Paula Schaefer

Paula Schaefer is Chief Operating Officer of the Client Capital Management Group of Clarion Partners, a real estate investment manager. Prior to joining Clarion in April 2013, Paula was COO of Christie’s International Real Estate. She was a Managing Director at Morgan Stanley Real Estate where she worked from 1995 to 2010 in a variety of roles in Asset Management, Fund Management and Investor Relations, based in New York and London. She has also had Asset Management and Acquisitions roles at Reichmann International, The Yarmouth Group, and Cadillac Fairview Shopping Centers. Paula has an MBA from the Wharton School and an undergraduate degree from Georgetown University. She has been an Adjunct Professor of Real Estate at Columbia University and is Vice President of New York Women Executives in Real Estate (WX).