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ESG & Decarbonizing Real Estate Summer
July 14-15, 2026
Waldorf Astoria Monarch BeachDana Point, CA

Jane Cohen
VP, Corporate Responsibility & Communications at The Dermot Company
Speaker

Profile

I lead cross functional strategy spanning operations, resident experience, brand, and responsible investment across a vertically integrated multifamily portfolio, with accountability for how these areas drive asset level performance.

With a foundation in property operations, I approach strategy through execution. Initiatives are designed to scale consistently across the platform and deliver measurable impact, including NOI growth, expense management, risk mitigation, retention, and competitive differentiation.

This includes oversight of portfolio brand positioning and resident experience strategy, ensuring marketing, programming, and amenity activation function as operating levers that support leasing velocity, retention, and long term asset value.

My oversight also includes portfolio wide sustainability, energy performance, and regulatory strategy, integrated directly into operating and investment decisions rather than managed as parallel initiatives.

The emphasis is on ensuring strategic decisions are reflected in financial performance, operational consistency, and long term asset value.