Heather Turner
CEO & CO-Founder

Heather Turner is directly responsible for leading all aspects of the firm. She chairs the investment committee and has been involved in several billion dollars of real estate transactions throughout her career. Prior to founding Tamarack Capital Partners, Ms. Turner was one of three managing partners of DiNapoli Capital Partners where she led the hotel and senior housing platforms. Previously, she led Maritz Wolff & Co. and Broadreach Capital Partners’ west coast hotel investments and asset management. Heather began her real estate career managing assets and development for The Walt Disney Company’s theme park and hotel division. Prior to that, she worked for Goldman Sachs and the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Ms. Turner is active in professional and educational organizations. She is a member of ULI and its Hotel Development Council. She is a member of the American Hotel Lodging Association's Investment Roundtable. She is a past president and board member of the Hospitality Asset Managers Association, and a past member of the National Board of Directors of the Florida State University Alumni Association. Ms. Turner is a Trustee on the Board of PS1 Pluralistic School in Santa Monica, and a member of the Executive Board of Directors of the FSU Real Estate Center. She has been a repeat guest lecturer on real estate investments at Santa Clara University, Florida State University and the Anderson Graduate School of Business at UCLA.

Ms. Turner earned a BS, magna cum laude, in international business from Florida State University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.