Rachel Diller
Adjunct Professor
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Rachel Diller serves as Partner, Acquisitions for Bridge Workforce & Affordable Housing. Rachel has over 20 years of experience in real estate and finance and has capitalized 120+ real estate projects worth $3.6 billion in 23 states. Rachel joined Bridge from UrbanView Capital, a specialist real estate fund manager dedicated to sustainable and impact investing. Prior to that, she was a Managing Director at Goldman Sachs in the firm’s Urban Investment Group (UIG), a principal investing platform that deploys capital to underserved domestic urban markets. Previously, she was a Managing Director in the Commercial Real Estate Group of Centerline Capital Group. Rachel began her career as a New York City Urban Fellow, developing transitional housing projects for New York City’s Department of Homeless Services, where she was the Director of Facility, Planning and Development. Rachel serves on the board of Corporation for Supportive Housing and is an Adjunct Professor in Columbia Business School’s Real Estate MBA Program. She earned a BA in Urban Studies from University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from Columbia Business School.
## Education - Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) Columbia Business School (1997 — 1999) - Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) University of Pennsylvania (1989 — 1993)
Companies
- Partner Bridge Investment Group (2021)
- Managing Partner UrbanView Capital (@ Bridges Fund Management and Hunt Real Estate Capital) (2015 — 2020)
- Adjunct Professor Columbia Business School (2014 — 2018)
- Managing Director Goldman Sachs, Urban Investment Group (2009 — 2015)
- Managing Director Avanath Capital Partners (2008 — 2009)
- Managing Director, Affordable Debt Group Centerline Capital Group Inc (2006 — 2009)
- Senior Vice President, Director of Product Development Centerline Capital Group, formerly CharterMac (2004 — 2006)
- Vice President, Bond Originations CharterMac, formerly Related Capital Company (1999 — 2004)
- Director, Facility Planning and Development City of New York, Department of Homeless Services (1993 — 1997)
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What Is the Solution to Affordable Housing in New York City?
Transformations for Communities: Designing the Urban System
Responding to Homelessness in the Wake of COVID-19
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