ARGUS Scholarship Winner - Roxana Macovei
Roxana has over a decade experience in hospitality and mixed-use residential development with a proven track record of turning opportunities into successful ventures. She approaches each project with ingenuity, a creative mindset, and understands the importance of uniting interdisciplinary team members around a common goal; value added design and mitigating risks are her specialty. Roxana is passionate about great design and creating resilient and sustainable places that enhance quality of life and the surrounding community.
Roxana is the Development Director of Forma, a real estate development, design, and project management firm based in San Francisco. She is involved in all aspects of Forma’s development and investment projects, including feasibility and market analysis, acquisitions and joint ventures, design review, project coordination, entitlement processing, finance, procurement, and marketing.
Prior to joining Forma, Roxana oversaw the sales and marketing activities and expansion of the commercial division of a nationwide supplier of architectural surface materials and accessories for the hospitality industry. In addition, she founded roXstar Design, an experience driven firm providing marketing, business development, and strategic planning services that drive revenue and growth for a variety of clients in real estate, hospitality, food and beverage, and the entertainment industry.
Roxana earned a Bachelor’s degree in International Marketing and an MBA in Finance from Wayne State University.
Roxana is an active member in NAIOP, ULI, American Real Estate & Urban Economics, and Design Build Institute.
