Ellen Higgins

Ms. Higgins is a founding member and President of the Heskin Group and provides managing oversight to Heskin’s sales advisory, asset management, due diligence, valuation and consulting work for federal and state government entities.   Ms. Higgins also manages Heskin’s investment operations, investment partnerships and joint ventures in conjunction with her investment partners in the New York office.  

Prior to her formation of the Heskin Group in 1983, Ms. Higgins served as general legal counsel and, later, as president of the syndication, financing, construction and real estate development subsidiaries of the Wilder Foundation, then one of the ten largest operating foundations in the country.   Ms. Higgins is a licensed attorney and practiced for nine years in a law firm specializing in residential and commercial loans and real estate syndications and finance, including tax exempt and bond finance.   Ms. Higgins holds a BA, Cum Laude/ Phi Beta Kappa, from Princeton University and a J.D. from the University of Chicago School of Law.  

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