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Heidi Burkhart is the President and Founder of Dane Real Estate (“Dane”). Ms. Burkhart formed Dane, an affordable housing real estate brokerage, in 2008 when she was 26. Today the company has facilitated the closings in excess of 11,000 affordable housing units and over $1.5 billion in transactions. Dane has had tremendous success rehabilitating properties nationwide but focuses heavily on the New York City area, such as properties in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Staten Island and New Jersey. Most notably Ms. Burkhart brokered one of the first preservation projects in the nation utilizing the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) program, which included the issuance of a new 20-year, Section 8 Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA) contract. Dane also recently expanded into the Australian market focusing on the acquisition of high-end retail properties in Melbourne, Sydney and Perth. Ms. Burkhart has used her business success as a platform for affordable housing and economic development. She has contributed to publications including Real Estate Weekly, The New York Real Estate Journal, The Real Deal, Brick Underground and Chief Executive to champion the need for affordable housing, address the state of the industry and speak to its future. She is also a frequent guest commentator on BronxNet TV and a contributor for The Huffington Post. Throughout her career Ms. Burkhart has won numerous awards for her business, civic and charitable endeavors. Recently, Ms. Burkhart was awarded the 2016 Entrepreneur of the Year award at The Stevie Awards for Women in Business. She was also recently awarded The 2016 Golden Bridge Award-Silver Winner Best Entrepreneur/Founder Woman. She received the ISPA Innovator Award 2014 for the “#BlankCancer” program she created to support cancer patients throughout their treatment. In 2013 she was selected as one of Affordable Housing Finance’s Rising Star’s. Also in 2013 she received the Edward H. Schmidt Outstanding Young Alum award from the University of Toledo, her alma mater. Ms. Burkhart is also an active philanthropist and this year launched Heidi Burkhart’s BizLivGiv which is her 360° initiative that supports her professional, philanthropic, personal endeavors. As a successful real estate entrepreneur, Ms. Burkhart has been afforded not only the ability to enhance her own quality of life but also the capacity to give. Ms. Burkhart’s BizLivGiv was founded to inspire others to find their own path to a full life. Ms. Burkhart graduated from the University of Toledo with a BS in business. She started her real estate career at 21 as a commercial investment broker in New York City, quickly rising to be one of the top brokers in the industry specializing in ‘under the radar’ transactions.
