Kris Beason

In keeping with her passion to push innovation and the boundaries of the building industry, Kris Beason was Head of Construction at Katerra. Her 30+ year career includes executive leadership positions with national and international general contractor and construction management companies. She has a deep knowledge of commercial real estate industry over the course of 35 years as a construction executive and manager; honed skills in leadership, business and operation management. She is skilled in starting and managing regional offices, departments and multi-million dollar construction projects in the PNW.

Kris is currently a NAIOP Corporate Board Member, and past board member of NAIOP WA, NAWIC Puget Sound, CREW Seattle and CREW Network. She served as the Seattle President, as a national CREW Network Board Member and Chair of the CREW Network Foundation. CREW dedicates its resources solely toward advancing women in the commercial real estate industry though scholarships, career outreach, and research. She was recognized by CREW Network with the 2016 Career Advancement for Women Impact Award for founding the CREW Seattle Leadership Development program. CREW Seattle instituted an annual scholarship in her name in 2016 that continues today. She was recognized in 2014 with the NAIOP Washington Mentoring Women Award. In 2019, she was the recipient of the Inspirator Award at the PNW Elevate event which acknowledges the exceptional efforts of a person in the real estate industry who supports, inspires, coaches and mentors people.