Kaitlin McCarthy

MBA '15


Kaitlin is the founder of Ionic Development Company, a Boston based real estate development and consulting firm. Ionic's life science portfolio includes developments in Boston, Cambridge and Waltham. Ionic is also partnered in affordable housing projects in Boston and Cambridge including a 200 unit affordable housing development set to be the first all affordable building in Boston's Seaport neighborhood.

Previously, Kaitlin was a Vice President at The HYM Investment Group. While at HYM, Kaitlin’s projects included The Sudbury (a 46 story residential tower with 368 apartments and 55 condos), One Congress (a 52 story, 1M sf office tower) as well as other projects within the Bulfinch Crossing development, a 2.9 million sf mixed-use project in downtown Boston.

Kaitlin holds a Masters in Business Administration from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Northeastern University.