Martha D. Marks

Martha Marks is the President of NAIOP Northern Virginia, the Commercial Real Estate Development Association. NAIOP Northern Virginia is a trade association which promotes the interests of owners, developers, investors and asset managers of commercial real estate. With approximately 900 members throughout the greater Washington DC area, the organization focuses its activities on government relations, economic development, education, and networking. Marks also serves as the executive vice president of the Virginia Association for Commercial Real Estate (VACRE), a coalition of commercial real estate associations established for the purpose of monitoring legislative and regulatory issues which affect the industry at the state level.

Prior to joining NAIOP, Marks held government relations positions at the Greater Washington Board of Trade and the Virginia Chamber of Commerce. She has also been involved in numerous Virginia political campaigns. As the appointee of three Virginia Governors, she served on the Board of Trustees of the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation. From 1996 to 2008, she was also a member of the Executive Committee for the Jamestown 2007 Steering Committee which was responsible for planning the celebration of America’s 400th Anniversary.

Throughout her career, Marks has been involved in numerous organizations and activities that promote business growth in the Commonwealth of Virginia, they include the Northern Virginia Transportation Alliance, Northern Virginia Transportation Coalition, Virginia Chamber of Commerce and Northern Virginia Economic Development Coalition. As a NAIOP Northern Virginia initiated project, Marks was a member of the steering committee which planned and implemented the George Mason University Center for Real Estate Entrepreneurship and the Master’s in Real Estate Development. Marks is a graduate of Converse College in Spartanburg, South Carolina and has taken graduate courses at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond.