construction for the bank’s portfolio.
Ms. Grodner holds a Masters of Corporate Real Estate (MCR) and Senior Leader Corporate Real Estate (SLCR) designations from CoreNet Global, an international non-profit corporate real estate association for executives who manage the real estate assets of large corporations. She also served on the CoreNet Global Bay Area Chapter board for four years.
Ms. Grodner graduated from Indiana University with Honours with a degree in Psychology.