Mindy Gronbeck, CPM^®, CCIM, CSM, CRX, currently serves as the 2024 IREM Secretary/Treasurer. Gronbeck also serves as executive vice president of property management operations for Hawkins Companies, a commercial real estate development company.  Hawkins Companies is a full-service real estate firm specializing in shopping center development and management and headquartered in Boise, ID. 

Hawkins Companies is an AMO^® (Accredited Management Organization) and employs all in-house staff that handles the asset management, construction management, leasing, accounting and finance needs for the properties they currently own.  Hawkins Companies has developed over 13 million square feet in 28 states during the 45 years that it has been in business. Gronbeck currently oversees a staff of nine that manages 4.2 million square feet of retail, charter school, and office space in 22 states.

Gronbeck has over 20 years of experience in retail real estate management and earned her CPM designation in 2007, the CSM (Certified Shopping Center Manager) designation in 2012, and the CRX (ICSC Certified Retail Property Executive) designation in 2013.  More recently, Mindy earned her CCIM designation (Certified Commercial Investment Member) in April 2023! She earned her Bachelor of Science in Business Management in 2003. 

Gronbeck has been a member of IREM since 2005, serving as the Idaho Snake River chapter president from 2010-2012.  Nationally, she served as the 2013-2014 regional vice president for Region 12, and as chair of the Legislative and Public Policy committee and a member at large on the Executive Committee in 2019-2020. She also served as an IREM Senior Vice President in 2021. In addition, she’s a past president of the Downtown Boise Association.