Arleen Garza had established a thriving career in the financial services sector, achieving the title of SVP, before embarking on a commercial real estate venture. In between those two phases of Garza’s professional life, she established a consulting business through which she worked together with entrepreneurs in developing marketing strategies and human resource strategies to achieve accelerated growth. Arguably, she brought those insights to bear in co-founding REEP Equity in 2012.

At times, the most significant contributions to organizations come from those who work diligently behind the scenes. This is especially true when it comes to managers. Last ...