Breaking ceilings.
Breaking ground.

Molly McCabe is the CEO of HaydenTanner, a development and investor advisory firm accelerating impact and sustainability in the built environment. A veteran of commercial real estate finance and capital markets, she serves as a bridge between risk and return, visionary development and the bottom line, to create financially and environmentally resilient buildings and vibrant, sustainable cities.

Experienced in leading through complexity, she has also helped launch and guide several start-ups, new ventures and change-management initiatives. Molly sits on the boards of The Freshwater Trust and City Craft Foundation, and is co-founder and board member of The Lotus Campaign, providing housing-driven solutions for homelessness.

A past chair of Urban Land Institute’s Responsible Property Investment Council, she founded a venture-capital-funded commercial mortgage-backed securities firm and managed an institutional real estate capital markets group. She is the author of “Practical Greening: The Bottom Line On Sustainable Property Development & Investment” and “Financing and Driving Value: Responsible and Resilient Property Investing in the New Millennium.” She is an industry leader on investment, climate change, social impact and resilience.

Mom, dog-lover, amateur handy-woman and serial entrepreneur, she is currently focusing on the intersection of climate and proptech.

Jill Ferrari has 30 years of experience in urban redevelopment. Her background includes private real estate acquisition and development, legal practice and consulting. She is currently a Partner at Schenk & Bruetsch, PLC, where she co-founded the Elevate practice group, serving female founders and executives, primarily in commercial real estate.

In 2019, Jill co-founded Renovare Development, a majority woman-owned commercial real estate development company with over $100 million in development throughout Michigan. Renovare was named the 2025 Developer of the Year by Michigan RE Journals.

Jill was named a Crain’s Detroit Notable Woman in Law in 2026, a member of the Midwest Commercial Real Estate Hall of Fame in 2025, a Crain’s Detroit Notable Executive in Real Estate in 2021, a Globe ST Magazine Woman of Influence in 2021, a 2017 Woman of Distinction by Wayne State University, and a 2016 winner of the Melvin Simon Award from the International Council of Shopping Centers Foundation.

Jill is a founding board member of the Women’s Sustainable Development Initiative, supporting emerging women commercial real estate developers. She is an adjunct professor at the University of Michigan, where she teaches Real Estate Development Fundamentals.