Susan Rorison

Long before Susan joined NMC as Chief Operating Officer (where she’s served brilliantly for the past seven years), her father gave her some life-changing advice. “I don’t care if you’re a ditch digger,” he said, “as long as you’re the BEST ditch digger.” Susan carried that be anything you want to be attitude from her childhood in Chicago to Purdue and Southern Illinois University and eventually to USC where she earned her MBA.

Susan’s real estate background is vast and significant. With more than 25 years of institutional asset management and investment advisory experience, paired with a strong track record of building and managing high-yielding teams, she has emerged as a veritable industry leader. She has overseen portfolios of more than 500 properties for both private and public companies.

She started as Vice President of Prudential Real Estate’s regional and mixed-use shopping centers, where she directed development, redevelopment and management of these properties. From there, she served as National Director of Asset Management at Burnham Pacific Properties, a public REIT, and was responsible for more than 10 million square feet of shopping centers and a team of 20 asset/property managers.