Industry Inclusion & Engagement Center

Building a More Inclusive Marketplaces Industry

We recognize that our ability to serve our members and our organization is strengthened by working with and seeking out the views of people with different backgrounds, cultures and thinking styles. ICSC is committed to partnering with our members to build and sustain an industry of professionals that reflects the communities we serve. To uphold this, we continue to lead programs that foster inclusion and engagement for all.

Building a More Inclusive Marketplaces Industry

We’re committed to offering industry-wide opportunities for people from a wide array of backgrounds, perspectives and experiences and helping our members create cultures of inclusion within their own organizations.

Our initiatives are designed to:

Engage a multitude of backgrounds, perspectives and experiences to deliver programs that are both relevant and responsive to the evolving needs of our industry
Identify tools and resources to help our member companies recruit and retain a workforce that is reflective of the communities we serve
Advance supplier inclusion through strategic partnerships and by offering a platform for all suppliers and vendors to compete and thrive within the Marketplaces Industry

Launch Academy

The Launch Academy is designed to prepare college students from a wide array of backgrounds, perspectives and experiences for internship opportunities in the Marketplaces Industry. This program serves students from select university partner schools.

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Scholarships

The ICSC Foundation offers scholarships to help students pay for college and gain access to the tools and resources needed to succeed in the Marketplaces Industry.

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CEO Commitment

With inclusion being one of ICSC’s core values, Tom McGee, ICSC President and CEO, signed the CEO Action for Inclusion & Diversity pledge, the largest CEO-driven business commitment to advance inclusion within the workplace.

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Inclusion & Engagement Coverage in C+CT

10 Groups Whose Missions Are to Connect People Who Are Underrepresented in CRE

Lisa Palmer — From College Softball to Regency Centers to Women on the Rise

Regency Centers’ New Lisa Palmer Fellowship Will Pick Up the Mary Lou Fiala Fellowship’s Mentorship Work

Advice from Mary Lou Fiala Fellows for Women on the Path to the C-Suite

Meet Jermaine McMihelk, Co-Founder of NewMark Merrill’s New Venture to Invest in Undersupplied Communities

Cory Thompson’s Scariest Career Decision

Leslie Swanson’s Path to the C-Suite

Jeff Monge Found Success in Finance and Capital Raising, but He Didn’t Leave His Communities Behind

The Pipeline Aims to Connect Women in the Marketplaces Industry a Little Differently

Broker and Property Manager Laura Jones Was Born into Real Estate but Really Thrived Once She Found Her Own Community

Jasmyn Sylvester Has Been Telling Her Story as a Black Woman in Property Management, and It’s Making a Difference

No Incompatibility Here, Arturo Sneider Says of Raising a Fund Focused on Urban Minority Neighborhoods

For more information, contact:

Jazmen Johnson

Vice President, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

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