Citymark Capital Taps Kathleen Allen as Managing Director, Marketing and Public Relations to Support Firm Growth and Future Opportunities

CLEVELAND, April 3, 2025 – Citymark Capital, a leading US real estate private equity investment platform that seeks to create attractive and durable risk-adjusted returns throughout economic cycles by investing in equity and debt positions, is pleased to announce that Kathleen Allen has joined the firm as Managing Director of Marketing and Public Relations.

Ms. Allen will oversee the company’s brand, community, and market presence to deepen Citymark’s relationships with current and potential investors, industry organizations, local and national media, and community partners. She has nearly 15 years of experience leading brand, marketing, and communications strategies and programs at global alternative asset management and professional services firms, digital marketing agencies, and communications services companies. Ms. Allen will be based in Citymark’s Cleveland headquarters, having relocated from Denver back to Northeast Ohio upon joining the firm.

Ms. Allen joins Citymark from GLP Capital Partners, where she served as Vice President of Marketing and Communications and was responsible for all corporate branding, including the ground-up development of the firm’s global brand platform, preceding the sale of GLP Capital Partners’ international business and certain of its affiliates outside of China to Ares Management Corporation for $3.7BN in February 2025.

Prior to GLP Capital Partners, she held progressive roles at Ernst & Young, LLP (EY), leading marketing and communications strategy across EY’s Americas IPOs and Strategic Transactions portfolio. Ms. Allen also played a key role supporting several of the firm’s marquee entrepreneurship programs, including Entrepreneur Of The Year®, EY Entrepreneurial Winning Women™, and the Strategic Growth Forum®.

“We are thrilled to welcome Kathleen to the team and back to Cleveland,” said Daniel Walsh, Founder and CEO of Citymark Capital. “Her experience spanning the global capital markets and alternative asset management space will be invaluable to Citymark as we build on our 10 years of steadfast growth to broaden our platform, expand our investor base, and positively impact the communities where we work and operate.”

 

 

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