Freeman Cos. names Elizabeth Conahan to board of directors

Carl M. Freeman Companies announced the appointment of Elizabeth Conahan to its board of directors. She will join Michelle D. Freeman, Brian Cullen, Richard L. Perlmutter and Thomas O. Bowersox, who have served on the board for over a decade.

Conahan currently serves as president of Volta Place LLC, placing debt for commercial real estate clients in the greater Washington, D.C. area. She earned her bachelor of arts degree at Chestnut Hill College, Philadelphia, and attended Boston University graduate school for urban studies. She was a senior vice president at Walker and Dunlop, Bethesda, Md., for over 20 years, where she was a commercial mortgage banker.

Prior to that, she served as a senior vice president and division manager of the capital markets divisions of banks and financial institutions in the Washington area and Boston. She also was chief operating officer of a Boston-based private development firm.

“Each member of our board of directors brings a particular perspective of the real estate industry to the table,” says Michelle D. Freeman, chair and president of Carl M. Freeman Companies. “As the Freeman Companies enters this era of growth through acquisition, development and expansion of our third-party management portfolio, Dibbie’s expertise will help us strengthen and more thoroughly evaluate our growth decisions.”

Conahan, who prefers to be called Dibbie, is a member of the Urban Land Institute and served as Washington District chair from 2005 to 2007. She enjoys riding her horses, cooking for friends and family, and traveling with her husband. She is an active board member of THEARC and The Advisory Board of Common Threads and is an active volunteer at The Washington School for Girls and The Georgetown Ministry.

For more information, go to www.freemancompanies.com or call 240-453-3000.