Management Team
The Davis Companies corporate environment is entrepreneurial, dynamic and fast paced, providing an intellectually challenging atmosphere. Its management team is experienced, entrepreneurial and energetic. Innovative thinking and detailed analyses lead to creative deal structuring and problem solving for a wide range of real estate issues including development, management and investment. The goal is to maximize returns within an acceptable spectrum of risk. Strong relationships are a key component of Davis' business philosophy, whether with Company employees, tenants, vendors, investors, lenders, institutional partners or communities in which the company operates. The Company prides itself on being a good corporate citizen and supports a variety of charitable causes and organizations.
As Managing Director of Asset Management, Ms. Daume is responsible for maximizing value within the company's real estate portfolio. She serves on the firm's Investment Committee and Senior Management Committee. Prior to joining the firm she had 20 years of experience in investment sales and leasing of commercial real estate. Most recently, she was the Managing Director in charge of the Jones Lang LaSalle (formerly Spaulding & Slye) Boston Capital Markets Group. During her tenure there she and her team completed over $7B in investment sales and advisory assignments. Prior to this experience she was a leasing broker for eight years. Ms. Daume has a B.S. degree from Johns Hopkins Carey Business School.
Ms. Daume is a member of the Greater Boston Real Estate Board, PREA, NAIOP, NEWIRE and ULI. In 2010 she was a Co-Chair of the NAIOP Programming Committee and is presently serving on the NAIOP Executive Committee. In 2008 and 2009 Ms. Daume was a Co-Chair of the United Way of Boston's Real Estate Fundraising Campaign. Other board experience includes being a REFA Board Member from 2003 to 2006 and a NEWRIE Steering Committee member from 1997 to 2000.
Ms. Daume has received numerous awards: Boston's "Top 10" Real Estate Professionals by Women's Business Boston in 2009; CoStar's Power Broker Award in 2007; Boston Business Journal's "40 under 40" Award in 2003; Boston Magazine's list of Greater Boston's "100 Most Influential Women" in 2003; repeat recipient of GBREB's "Top 5" Investment Sales Person Award and Multi-Million Dollar Sales Award; and Forum's Real Estate Power Broker Award in 2006 and 2008.