Celeste Tanner, 2026 NAIOP Chair

About this episode

Celeste Tanner discusses her leadership principles and priorities as the 2026 NAIOP Chair in the commercial real estate sector.

In this conversation, 2026 NAIOP Chair Celeste Tanner, co-founder, president and chief development officer of Confluent Development, shares the leadership principles that have shaped her career in the collaborative world of commercial real estate. She discusses why stepping outside your comfort zone unlocks opportunity, how empowering experts leads to better decisions and details the “breakout evolutionary cycle” she sees ahead for CRE. She outlines her priorities as chair, including changing...

People in this episode

Host: NAIOP

Guest: Celeste Tanner

Topics covered

• leadership principles
• commercial real estate
• empowerment
• career development
• opportunity
• CRE evolution

Keywords

• Celeste Tanner
• NAIOP
• leadership
• commercial real estate
• Confluent Development
• empowerment
• opportunity

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NAIOP, Confluent Development

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