NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dana Telsey, CEO of Telsey Advisory Group (TAG), has been elected to the International Council of Shopping Center’s Board of Trustees for an initial three year term. Ms. Telsey was appointed as one of nine new trustees during ICSC’s RECon conference in Las Vegas on Monday, May 21, 2018. The Board provides guidance to help the ICSC and its 70,000+ members in determining the strategic direction of the association, particularly given the multi-faceted role played by the retail real estate industry across the globe.
“I am honored to join this distinguished group of colleagues, as we help serve our broad and diverse membership. With consumer spending representing 70% of the USA’s GDP, it is critical that we stay ahead of the rapidly evolving retail, consumer, omni-channel and retail real estate landscape,” Ms. Telsey said. “I look forward to lending my 30+ years’ experience in analyzing the companies and sectors that make up the US consumer sector, in order to help the membership make the best decisions given the current and future competitive environment.”
ABOUT DANA TELSEY & TELSEY ADVISORY GROUP
Ms. Telsey founded Telsey Advisory Group LLC in 2006, a leading consumer-focused equity research, advisory and consulting firm. With offices in New York, Nashville and the San Francisco area, TAG provides in-depth research for mutual/hedge funds, private equity firms, public and private companies, real estate developers and investors, sovereign wealth funds, capital lenders and industry associations. Then in January 2016, Ms. Telsey launched a consumer stock focused, hedge fund, The Telsey Consumer Fund. Prior to founding TAG, Ms. Telsey headed the retail research group for Bear Stearns, where she was named by Institutional Investor magazine the No. 1 specialty analyst for seven years in a row. At TAG, she also was honored with the designation of Woman-Owned Brokerage of the Year by Traders Magazine.
