Ms. Gross has over three decades of experience in real estate investments and capital markets. At IZO Capital, Ms. Gross focuses on loan structuring and investor reporting. She is also a Senior Advisor for PIA Residential, a Miami-based multifamily real estate investment firm, and sits on the Board of Advisors of Dermot Company, a vertically integrated multifamily real estate owner and operator. Additionally, she serves as an Adjunct Professor at the Kenan-Flagler School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Until 2021, Ms. Gross was one of the managers at HQ Capital Real Estate, a real estate private equity firm she joined in 2003. While there, she was a member of the firm’s Investment Committee and Executive Committee. Ms. Gross was responsible for product development, financing, and capital markets, and she led the real estate marketing, reporting, and client service teams. She also coordinated the firm’s global fundraising efforts.

Prior to joining HQ Capital, Ms. Gross was Vice President of Finance at Louis Dreyfus Property Group, overseeing financing activities and investor relations. Previously, she established the real estate lending group within BHF-BANK (NY), creating a loan portfolio exceeding $1 billion. Ms. Gross began her career at Deutsche Bank as an Associate in the Real Estate Group.

Ms. Gross is a member of the Executive Committee of the Board of AFIRE (Association of Foreign Investors in U.S. Real Estate), where she served as the 2022-23 Chair. She is also a member of WX (Women Executives in Real Estate) and is active in the Mentorship Committee. Ms. Gross holds a B.A. from Bucknell University and an MBA from New York University’s Stern School of Business.