Laura Hines-Pierce

Laura Hines-Pierce has been promoted to senior managing director for the office of the CEO and will assist her father, president and CEO Jeff Hines to shape the strategy of the company. She joined Hines in 2012 and was responsible for project management of developments and support of new business opportunities in the Midwest and Southeast Regions. She served as Project Manager for River Point, a 52-storey office tower in Chicago's West Loop submarket. Her responsibilities included zoning and entitlement, relationship management with equity partner Ivanhoé Cambridge, budget and schedule oversight, design and construction coordination, financial analysis, leasing and marketing. In 2017, she relocated to Houston to work in the Office of the Chief Investment Officer, and in September 2018, she was named the firm’s Transformation Officer to support the firm’s strategic and transformative efforts across the business. Prior to joining Hines, she worked for Sotheby’s in New York and interned at Eastdil Secured. She graduated from Duke University with a BA in Economics and Art History, and received her MBA from Harvard University.