Bethesda-based Finmarc Management, Inc., has selected Emily Heppen as senior director of leasing. Her responsibilities include devising and executing marketing and leasing functions for a portion of Finmarc’s portfolio of more than seven million square feet of commercial office, industrial/flex and retail properties.

Heppen’s specific duties include identifying companies and groups looking to expand or create a new presence within a specific sub-market; handling lease negotiation and renewal activities and establishing and maintaining relationships in commercial real estate brokerage industry.

Heppen arrives Finmarc from DLC Management Corporation, where she responsible for leasing a 1.5 million square foot portfolio and engaged with national tenants on multi-property lease transactions. She also worked as assistant VP of leasing for Broad Street Realty; as a federal realty specialist with government contractor Cherokee Nation Businesses under contract with National Institutes of Health’s real estate acquisitions department, and as an associate with the government services group of Cushman & Wakefield.