Melina Duggal, AICP, is the Senior Director of Market Analytics for the Washington, D.C., and Baltimore regions. She has over 25 years of experience in the real estate industry. Most recently, she ran Duggal Real Estate Advisors, a real estate advisory firm, and taught real estate classes at the University of Michigan, University of Maryland and George Mason University. Prior to running her real estate advisory firm, Duggal worked with RCLCO, a real estate consulting firm.

Duggal has presented at numerous industry events, including for the Urban Land Institute, Commercial Real Estate Women Network, the National Association of Homebuilders and the American Planning Association. She has published numerous articles and is a contributing author for real estate books. She has been quoted in the New York Times, Urban Land, The Wall Street Journal, and the Orlando Sentinel, among other media outlets. Duggal holds a bachelor's degree in anthropology and Spanish and a master's degree in Urban Planning from the University of Michigan.