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President | Athena Real Estate Development
Panelist | The Haverhill Center: Planning a Cultural District in the Queen Slipper City
Lisa Serafin has over 20 years of diverse experience in real estate development including complex, mixed-use projects with significant residential, commercial and public space components. Her areas of expertise include predevelopment strategy, financial feasibility, infrastructure, and government relations/approvals.
Prior to establishing Athena, Ms. Serafin was a Founding Principal of Redgate Real Estate, a real estate services and investment company established in 2010. Ms. Serafin led the firm’s strategy and institutional practices and was part of the leadership team responsible for day-to-day operations and the strategic, financial and investment planning activities of the company through 2022. Redgate currently has 60 employees, manages over $2 billion in client risk and is headquartered in Boston with offices in the Mid-Atlantic and North Carolina.
Ms. Serafin has served on numerous non-profit and civic Boards and Commissions, including MassHousing, and has held leadership positions in several industry organizations, including as President of CREW Boston. She initiated Redgate’s RISE women’s affinity group and sat on the firm’s standing DEIB Task Force.
Earlier in her career, Ms. Serafin spent 10 years at Jones Lang LaSalle/Spaulding & Slye, most recently as Senior Vice President of Development.
Ms. Serafin holds an M.A. in Urban Planning from Columbia University and a B.A. in Public Policy and Economics from Syracuse University. She resides in Brookline with her husband and their family.
