Sara Grootwassink Lewis

Director at Weyerhaeuser

Sara Grootwassink Lewis, a director of the Company since 2016, founded Lewis Corporate Advisors (capital markets advisory firm) in 2009, where she served as chief executive officer until 2018. From 2002 to 2009, she was executive vice president and chief financial officer of Washington Real Estate Investment Trust Company (equity real estate investment trust). She was previously the vice president of finance and investor relations at Corporate Office Properties Trust (office and data center real estate investment trust) and sell-side REIT equity analyst with Johnston, Lemon & Co. (financial services). Ms. Grootwassink Lewis also serves on the board of directors of Healthpeak Properties, Inc. (life science, senior housing and medical office real estate) as well as the board of directors and audit committee (chair) of Everside Health Group, Inc. (healthcare) since March 2021 and the board of Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (mining) since August 2021. She previously served on the board of directors of Sun Life Financial, Inc. (global financial services) until May 2021, PS Business Parks, Inc. (commercial real estate) from 2010 until 2019, CapitalSource Inc. (commercial lending) from 2004 until its acquisition in 2014, Plum Creek Timber Company, Inc. (timber) until February 2016, and Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (specialty pharmaceuticals) until June 2016. Ms. Grootwassink Lewis is on the audit committee council and the corporate governance working group of the Center for Audit Quality and also serves on the board of trustees of the Brookings Institution, the leadership board of the United States Chamber of Commerce Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness and the advisory council for risk oversight for the National Association of Corporate Directors, where she is a board leadership fellow. She also served as a member of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board Standing Advisory Group from 2015 to 2017. Ms. Grootwassink Lewis has extensive executive, financial and real estate industry experience, having served as a senior executive of a publicly traded REIT as well as a member of several public company boards. Ms. Grootwassink Lewis also holds a chartered financial analyst designation and is a certified public accountant.

Timeline

  • Director

    Current role