Primary Job Title Board Member and Director Primary Organization 
Macerich
Location Los Angeles, California, United States Regions Greater Los Angeles Area, West Coast, Western US Gender Male
Mason Ross has over four decades of investment experience, with extensive involvement in commercial real estate. He spent 35 years at Northwestern Mutual Life, an industry leading life insurance company, the final nine years of which he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer.
During the prior 27 years, he held a
variety of positions including leading the company’s real estate investment and private securities operations. During that time he also served as a director of Robert W. Baird, Inc., a regional brokerage and investment banking firm and the Russell Investment Group, an international investment management firm.
Since retiring from Northwestern Mutual in 2007, he has remained active in the investment business and currently serves as a director of Schroeder - Manatee Ranch Inc., a privately held real estate company and as a trustee of several large private trusts. He is the past Chairman of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Managers and a former trustee of the Urban Land Institute.
