Kathleen Ellis

Senior Associate

Blue Dot Capital

Kathleen has over 7 years of engineering, real estate, and sustainability management experience across multiple industries such as commercial real estate, semiconductor manufacturing, and education. In her current role as a Senior Associate with Blue Dot Capital, she leverages her implementation experience to advise private market investors on portfolio and asset-level operational sustainability strategy and initiatives.   Kathleen is also a real estate investor in Milwaukee and holds her WI real estate broker’s license. She is active in the local community, serving on the Wisconsin USGBC Market Leadership Advisory Board, member of rotaract, and is a past president of the Wisconsin ASHRAE chapter.

Q) What do you enjoy the most about commercial real estate?
A) My favorite part about commercial real estate is seeing the transformation of buildings from vacant run-down buildings or land to vibrant, beautiful spaces where people come together.

Q) Where did you grow up?
A) I grew up in southeastern Wisconsin moving between Milwaukee, Beloit, and Madison.

Q) What’s your favorite place to travel to?
A) I enjoy traveling to just about any location, some of my favorites are the boundry waters and Vietnam.

Q) Which projects are you involved in/most excited about?
A) I am excited to see the increase in mass timber and sustainable buildings here in Milwaukee including the world’s tallest mass timber building!

Q) What do you hope to get out of your NextGen Experience?
A) I am excited to meet, learn and collaborate with local leaders in the commercial real estate space.