Cushman & Wakefield Hires Damla Gerhart as Midwest Executive Regional Director

Cushman & Wakefield has appointed Damla Gerhart as Executive Regional Director of the Midwest Region.

In her new role, Gerhart will oversee Cushman & Wakefield’s operations and strategic growth initiatives in the Midwest which includes Chicago, Cincinnati, Columbus, Detroit, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Minneapolis and St. Louis. She will be based in the Chicago headquarters office and report to Victoria Malkin, President of Americas Markets.

Gerhart joins Cushman & Wakefield from Avison Young, where she was Principal and Regional Managing Director of the firm’s Central Region, overseeing more than 10 major markets, while also serving as Managing Principal and Market Leader for Chicago.

Gerhart has held roles at CBRE as Senior Managing Director and Americas Lead for Workplace Strategy & Design and served in JLL’s Strategic Consulting Group. She is set to lead the Midwest Region as Vicki Noonan prepares to retire, concluding a nine-year tenure at Cushman & Wakefield.

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