Susan Swanezy

Susan Swanezy is a Partner at Hodes Weill & Associates. Previously, Susan Swanezy was a Managing Director and Head of Distribution for Credit Suisse's Real Estate Investments Group. Prior to joining Credit Suisse, Susan Swanezy was a Managing Director at Stockbridge Capital Partners focused on client relations and business development. From 2002 to 2007, Susan Swanezy was a Partner in Deutsche Bank RREEF's Client Relations Group, where she worked with institutional investors across a variety of real estate investment strategies. Susan Swanezy led the client relations and capital raising efforts for RREEF's global opportunistic funds business. She also spearheaded product development efforts leading to the successful launch of RREEF's global real estate securities business and real estate securities hedge fund. Susan Swanezy also held senior roles in Deutsche Bank's real estate arm, DB Real Estate, and played a leading role in the firm's acquisition of RREEF. Until 2001, she was an investment banker with Deutsche Bank's real estate investment banking group, the successor entity to BT Alex Brown, providing both public and private debt and equity related products to REITs, private real estate operators and real estate funds. Prior to rejoining BT Alex Brown's real estate group, Susan Swanezy was a Principal in UBS's real estate investment banking group developing relationships with REITs and other real estate companies. Her real estate career began in Chase Manhattan Bank's real estate lending group covering clients based in the Northeast and then she moved to Bankers Trust's real estate group where she was the team leader for the Northeast team. Susan Swanezy has a BS degree from the School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University and serves on the Board of WX, Inc., New York Women Executives in Real Estate.