Vice President 
jtarae@veatchcommercial.com
703-471-7522

Jeff Tarae is an accomplished commercial real estate professional with nearly 18 years of experience in a variety of roles including brokerage, asset management, marketing, leasing, asset repositioning, and capital markets in Northern Virginia for corporate users along with institutional and entrepreneurial owners and developers.

Before his commercial real estate career, Mr. Tarae served as Chief Executive Officer of Music Matters, a state-of-the-art, Atlanta-based music center that provided education and instruments to music programs in local schools and the community. During his tenure, Mr. Tarae led the organization in all facets of strategic planning enabling the company to develop a multi-stream revenue platform, expand into other markets and execute on a merger and sale of the organization.

An active member of his community, Mr. Tarae has served various charitable organizations, government commissions and member-based organizations. These include:

• Commissioner on the Loudoun County Economic Development Advisory Commission, providing business intelligence to the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors and Department of Economic Development
• Chairman of the Board for the Tysons Partnership, an organization engaged with state and local government, landowners, and stakeholders ensuring the goals of the Comprehensive Plan for Tysons are achieved
• Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Homestretch, a non-profit charity organization empowering homeless parents with children to attain permanent housing and self-sufficiency

Mr. Tarae is a Loudoun County resident who holds a real estate license in the Commonwealth of Virginia and a Bachelor of Science degree from Northeastern University.