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46 February 2018
Age: 33
Title: Initiatives Manager
Name of Organization: JLL
Bio: Desiray Villagrana Glass'
ambition to promote Latinos
in the workplace and serve her
community comes from a drive
instilled in her by her family to
help others. She is an Initiatives
Manager at JLL, a professional
services and investment mana-
gement real-estate firm. There,
she manages a national program
for Bank of America, serving as a
key resource to facility managers
across the country.
Glass is committed to sup-
porting diversity and inclusion
at JLL and knows the importan-
ce of giving back to the commu-
nities where employees live and
work. She is the Chicago lead
and chair for JLL's Latino Emplo-
yee Resource Network and coor-
dinates JLL's Junior Achievement
program. Glass also organizes
the firm's largest volunteer event
with Chicago Cares and organi-
zes a back-to-school drive for
employees with Casa Central.
She previously worked for a
boutique real estate firm, Zeller
Realty Group, where she oversaw
and managed the company's su-
burban portfolio.
Glass is a graduate of Nor-
th Park University in Chicago,
where she majored in business
administration with a minor
in organizational leadership
and management. She is also
a proud member of the Natio-
nal Omicron-Psi Honor Society,
which honors academic and
community leadership. She ser-
ves as a member of the Hispanic
Alliance for Career Enhance-
ment (HACE) Young Professio-
nals Board.
In her spare time, she enjoys
spending time with her three
daughters and husband, salsa
dancing and traveling to Michi-
gan to spend time with extended
family.
Desiray
Villagrana Glass
An advocate
for workplace
diversity
"D
o not wait…the time will
never be 'just right.' Start
where you stand, and work with
whatever tools you have at your
command, and better tools will be
found as you go along."
Desiray Villagrana Glass
