Kathleen Austin

Assistant Vice President
Equity Residential

Austin leads a team responsible for negotiating, implementing and managing initiatives to increase Equity Residential’s ancillary revenue. Areas of responsibility include revenue partnerships with cable and telephone companies, renter’s insurance, common-area laundry services and other service providers. Prior to joining the revenue team at Equity, Austin spent seven years as in-house counsel for Equity, working in a variety of areas, including revenue, procurement, IT and corporate housing. She holds a B.S. and a J.D. from Indiana University, Bloomington.