Kelly Soljacich

Strategic Advisor at Moderne Ventures

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Kelly Soljacich recently joined Moderne Ventures after working in commercial real estate Portfolio and Asset Management for over 23 years.

Previously, as a Senior Vice President of Asset Management with LaSalle Investment, she initially oversaw a portfolio of assets across various funds and custom account clients before transitioning to Head of EST Innovation (Environmental, Social and Technology). Her projects included vetting and evaluate hundreds of Proptech vendors, working with the sustainability group on innovative or technology focused sustainability initiatives as well as leading LaSalle’s partnership with the RedCross, Health and Wellness certifications and created and ran their Social Toolkit and programming. Mrs. Soljacich‘s professional responsibilities have covered multifamily, retail, office, medical office, student housing, showroom and industrial properties across the United States. Mrs. Soljacich is also an active Board Member of the Red Cross of Illinois, as well as the Technology product council of ULI and advises several Woman’s professional and DEI groups.

Prior to joining LaSalle in 2017, Mrs. Soljacich was employed by Deutsche Bank (DWS) in Chicago in both the Asset Management and Portfolio Management groups since 2007, and before that with Vornado (MMPI) and General Growth Properties (Brookfield) in similar roles.