CREFC’s Lisa Pendergast Named to PERE’s List of 100 Most Influential
July 15, 2025
CRE Finance Council President and CEO Lisa Pendergast was included in PERE’s 100 Most Influential, a list of finance industry participants who made the biggest mark on institutional private real estate capital markets in the past decade.
Why it matters: The list of leaders in finance includes Fed Chair Jerome Powell, former Fed Chair and U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen, and Blackstone President and CEO Jonathan Gray.
PERE unveiled its list of 100 influential industry participants on June 30.
What is it: PERE 100 Most Influential highlights the contributions of industry participants considered to have had the greatest influence on the direction of real estate capital markets from 2016 to 2025. The list of influential industry leaders is part of the publication’s celebration of its 20th anniversary.
In its acknowledgement of Ms. Pendergast’s work, PERE highlighted her leadership of the CRE Finance Council and critical role in transitioning it from a mostly commercial mortgage-backed securities and alternative-lender focused industry group to one that encompasses a wide range of debt providers and investors.
PERE specifically recognized Ms. Pendergast’s efforts to increase educational programming for the industry association’s members and her work to make the CRE finance industry more inclusive with initiatives such as CREFC’s Women’s Network.