Sterling Bay's New Head Of Life Sciences On Cultivating Diverse Talent, Building A New Cluster Chicago-based developer Sterling Bay is expanding its life sciences efforts amid a nationwide industry upswing and has tapped a groundbreaking leader to head its push. Suzet McKinney touts an impressive résumé in the public sector, tackling health care system logistics last year in Illinois after leading past national pandemic and international disaster responses. Sterling Bay hired McKinney, a Black woman, in January, making her the rare woman and person of color in the rapidly growing life sciences sector of commercial real estate. Courtesy of Sterling Bay