Dawn Dyer is President and co-founder of Dyer Sheehan Group, Inc. Ms. Dyer has an extensive background in real estate investment analysis and finance. She is a California licensed Real Estate Broker with sixteen years experience in the Southern California market. Ms. Dyer specializes in conducting detailed market research and feasibility studies, as well as other specialized studies to address specific real estate investment and development issues. She has also demonstrated a strong ability to successfully interact with diverse community groups and organizations, to facilitate open and productive dialog on complex land use issues, and to assist the development community and general public in working together to create projects which are consistent with the vision and priorities of the specific locale.

Additionally, Ms. Dyer’s experience includes analyzing and marketing multi-family properties, and other real estate investment opportunities. Under her direction, Dyer Sheehan Group, Inc. tracks the overall apartment trends in Ventura, Santa Barbara County, and San Luis Obispo Counties. This research data, along with a summary of her professional market perspective, is published in the University of California Santa Barbara - Economic Forecast Project’s annual Economic Outlook publications, and The California Economic Forecast Project’s annual Real Estate and Economic Outlook publications.

Ms. Dyer is a member, and former Chair of the Board of Directors of the University of California Santa Barbara - Economic Forecast Project, as well as a member of both the Ventura County Economic Development Association (VCEDA) Economic and Environmental Policy Leadership Committee, and the Policy Steering Group for the Santa Barbara/Ventura Partnership for Jobs/Housing Balance, an inter-regional partnership of elected officials, private sector individuals, and community leaders which has been created with grant funding from HCD to provide policy direction to the California Legislature regarding regional jobs/housing balance issues.

Dawn is also a member, and former Chair of the Board of Advisors of the VCEDA HOME (Housing Opportunities Made Easier) campaign. Ms. Dyer provides expert witness testimony on real estate issues, and has been a guest speaker on real estate investment and development topics for the Building Industry Association’s annual Western Building Show/PCBC and Southern California Building Industry Show.