Bisnow recognized Tanya Ragan, President of Wildcat Management, as a C-suite honoree in its third annual DFW Women Leading Real Estate program, published October 26, 2023. The feature celebrated 26 women shaping commercial real estate from the top — developers, financial services leaders, sales and leasing professionals, and executives redefining construction, engineering, architecture, and design across North Texas.
Key Highlights
- Named a C-suite honoree in Bisnow’s third annual DFW Women Leading Real Estate program
- One of 26 women recognized for shaping commercial real estate from the executive level in North Texas
- Wildcat Management is Downtown Dallas’ only female-led commercial real estate firm
- Ragan was recognized for her work revitalizing the Dallas West End and restoring the historic Purse Building, one of the most significant preservation projects in downtown Dallas
- Bisnow’s annual WLRE program focuses on senior-level executives improving diversity at the leadership level of commercial real estate firms
- Women make up just 25.6% of the highest-ranking executives at the country’s largest CRE firms and only 1.5% are owners — Ragan is part of a small group working to change both numbers
Why This Recognition Matters
Bisnow is the world’s leading B2B platform serving the commercial real estate industry, reaching more than 11 million readers and hosting more than 650 events per year across 50 markets. Recognition in a Bisnow Women Leading Real Estate feature carries weight precisely because it comes from a platform embedded in daily CRE deal flow — not a general business publication looking in from the outside.
The C-suite designation specifically acknowledges leaders who are shaping their organizations and the broader industry from the top. For Ragan, whose work in downtown Dallas has redefined what independent woman-owned development can accomplish in a market dominated by institutional capital, that recognition reflects what her peers in the industry already know.
“Break boundaries and take risks.”
— Tanya Ragan, on building a career in commercial real estate
As Seen on Bisnow
Founder and President of Wildcat Management, Tanya Ragan is a Dallas real estate developer, investor, and entrepreneur with twenty years developing some of North Texas’s most recognized neighborhoods. 2024 Texas Icon. Top 100 CRE Influencer. Co-author of Blaze Your Own Trail. She started in fashion, detoured through oil fields, built half of downtown Dallas, and has opinions about all three.