Ivanka M. Trump

Tuesday, March 31, 2009
7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Rose and Alfred Miniaci Performing Arts Center

Ivanka M. Trump joined The Trump Organization in 2005 as a member of the development team. She is currently working on 33 national and international real estate projects.

Ms. Trump actively participates in all aspects of real estate development from deal evaluation, analysis and pre-development planning to construction, marketing, operations, sales and leasing. She has expanded the Trump Organization’s interests internationally, bringing the highly acclaimed Trump International Hotel & Tower brand to the global market. Current projects include the Trump International Hotel & Tower on the Palm Jumeirah in Dubai, which will be the flagship building of the island, and the Trump Ocean Club in Panama City, Panama, as well as other locations throughout Europe and Asia.

Ms. Trump is also managing the development of new Trump buildings in Chicago, Las Vegas, Honolulu, SoHo/NYC, Atlanta, Jersey City, New Orleans, West Palm Beach, Toronto, the Dominican Republic, and the Baja Peninsula, Mexico. She is currently a board member of the gaming company publicly listed as Trump Entertainment Resorts. Prior to joining The Trump Organization, she was a Project Manager in the Retail Development division of Forest City Ratner Companies. Ms. Trump received her Bachelor’s degree in real estate from the Wharton School of Finance at the University of Pennsylvania, and is a magna cum laude graduate.

An accomplished speaker, Ms. Trump makes appearances on behalf of the Trump Organization, and has been featured in hundreds of magazines worldwide. In the past year she has appeared on the covers of Forbes Magazine, Golf for Women, Arena Magazine, The Evening Standard/UK, among many others, and has made numerous appearances as an advisor on NBC’s The Apprentice. Ms. Trump has most recently gone into the diamond business with her own Ivanka Trumpdiamond jewelry line and boutique.