Tammy Kelly
Managing Director & Head of Asset Management
EQT Exeter

Tammy Kelly CCIM, CPM joined EQT Exeter, successor firm to Redwood Capital Group, in 2014 and brings 20 years of experience in asset management, transactions, and investment strategy. She is responsible for the strategic oversight of the Firm’s investments, assists with underwriting, and oversees tactical dispositions. As a career total, Tammy has transacted over $4B of real estate investment transactions to include dispositions, acquisitions, loan modifications and refinances.

Prior to Redwood Capital Group, Tammy spent 8 years at Blue Vista Capital Management as Senior Vice President – Asset Management. Tammy’s responsibilities at Blue Vista included oversight of investments in the firm’s Middle Market Equity Funds. She maintained positive relations with the firm’s joint venture partners while overseeing each asset’s investment and disposition plan in conjunction with overall Fund strategy. She was responsible for financial analysis, hold / sell recommendation presentations to the Investment Committee, strategic planning, debt management, distressed asset oversight, generation of fund performance report for annual stakeholder meeting, and budgeting. Prior to her tenure at Blue Vista, Tammy joined Equity Investment Group as an Investment Associate where she was responsible for overseeing, coordinating, and evaluating the company’s property acquisitions. Tammy also spent 6 years as a Senior Property Manager for both Equity Investment Group and New Plan Excel Realty Trust where she managed retail shopping center portfolios.

Tammy earned a BA from DePaul University. She sits on the board of CREW Chicago as the Immediate Past President and serves on various committees within CREW Chicago and CREW Network. Tammy was recognized as a Women of Influence in 2022 by Globe Street and Bisnow’s Power Women in Chicago in 2022 and 2014.