Stanford Alumni Real Estate Council (SREC)
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Preferred Name: Melinda
Last Name: Ellis Evers
Degree String (Type, Year): (MBA '93)
Job Title: Co-Founder & Managing Principal
Company Name: Ellis Partners
Bio: Ms. Evers is Co-Founder and Managing Principal of Ellis Partners, a leading commercial real estate developer/investor in the Bay Area. Ms. Evers’ primary responsibilities are to formulate and oversee company strategy and operations and serve on the company’s Investment Committee. Melinda started her real estate career with A.R. Jarvis & Company, a regional mortgage brokerage firm, and spent seven years in acquisitions and portfolio management with Grubb & Ellis Realty Advisers prior to the founding of Ellis Partners. Ms. Evers holds a B.A. in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley, and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. She is a Member of Lambda Alpha, Urban Land Institute, and the Policy Advisory Board of the Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics. Ms. Evers is a guest lecturer at the GSB and the U.C. Berkeley and is currently a board member of the UCSF Foundation Investment Company, SPIRE and the PREA Foundation.