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Kirsten McGregor, CRE is Founder and Principal of Sagax Associates and has over 25 years of experience in economic development and resilience nationwide as a consultant and civil servant on the state, regional, local, and federal levels. She has held prominent roles including Deputy Director of the Delaware Economic Development Office, Economic Development Specialist for the US Economic Development Administration, Economic Recovery Lead for New Jersey following Hurricane Sandy for the National Disaster Recovery Framework, and Senior Policy Advisor on President Obama’s Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force. Sagax Associates, based in Wilmington Delaware, was founded a decade ago and focuses on 4 pillars through economic development and cross sector fields: - Resilient Strategic Planning and Assessments - Training, Curriculum and Customized Technical Assistance focused on Strategic Funding & Project Development - Stakeholder Engagement and Regional Coalition Building & Facilitation - Commercial Real Estate Development- Leveraging Government Funding, Policies, and Incentives Kirsten is a member of the Counselors of Real Estate and is the founding chair of the ESG special interest group. Kirsten was a senior fellow at the University of Pennsylvania Biden School of Policy, an advisor for UD’s Island Policy Lab, and is guest lecturer for the annual urban planning studio at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Design. Kirsten recently completed her term as a member of the National Association of Development Organizations (NADO) Board of Directors and NADO's Research Foundation Advisory Committee. She is a member of the research and academic-based American Real Estate Society and is a member of the International Economic Development Council, the National Rural Economic Developers Association, the National Hazard Mitigation Association, National Association of Realtors, and the Commercial Industrial Realty Council. Among several recognitions, Kirsten was listed on Forbes Magazine’s "Next 1000" emerging businesses to follow and was voted as “a leading woman in business in Delaware '' by Delaware Today magazine. Countless local, national, and international media have interviewed Kirsten for expertise including USA Today on her thoughts regarding federal funding following a natural disaster. Kirsten received her Masters of Urban Planning from the University of Pennsylvania and earned her BA concentrating on Government from Franklin & Marshall College.