Tyrone Rachal will serve as the new Chair of ULI Atlanta;

Amanda Rhein named as the Chair for Mission Advancement

ATLANTA, June 27, 2023 – Urban Land Institute (ULI) leaders Tyrone Rachal, president of Urban Key Capital Partners, and Amanda Rhein, executive director of the Atlanta Land Trust, have been selected for leadership roles within ULI Atlanta. Rachal will serve as the new Chair of ULI Atlanta. Rhein will serve as the District Council’s Chair for Mission Advancement. These roles are vital for delivering the Institute’s mission at the local level, where it has 1,400 members across the entire state of Georgia and eastern Tennessee.

ULI is a global, multidisciplinary real estate organization with more than 48,000 members dedicated to shaping the future of the built environment for transformative impact in communities worldwide. ULI Atlanta is part of ULI’s network of 52 District Councils in the Americas region.

As Chair, Rachal is working closely with the current chair, Marc Pollack, Co-Founder and Chairman of RangeWater Real Estate and founder of The Atlanta Affordable Housing Fund, to facilitate a smooth transition before assuming office July 1, 2023. The Chair will work closely with the council’s Advisory Board and ULI Atlanta Executive Director to determine priorities and set out a member driven program for his two-year term. ULI Atlanta is an impact oriented council hosting over 50 convenings on an annual basis to support its members. The district council has a strong emphasis on leadership initiatives such as Center for Leadership which is entering its 15^th year of execution and the Etkin Scholars program; offers three local product councils; and foundational ULI programming like Technical Assistance Panels (TAPs), Women’s Leadership Initiative, Young Leaders Group, and UrbanPlan.

Rachal has been actively involved in ULI and has an extensive track record of volunteerism at the Institute on a local and national level. He is a current ULI Global Governing Trustee, past Chair of a national product council, the Public Private Partnership Council (PPPC) – Gold Flight, and sits on the Global Advisory Board for the ULI Curtis Infrastructure Initiative.  Rachal is also active with the Advisory Services Panel program and has served on a dozen panels helping cities solve some of their most pressing redevelopment issues, including chairing a panel for the U.S. Virgin Islands Housing Authority in 2022. Rachal most recently served as the ULI Atlanta Vice Chair of the Advisory Board, as well as being a member of its Livable Communities Council. He also is a 2010 graduate of the ULI Atlanta Center for Leadership (its first class) and has been awarded the ULI Robert M. O’Donnell award and the Rising Star Award at the global level.

“I have held many roles across the Urban Land Institute, but I am truly looking forward to this opportunity to lead our local chapter as ULI Atlanta Chair and continue working closely with the Advisory Board and the ULI Atlanta team in executing ULI’s global mission,” Rachal said. “Every new Chair faces an interesting set of challenges, and I am no different. As one of the most sought-after regions in the country, Atlanta sits at an inflection point.  We are in an integral moment in Atlanta’s history, where affordable housing, diversity and livability are on the forefront of our communities’ minds. Together with Daphne and the ULI Atlanta staff and member leaders, we will continue advancing our vision of working together to bring ULI solutions to bear by using the incredible convening power of this organization for the benefit of our local communities.

As Chair of Mission Advancement (CMA), Rhein will serve in a vice chair role for the Atlanta District Council’s Advisory Board. The CMA role is key as it acts as a bridge between ULI members and the Atlanta District Council in advancing ULI’s mission. She will help ensure that ULI practices, policies and programs are integrated locally and will work closely with Rachal and other ULI senior leaders. Rhein has a proven background of leadership within ULI and in her career. Before her current role with the Atlanta Land Trust, she served as the Senior Director of TOD and Real Estate with MARTA and spent 10 years with Invest Atlanta attracting investment to Atlanta’s most underserved communities.

After joining ULI in 2002 while still a student at Georgia Institute of Technology, Rhein has been increasingly involved. She has served on various committees including the Young Leaders Group, Membership, UrbanPlan, Governance and TAPs. She has also chaired the Awards of Excellence program in 2017, and notably, Rhein helped establish the Center for Leadership program in 2010 and served as its initial co-chair. CFL is entering its 15^th year of execution and is now a national model for other district councils across the country. Currently, Rhein is the co-chair of the DEI Committee and has served on the ULI Atlanta Advisory Board since 2007. She was previously Chair of the ULI Livable Communities Council, was part of the 2020 Leaders Cohort through WLI and recognized as a WLI Prologis Scholar in 2022.

“I believe in ULI’s mission and have been aligned with ULI’s ethos and mission priorities for my entire career,” said Rhein. “In this role, I’ll continue to pursue a focus on these priorities of delivering affordable housing solutions to local communities, unpacking what role the real estate sector plays in decarbonizing the built environment, and pursuing pathways to inclusion within the commercial real estate sector. ULI is a big tent organization encompassing all of the commercial real estate industry and together, we can make a true impact at the local level, where all change begins.”

“One of the first major events happening under Tyrone and Amanda’s leadership will be our 27^th Awards for Excellence Program on September 14, 2023. Central to this program is ensuring that the projects we are recognizing here in Atlanta uphold the aspiration of ULI – to build better cities for the future.  As the incoming CMA, Amanda has been a huge part of ensuring that alignment and I look forward to working closely with both her and Tyrone.” said ULI Atlanta Executive Director, Daphne Bond-Godfrey.

“ULI Atlanta is one of the strongest and most active district councils in the country.” This is largely thanks to our members, which the District Council Chair and the Chair for Mission Advancement have the privilege of working so closely with. Both of these roles are incredibly vital positions, not just to Atlanta and our region, but also to ULI as a whole.

About the Urban Land Institute
The Urban Land Institute is a nonprofit education and research institute supported by its members. Its mission is to shape the future of the built environment for transformative impact in communities worldwide. Established in 1936, the Institute has more than 48,000 members worldwide representing all aspects of land use and development disciplines. For more information, please visit uli.org  or follow us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram.

About ULI Atlanta

ULI’s District Council network spans 52 cities throughout North America and delivers ULI’s mission at the local level. ULI Atlanta has over 1,400 members throughout the Atlanta region and our broader geography which includes the entire state of Georgia, and eastern Tennessee. ULI Atlanta is one of the largest and most active District Councils in the United States. More on ULI Atlanta atlanta.uli.org