Angela N. Tharpe has more than 15 years of entrepreneurial, community, economic development and real estate experience.

Tharpe is currently the Executive Vice President to Nathan S. Collier at The Collier Companies in Gainesville, Florida. The Collier Companies is the largest private owner/operator/developer of student housing in the southeast with over 10,000 units across Florida, Georgia, and Oklahoma. In a previous role as Vice President and Director of Asset Management, Tharpe participated in or closed over $850 million in student housing real estate transactions and played a key role in the strategic growth of the company through partnerships with institutional investors such as GMAC and SEB Immobilien-Investment GmbH.

Tharpe has additional real estate experience serving as Vice President of Housing and Real Estate Development for Volunteers of America of Illinois (“VOAIL”), overseeing their Elderly, Disabled and Veteran affordable housing property management portfolio between Illinois and Missouri and its newly formed real estate development department.

As an entrepreneur, Tharpe was the Founder and President of Manna from Heaven LLC, a community and economic development consulting firm, which provided technical and business development services to the City of Buffalo Office of Strategic Planning, the Urban League, and various local organizations.

She also has experience in the entertainment industry, serving as the Chief Executive Office for D & J Entertainment Holdings LLC (“DJE”), a holding company for sports and entertainment endeavors and businesses, located in Chicago.   In addition, she formed Heavenly Entertainment LLC, under which she managed talent from Universal Soul Circus and a local DJ and radio personality.

Tharpe holds a B.A. in Philosophy from St. Lawrence University, a J.D. and M.U.P. from the State University of New York at Buffalo, and an M.S.R.E. from the University of Florida. She resides in Gainesville with her two beautiful daughters, Amaris and Airre-Elle.

2024-628 Reappointed on September 5, 2024 for a term expiring August 1, 2028; Reappointed to GHA on September 17, 2020 for a term expiring August 01, 2024; jtr