Casey Howard joined Harbert in 2016 and focuses on leading the Harbert Retail leasing and investment team efforts. She is also the Managing Broker for the Georgia market and has played a leading role in expanding Harberts footprint and revenues in the State of Georgia. Casey joined Harbert after moving to Birmingham from Savannah, Georgia. She specializes in retail and mixed-use investment and leasing solutions for her clients, in particular, 1031 exchange transactions, throughout the Southeast. Casey has over 16 years of experience in the real estate world, and was fortunate to have the opportunity to see commercial real estate through multiple lenses as a result of holding positions in property management, operations, marketing, development and brokerage. Casey is the 2021 President for Birmingham CREW and an active member of the Womens Fund of Birmingham committee, volunteer with Habitat for Humanity and Lighthouse Ministries, holds a PMP designation from the Project Management Institute, and earned a double-major in Business Management and Marketing from Cedarville University as well as an MBA from Georgia Southern University. She is a licensed Broker in the State of Georgia and Alabama. She enjoys spending time with her husband, Robert, and their three children Eva, Preston and Ella.