Mrs. Santiago is Head of Real Estate Private Credit for Cerberus.
Prior to joining Cerberus in 2020, Mrs. Santiago spent eight years at Goldman Sachs, where she was a Managing Director in the Real Estate Principal Investment Area, investing both in private equity and debt. While at Goldman Sachs, she oversaw the firm’s investment strategy in the Midwest, Texas, and South Florida as well as the hospitality sector. Mrs. Santiago began her real estate investing career in 2003 as a Real Estate Banking Analyst at Merrill Lynch and held principal investing positions at Lehman Brothers, Scout Real Estate Capital, and H/2 Capital.
Mrs. Santiago graduated magna cum laude from Cornell University and received an M.B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania’s The Wharton School. She is on the Board of Directors at SparkYouth, an organization supporting emerging youth-development programs in New York City, and a member of the Cornell University Dyson Advisory Council.