Linda Gorens-Levey
Partner in Development, General Capital Group
Fox Point, WI 53217
Phone (414) 228-3511
Property Types
Land, Office
Markets
Milwaukee/Madison
Bio
Ms. Gorens-Levey joined General Capital Group, a real estate development company headquartered in Milwaukee, as a Partner in March of 2015. Prior to General Capital, Linda was a Managing Director at Stark Investments, a global multi-billion dollar alternative investment firm founded by Brian Stark and Michael Roth where she was responsible for managing the Firm’s portfolio of direct real estate investments, select private equity investments, joint venture real estate partners and also managed the Stark Family Office. Ms. Gorens-Levey was the Firm’s Chief Operating Officer from the time she joined Stark Investments in 1997 until 2004, when she transitioned to the investment area to assume a leadership role as the Firm expanded into private investing. Prior to joining Stark Investments, Ms. Gorens-Levey was an Associate Director of Investments in the Securities Department at Northwestern Mutual. During her tenure at Stark, Linda also served on the Boards of Directors of several portfolio companies and currently serves on the Board of Directors of Health Payment Systems where she is Chairman of the Audit Committee.
Ms. Gorens-Levey serves on the Board, Audit and Executive Committees of the United Way of Greater Milwaukee where she chairs the Community Impact Committee. She is also a long-standing Co-Chair of the Milwaukee Jewish Federation’s Annual Economic Forum. In addition, she is a member of the Greater Milwaukee Committee, where she is a member of the Finance Committee and a Co-Chair of the Downtown Development Task Force. Linda has served on the Campaign Cabinet of the United Performing Arts Fund since 2011. Ms. Gorens-Levey served on the Dean’s Advisory Council at the University of Wisconsin Madison School of Business from 2003-2007, and currently serves on the Business School Advisory Council for Alverno College. Ms. Gorens-Levey was one of the 2010-2011 Co-Chairs of the Women’s Leadership Council for United Way, and was named as a Woman of Influence in 2010 by the Milwaukee Business Journal. She was a 2012 recipient of the Sacajawea Award from Professional Dimensions and was a recipient of the 2015 Tempo Mentor Award. Linda is a former State Doubles Tennis Champion and in 2014, she and her son, Ben, were ranked eighth nationally in mother son doubles.
Linda holds a Masters in Finance and Marketing from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University, where she graduated as Co-Valedictorian. She also earned a B.B.A. in Accounting from the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she graduated as Valedictorian of her Business School class. In 2006, Linda completed her Real Estate Certification through the University of Wisconsin-Madison Executive Education Program. Ms. Gorens-Levey is a Fellow of the Life Management Institute, a Certified Public Accountant, and a Chartered Financial Analyst. Linda is married to Michael Levey, a Partner with the law firm of Quarles & Brady, and has two wonderful sons, Jacob and Ben.
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