SHEILA URBAN
Sheila is the Director of Strategic Growth for LG Commercial and is responsible for driving profit and revenue for the national construction operations. Widely recognized for her strategic foresight, she plays a pivotal role in steering the company towards sustainable, long-term growth. Sheila brings dynamic and diversified leadership to the team with a multifaceted background encompassing real estate development, construction management, general contracting, and entrepreneurial ventures.
Prior to her tenure at LG, she founded SHEcon, where she notably served as a diversity manager on prestigious projects such as 167 N Green St and 525 W Monroe in Chicago. She is known for bringing diverse teams to complex projects and promoting construction best practices for diversity, equity and inclusion programs for the commercial real estate industry.
Sheila has her MBA in Real Estate and Finance from DePaul University and did her undergrad studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. As an alumna and proud supporter of the Goldie Initiative, she champions this organization’s mission of empowering female leaders within the industry.