Sierra Atilano was named BRIDGE’s first Chief Real Estate Officer in January 2025. She is responsible for managing and executing affordable housing solutions including construction, acquisitions, and dispositions as well as project financing, managing the development pipeline, and overseeing operations at BRIDGE communities.

Ms. Atilano joined BRIDGE in 2022 as an EVP and Head of Development, overseeing real estate development and asset management across all regions, as well as day-to-day operations in Southern California.

During her career of 25+ years, Ms. Atilano has developed more than 5,000 apartment homes in multiples cities and states, along with 1 million square feet of commercial retail space. Prior to BRIDGE, she was Chief Executive Officer of Skid Row Housing Trust, a developer, manager and operator of permanent supportive housing for formerly homeless individuals in the Los Angeles area.

Ms. Atilano began her career at one of the largest Real Estate Investment Trusts, Lincoln Property Company, and then joined a construction company specializing in multifamily new construction and rehab projects. She subsequently worked for several family-owned developers such as Cal-American, Korda Construction and Miller Family Companies. Later, at Cabrillo Economic Development Corporation and Watt Residential, she applied her finance and portfolio management expertise to affordable housing. Ms. Atilano also held asset management and development positions with developers AMCAL Residential and Skid Row Housing Trust.

She earned a B.S. in Economics from the University of California, Riverside.