OAK BROOK, Ill. (Dec 17, 2024) – Pine Tree today announced that Sara Kowalczyk has been promoted to Chief Accounting Officer for the national retail real estate owner/operator. With more than 14 years of industry experience, Kowalczyk leads Pine Tree’s corporate- and fund-level accounting and reporting functions, as well as provide accounting oversight for the company’s portfolio of $2.5 billion in institutional retail assets across the United States.
“We’re excited to announce Sara’s promotion to Chief Accounting Officer,” said Matt Lougee, President, Capital Markets at Pine Tree. “As a key executive since 2022, Sara has proven her capabilities as a high-performance leader while driving continuous financial and accounting process improvements. Under her leadership, Pine Tree has built a strong financial reporting and accounting team critical to our efforts to scale our business and grow our national portfolio.”
Before joining Pine Tree, Kowalczyk was Senior Vice President of Accounting and Finance at CA Residential, CA Ventures’ residential arm, where she oversaw the company’s corporate and property accounting teams Prior to joining CA Ventures, she served as an audit senior manager at KPMG.
Sara is a Certified Public Accountant and holds a bachelor’s degree in business economics with an accounting minor from the University of California Los Angeles.
