Edward Maher

Edward “Woody” Maher Jr. is Executive Vice Chairman of Newmark’s Boston-based Capital Markets Group, one of the nation’s most successful institutional investment sales groups. Over the course of his 30-plus-year career, Maher has specialized in the disposition and/or joint venture/recapitalization of commercial real estate exceeding $50 billion. The assets range from Class A office towers and life science properties to suburban office campuses, large-scale logistics parks and urban mixed-use assets across the northeast United States. Prior to joining Newmark, Maher was Vice Chairman with Cushman & Wakefield’s Boston-based Capital Markets Group, the firm’s No. 1 investment sales team globally.

Maher is an active member of both the Association of Foreign Investors in Real Estate (AFIRE) and the Urban Land Institute (ULI), and he has held numerous positions of increasing responsibility with these and other organizations. Maher has also served on a variety of philanthropic boards and committees and is currently a member of the board of overseers at Boston Children’s Hospital, a trustee at Derby Academy and a supporter of the Navy SEAL Foundation. Additionally, Maher is the co-founder of Champions for Children’s, an annual benefit that has become the top fundraiser supporting Boston Children’s Hospital. He graduated with honors from the College of the Holy Cross in 1987.

Maher resides with his son, Cole, and daughters Holly and Natalie in Boston.