Malee leads research for Newland, integrating market research, economic and marketplace trends, and customer and product segmentation to inform company planning, development and strategic decision-making. She oversees research throughout the life of a project, from market selection and pre-acquisition to market positioning, development and build-out. As well, she collaborates with Newland's regional teams on new community envisioning and project planning, and is responsible for ongoing research synthesis and application that supports the operating divisions.

Malee has a highly diversified background in working with residential and commercial developers, homebuilders, landowners, investors, government and public sector entities.Prior to joining Newland, she was Vice President at RCLCO, a national advisory firm serving the real estate industry, where she conducted development strategy planning, market and product segmentation, economic and fiscal impact analysis, and economic modeling for mixed-use/multi-use, residential, retail/commercial, office, R&D/industrial and hospitality developments across the US.

Malee is a graduate of University of California, Los Angeles and Harvard University. She is a Woodrow Wilson Fellow and a member of the Urban Land Institute and PCBC Program Committee.