Jessica Thorsheim is President of MainStreet Renewal, Amherst’s single-family rental management platform. She oversees a $17+ billion portfolio spanning more than 45,000 homes across 32 markets in 19 states, managing the MainStreet Renewal P&L and a team of more than 1,000 employees serving over 250,000 residents. Her responsibilities include real estate operations, customer satisfaction, portfolio performance, consumer marketing, and the firm’s technology division, including AI, automation, and data systems.

Jessica previously led the firm’s first portfolio management division, where she worked directly with institutional investors on performance and strategy. Across her career, she has led transformational growth initiatives resulting in successful exits, including a $8 billion REIT listing on the NYSE. Prior to Amherst, she served as CFO of Everest Healthcare Properties, a Fosun International 复星 company, and held senior leadership roles at public REITs and realtor.com. She began her career at Goldman Sachs in New York.

Jessica is a CFA Charterholder and a graduate of the University of Iowa Tippie College of Business, where she serves on the Finance Advisory Committee. She also serves on the ULI Advisory Council for Single-Family Rental Real Estate.