Pamela joined AvalonBay as Executive Vice President, Portfolio and Asset Management, in July 2024. She is responsible for leading AvalonBay's portfolio and asset management organization; determining and gaining alignment within the organization on key priorities for driving portfolio performance; and setting capital plans across the portfolio to achieve performance objectives.
Prior to joining AvalonBay, Pamela was with CPP Investments (CPP), which oversees and invests funds of the Canada Pension Plan. She joined CPP as a Director in 2017, served as Head of U.S. Real Estate from January 2020, was promoted to Managing Director in June 2021, and served as a member of the Global Real Estate Investment Committee from mid-2021. Prior to joining CPP, Pamela was Executive Director with JP Morgan Asset Management from 2013, where she was responsible for that firm's New York and Northern New Jersey multifamily portfolio, and previously she was with RREEF/Deutsche Bank, where she was primarily focused on East Coast multifamily investments.
Pamela is a graduate of New York University and is a member of the WX Women Executives in Real Estate, and the Urban Land Institute UDMUC Red Council.
Pamela Thomas
Executive Vice President Portfolio and Asset Management