Jennifer Kitchen, Senior Vice President of Research, oversees CoStar Group's initiatives for gathering, researching and verifying commercial real estate property data, both in the field and in research centers in Bethesda, Columbia and White Marsh, Maryland; San Diego, California; Chennai, India; and Manila, Philippines. Ms. Kitchen first joined CoStar in 1994 as a research analyst for the company's first New York City research team and has held increasingly responsible management positions since then. Between 1995 and 1997, she led CoStar�s research expansion into the Los Angeles market and managed its research operations on the West Coast. In 1998, Ms. Kitchen established CoStar's first field research and photography operations, earning a subsequent promotion to director of field research and photography. She was appointed vice president of field research in 2004, where she led the company�s overall field operations for collecting building-level data and photographing properties throughout the United States. Ms. Kitchen holds a B.A. from Wellesley College in Wellesley, Massachusetts. |