Collete English Dixon
PrincipalPrudential Real Estate Investors
Collete English Dixon is a Principal of Prudential Real Estate Investors (PREI), a business unit of Prudential Financial. As of January 2008, she became co-leader of PREI’s national investment dispositions program, which is responsible for managing the sale of PREI’s investment properties on behalf of its clients. In 2010, the PREI dispositions team completed the sale of more than $3B in portfolio assets and expects to complete the sale of more than $1.5B in assets for 2011.
Collete English Dixon is a Principal of Prudential Real Estate Investors (PREI), a business unit of Prudential Financial. As of January 2008, she became co-leader of PREI’s national investment dispositions program, which is responsible for managing the sale of PREI’s investment properties on behalf of its clients. In 2010, the PREI dispositions team completed the sale of more than $3B in portfolio assets and expects to complete the sale of more than $1.5B in assets for 2011.
Prior to January 2008, she was responsible for sourcing real estate investments in multiple Midwest Region markets, covering all property types, including office, multi-family, hotel, industrial and retail properties. Through December 2007, Ms. English Dixon had received authorization for more than $2.7 billion of new investments for PREI’s clients.
From 1989 through early 1996, Ms. English Dixon was responsible for PREI and Prudential General Account property dispositions and exit strategy for investment properties located throughout the eastern United States. During this period, she was involved with more than $380 million of real property sales. From 1986 to 1989, Ms. English Dixon was part of Prudential’s Southern Region transactions unit.
Prior to 1986, Ms. English Dixon was with Prudential's property development group, overseeing all facets of the real property development process for wholly-owned and joint venture projects throughout the Southeastern U.S. Her activities included concept development and feasibility analysis, site acquisition, construction administration, asset management and project disposition.
Ms. English Dixon began her career with Prudential as an asset management analyst in 1979.
Ms. English Dixon received her BBA from the University of Notre Dame. She earned her Masters of Business Administration from Mercer University.
Ms. English Dixon is the 2011 President of CREW Network, a Past President of CREW Chicago and a Past Chair of CREW Foundation. Ms English Dixon also serves as Vice -Chair/Membership of the Purple Flight of the Urban Development-Mixed Use Council of ULI. Ms. English Dixon received the 2008 Conscientious Professional Award given by the Global Diversity Summit. She is on the Advisory Council for the Roosevelt University Marshall Bennett School of Real Estate and on the Advisory Board for the Goldie Wolfe Miller Scholarship Fund. Additionally, Ms. English Dixon is a member of the Board of Directors for the Oak Park River Forest Food Pantry. She has also been active in Jack and Jill of America, Inc, as a board member of Hephzibah Children’s Association and in the alumni association for her alma mater, the University of Notre Dame.
