Suzet McKinney

Dr. Suzet McKinney is the Founder and Lead Consultant for the Benson Consulting Group, LLC. She is a nationally recognized commercial real estate executive, medical executive, public health expert, thought leader, and strategic thinker. Her unique and varied skill set intersects the healthcare and real estate industries and includes strategy development, operations, organizational transformation, planning, public/private partnerships, innovation district development, and economic development. Dr. McKinney is a public company and non-profit board director. She serves on the boards of Wintrust Financial Corporation, the Kemper Corporation, the Chicago Urban League (Chair), The University of Illinois System, The Chicago Network, and Thresholds. Dr. McKinney is also an experienced on-camera expert who has frequently discussed real estate investment, real estate development trends, healthcare disparities, economic and racial inequities amplified by COVID-19, climate-related emergencies, biological and chemical threats and natural disasters. She’s been featured on CNN, ABC, NBC Nightly News, and in The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Crain’s Chicago Business and The Chicago Tribune, among other notable publications.

Dr. McKinney earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Brandeis University, a Master of Public Health degree from Benedictine University and a Doctorate in Public Health degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago. She is the co-author of the text: Public Health Emergency Preparedness: Practical Solutions for the Real World (2018) and was named Real Estate Journal’s Woman of the Year (2022), one of Chicago’s Top 50 Business Leaders of Color (2021), one of Chicago’s 50 Most Powerful Women (2020), and one of Chicago’s Notable Women in Healthcare (2018 & 2019).