Upcoming Member Events

Women's Real Estate Investment Consortium (WREIC) Members are invited to exclusive events usually held every quarter in three locations: Miami, New York City, and Washington, D.C. These events showcase a female owner/operator/developer to discuss her business, investment opportunities, and emerging trends. If you are a member, please follow the link below to learn about upcoming member events. 

Past Events

Our past speakers have included women real estate developers, women-led real estate CEOs, and prominent women in business. Follow this link to learn more.

WREIC Founders

Jill Homan
Jenna Howard

JILL HOMAN
​Jenna Howard co-founded WREIC with Jill Homan in 2017.  Alongside Jill, she leads the operations of the consortium by sharing investment opportunities, organizing events, and communicating with members.

Jill Homan is President of Javelin 19 Investments, a Washington, DC-based real estate investment, development, and advisory firm and a leader in the new Opportunity Zone (“OZ”) area. Ms. Homan has more than fifteen years’ experience in real estate acquisitions, dispositions, development, financing, asset management and leasing totaling almost $500 million in total capitalization.

Since January 2018, Ms. Homan has worked with legislative and Administration members to develop a comprehensive understanding of the OZ incentive and advocate for regulations that allow for the real estate and private equity industries to utilize the OZ incentive. She has helped working groups of attorneys and accountants develop real estate deal structures and strategies to fit into the program guidelines and advocated for issues of importance to the real estate industry. Further, Ms. Homan has testified at both IRS Opportunity Zone hearings in 2019.

As a fifteen-year veteran of real estate development, Ms. Homan is co-developing a $50M multifamily project in an Opportunity Zone and raised OZ capital for the project. Ms. Homan is applying her knowledge of emerging communities and her expertise in policy and real estate to advise family offices and real estate developers on the OZ incentive. She has been a featured panelist on numerous past and future OZ programs.

Ms. Homan previously worked as vice president for Perseus Realty, where she was responsible for acquisitions, underwriting, and assisting in the capitalization of real estate projects. She assisted in the formation and structure of a discretionary GP investment partnership and managed its investor relations.

Ms. Homan has extensive political and policy experience, having worked on Capitol Hill as a legislative assistant and press secretary. Currently, she holds elective office and senior party leadership positions. Further, she was one of eight members of the site selection committees for the 2016 and 2020 national conventions for a major political party.

Ms. Homan earned a Master of Business Administration and Master of Public Policy degrees from Duke University, with a focus on finance and authoring a thesis on urban revitalization.  Ms. Homan is LEED® accredited professional and a member of Commercial Real Estate Women DC (CREW DC).

​Ms. Homan served on the Board of Visitors for Duke University’s School of Public Policy and co-chairs the Duke University’s alumni organization in the metro Washington, DC region. Ms. Homan resides in Washington, DC.

JENNA HOWARD
Jenna Howard co-founded WREIC with Jill Homan in 2017.  Alongside Jill, she leads the operations of the consortium by sharing investment opportunities, organizing events, and communicating with members.
 
In her role as Senior Vice President at Lockton, Jenna works with non-profit and for-profit organizations to identify, assess, and manage their financial, operational, and reputational risks. This is accomplished by understanding the goals of her clients and leading the Lockton teams in risk management strategy, insurance program design, risk finance, claims advocacy, and risk control.  Her clients include real estate developers, construction firms, government entities, higher education institutions, media companies, highly acquisitive entities, social service organizations, trade associations and membership organizations working to better the community.
 
After a decade of membership in Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW DC), Jenna will step into the role of Board President in 2020.  This organization’s mission is to advance women in commercial real estate through education, networking, professional development, and mentorship.  During her four years on the Board of CREW DC, she played a pivot role in the development of the strategic plan and championed a key objective of that plan on fostering female leadership.  
 
As a graduate of the KPMG Executive Leadership Institute for Women (ELIW), she is committed to mentorship, advocacy and the advancement of female business leaders.  Within her firm, she serves on the executive committee for Lockton’s Women in Leadership for the Northeast and is a thought leader for the Diversity & Inclusion strategy.  Jenna is also a member of the Elite Women Producer (EWP) group within Lockton.  This group of producers is committed to taking their business to the next level and making a positive impact. 
 
Jenna also serves on the Board of Directors for the American Association of University Women (AAUW) whose vision is equity for all accomplished through the mission of advancement and advocacy for women and girls.
 
Jenna co-authored a book for the American Bar Association titled Construction Insurance: A Guide for Attorneys and Other Professionals. In addition, she regularly hosts webinars on Additional Insured Coverage and speaks at industry events such as the ABA Construction Forum, Washington Business Journal, and RIMS. 
 
In her spare time, Jenna is actively involved in philanthropy working with groups that support families in the Washington DC community.  She previously served as Board Treasurer for 826DC, a nonprofit dedicated to working with students to develop their writing skills and to helping teachers inspire their students to write.  Jenna also is on the host committee for the Annual Harvest for Hope Event for Volunteers of America Chesapeake raising funds to end homelessness in Northern Virginia.   In addition, she joined the Finance Committee of Community of Hope, an organization that provides quality healthcare and stable housing to families in the DC Metro area.

Current Investment Opportunities

WREIC Members are invited to click the link below to view Investment Opportunities. 

Past Investment Opportunities

Click on the link below to view an overview of prior investment opportunities.
Contact Information
Jill Homan.  [email protected]
Jenna Howard.  [email protected]
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