David Ritchey

Mr. Ritchey has served as the Chief Commercial Officer since 2023, prior to which he was Executive Vice President and Director of Commercial Leasing and Asset Management, responsible for overseeing all aspects of the commercial portfolio. Before joining JBG SMITH in 2017, Mr. Ritchey was a Senior Vice President at CBRE, Inc. where he completed a wide range of office leasing, investment sales, and national consulting assignments. He represented several of the Washington region’s most prominent developers/landlords with their repositioning, rebranding, and leasing strategies. Mr. Ritchey also led CBRE's Technology and Media practice in the Washington Region, which afforded him the opportunity to advise many of the region's fastest-growing and dynamic organizations.

Earlier in his career, he was a Development Executive for Clark Realty Capital, LLC, and a commercial real estate broker for The CAC Group. Mr. Ritchey received his B.A. in European History from Washington & Lee University and MSRED from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).