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RLJ Lodging Trust CEO: Recruiting Minorities to Top Leadership Fosters Real Estate Industry Diversity

Leslie Hale, First Black Woman to Head a REIT, Says Dispelling Myth of Talent Shortage Is Critical to More Diversity
Leslie Hale, chief executive of RLJ Lodging Trust, which owns the Embassy Suites Atlanta and more than 100 other hotels, said it’s important "to add diversity to the leadership team." (Commercial Real Estate Women Network)
Leslie Hale, chief executive of RLJ Lodging Trust, which owns the Embassy Suites Atlanta and more than 100 other hotels, said it’s important "to add diversity to the leadership team." (Commercial Real Estate Women Network)
CoStar News
June 25, 2020 | 8:15 P.M.

Leslie Hale doesn't like to be called a unicorn. As one of the few Black leaders in the white- and male-dominated world of commercial real estate, the CEO of RLJ Lodging Trust says there are plenty of other worthy people of color who should be holding jobs like hers.

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