Deborah L. Harmon

Deborah L. Harmon

Ms. Harmon is Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Artemis Real Estate Partners (“Artemis”), a real estate private equity firm with more than $9 billion of capital raised since inception across core, core plus, value-add and opportunistic strategies. Ms. Harmon co-founded Artemis Real Estate Partners in 2009. She has oversight responsibility for the firm, establishing and managing the firm’s strategic direction. Prior to co-founding Artemis, Ms. Harmon spent 17 years establishing and leading the principal investing business at J.E. Robert Companies, Inc., a global real estate investment firm where she was President and Chief Investment Officer from 1997 until her departure in 2007.


Ms. Harmon currently serves as Chairperson of the Pension Real Estate Association Foundation, and as a member of the Board of Directors of Urban Alliance and Seizing Every Opportunity (SEO). She serves on the Advisory Council for the NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights and as a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Ms. Harmon was previously appointed by President Obama to serve as a Commissioner for the White House Fellows program and was a member of the Board of Directors for Forest City Enterprises and Avis Group Holdings [NYSE: AVI]. She is a former Trustee of the Urban Land Institute, and previously served on the Board of Directors of the Pension Real Estate Association and Women for Women International. Ms. Harmon was recognized in 2020 by Barron’s on its inaugural list of the 100 Most Influential Women in U.S. Finance, and was recognized by EY as an Entrepreneur of the Year® 2019 Mid-Atlantic Award winner and National Finalist.


She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Johns Hopkins University and a Master of Business Administration from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.