Short Bio (<100 words)
Kelly Sewell Nagel is the founder of Residy, a diagnostic advisory practice built around the Near Enemies framework. She works with senior leaders, leadership teams, and organizations to surface the hidden obstacles and patterns that keep capable people stuck. She brings more than two decades of experience across commercial real estate, including institutional investment, development strategy, and organizational leadership. Kelly teaches real estate finance at Georgetown McDonough's Steers Center for Global Real Assets and is a ULI Trustee. She is currently writing a book called Near Enemies.
Extended Bio (<150 words)
Kelly Sewell Nagel is the founder of Residy, a diagnostic advisory practice built around the Near Enemies framework, a systematic tool for identifying where real strengths distort in high-performing people and organizations. She works with senior leaders, leadership teams, and organizations to surface the hidden obstacles, assumptions, and patterns that keep capable people stuck.
She brings more than two decades of experience across commercial real estate, including institutional investment, development strategy, and organizational leadership. Her work spans public and private platforms, family offices, and founder-led firms.
Kelly teaches real estate finance at Georgetown McDonough's Steers Center for Global Real Assets. She is a ULI Trustee and remains actively engaged across the industry.
The book is called Near Enemies. It is about what happens when the virtues high-performers work hardest to develop become the thing in the way.
Speaking & Media
For speaking engagements, panels, or media inquiries, contact kelly@residy.com