Martine Combal | Source | Senior Vice President, Government and Education at JLL

Martine Combal is Senior Vice President in the Public Institutions Government and Education Advisory practice and the East Coast regional lead. She joined JLL in January 2017 to support a broad range of clients, including several federal agencies and municipalities. Ms. Combal is currently supporting the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) on a regional portfolio strategy and a coworking pilot implementation plan, as well as the realty support needs of the Public Buildings Reform Board. She also has experience with supporting area universities to optimize their real estate and structure mixed-use public-private partnerships, such as George Mason University’s FUSE project in Arlington, VA.

Ms. Combal has extensive knowledge and experience with entitlements, in addition to public sector acquisitions and strategic public sector real property dispositions. Her experience includes negotiating disposition agreements, covenants, leases, and ground leases. Ms. Combal also has extensive experience with the District of Columbia and federal affordable housing programs.

Ms. Combal has over 19 years of real estate and urban development experience. Prior to joining JLL, Ms. Combal served as Deputy Director of Real Estate in the District of Columbia Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development. Previous to that role, she was the Walter Reed Local Redevelopment Authority Director managing the redevelopment of the former Walter Reed Army Medical Center, which will realize 3.1 million square feet of new development and 15 acres of open space. Earlier in Ms. Combal’s career in DC Government, she was also the Manager of the Property Acquisition and Disposition Division at the District of Columbia Department of Housing and Community Development where she directed the District’s efforts during the 2008 foreclosure crisis to stabilize key.

Ms. Combal holds a Master’s in City Planning and a Certificate in Urban Design from the University of Pennsylvania, School of Design, and a Bachelor of Science in Urban Studies from Cornell University, College of Art, Architecture, and Planning. In 2022, Ms. Combal joined the Board of Directors for Everybody Wins DC and was a member of the Board of Directors for the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop for eight years. She is also active in the Urban Land Institute of Washington, DC.