Joanne Price

Experience

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  Mace Ltd

  Apr 1998 - Jun 2001

  Project Manager

  • Project Manager specializing in major redevelopment projects and private public partnership for London based consultants, Mace. I provided a full spectrum of project delivery services from conception through completion. • Primary responsibilities included communicating and negotiating with various City agencies and community stakeholder groups; due diligence exercises; oversee entitlements; site planning; design development; budgets; schedules; to reduce time spent managing paperwork, I created a flexible spreadsheet that tracked multiple projects simultaneously and provided a superior audit trail. Show less

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  Schal

  Jun 2001 - Aug 2004

  Project Manager

  • Project Manager with Schal, an international consulting firm. I provided strategic management responsibility delivering major projects in a variety of sectors: government; healthcare, education and arts. • Primary tasks included articulating business and project objectives; due diligence exercises; design site planning; budgets and establishing contract strategies, resulting in expedited schedules, up to two years, and lowering costs.

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  Toll Brothers inc.

  Aug 2005 - Dec 2009

  Project Manager

  • Between 2008 and 2009 I was the sole person working on entitlements reporting directly to the Regional and Divisional President. At that time I was also the lead Project Manager (acting Senior Project Manager) on Mayfield, a challenging project lying in two jurisdictions and actively protested by the community. I obtained the final Master Plan and Vesting Tentative Map design approvals for 500 homes in Silicon Valley (Mountain View/Palo Alto). • I provided significant expertise in managing and directing the consultants when interfacing and negotiating numerous issues with municipal department staff to save millions; by challenging a pertinent and onerous condition of approval, I persuaded staff to revise the clause to release up to $50M in sales revenue. Show less

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  Polidev International LLC

  Mar 2010 - Dec 2015

  Assistant Managing Director

  • Portfolio/Asset Manager for private real estate portfolio, oversaw growth from zero to $300M.• Responsible for the design and construction management of numerous tenant improvements and capital improvements at Class A/B buildings and a Category I/A Historic Resource.• Implemented value added projects to increase property values such as lobby retrofit, restroom rollout, replacing aging fixtures with more sustainable, efficient equipment at no cost to the Landlord, reengineered common hallways and introducing mezzanine space to increase Net Lettable Area. budgets along with five-ten year forecasts; identified short, mid and long term capital improvements; explored value added projects to increase property portfolio revenue, including managing several feasibility studies.• Evaluated NPV of proposed lease deals, negotiated lease terms and executed leases.• Managed tenants including national corporate retailers CVS, tech start-ups, lawyers and accountants.• Calculated CAM charges and year-end true-ups.• Developed long term partnerships with maintenance vendors to realize savings up to 30%.• Penchant for sustainable design and clever adaptation of building space. Show less

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  Los Altos Community Investments

  Jun 2016 - Jan 2018

  Asset Manager

  • Asset Manager responsible for local family office real estate portfolio in downtown Los Altos.• Responsible for stabilizing and restructuring under-performing assets.• Work involves new property acquisitions, leasing and several downtown real estate development projects.

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  LifeMoves, formerly InnVision Shelter Network

  Jul 2018 - Jan 2023

  Vice President Real Estate & Operations

  • Responsible for leading LifeMoves to apply for the State’s Homekey program and build its first new non-congregate shelter in over 20 years.• Despite covid shutdowns drove the project team to create housing for 124 people in 6 months - the shortest construction timeline in the region’s history. As a result, Mountain View homeless population has been cut in half in the 3 years since that project opened.• Won the ULI America’s Award for Excellence because of the project’s ability to be easily replicated.• The project became the catalyst for 16 new modular projects under Homekey Round 2, including the largest in California (240 beds) that I advised on and two I managed on behalf of LifeMoves that secured over $75M in Palo Alto (88 beds) and San Jose (200 beds). Show less

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  DignityMoves

  Nov 2021 - now

  Co-Founder, Chief Real Estate Officer

  • Honored to be involved with DignityMoves since its conception and excited to join full-time at the beginning of 2023 to move even faster and spread our vision of Reimagining Scalable Solutions to Homelessness’ throughout California sponsoring SB634 (Becker) and beyond across the USA!• Lead Homekey Rohnert Park (60 units) the only new, ground-up construction project under Round 2 to finish in time for an Early Occupancy Bonus – completed in a record-setting 4 months!