Sharon Plattner

Sharon has been active in commercial real estate lending for almost 30 years.  Her most recent position was with NorthMarq, where she was the Head of Freddie Mac production from 2018 – 2024.  Sharon’s other  experience includes a combined 11 years at Freddie Mac, culminating as the Director of Multifamily Production & Sales in the Southeast Region.  She also has experience as an originator for Berkadia, an underwriter for Morgan Stanley and a project manager for a Chicago-area developer.   Sharon is currently on sabbatical, taking some much needed to time to decompress from this high intensity industry.

Sharon is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a degree in Finance and has a Master’s degree in Information Systems from DePaul University.

Sharon is one of the Co-Founders of RENEW.  This is her ninth year on the Board having served as Co-President from 2017 – 2021, Advisor in 2022, Vice President of Technology from 2023 to mid-2024 and Co-President from mid-2024 thru 2025.