Jon Ratner is co-founder and Managing Partner of The Max Collaborative, a multi-disciplinary real estate company owned and operated by members of the Ratner family, founders of Forest City Enterprises.

Jon began his real estate career at Forest City working on the transformative Stapleton project in Denver, CO and throughout his tenure was involved in every aspect of the business; from site acquisition and entitlement, to design, development, acquisition and asset management, finance, and complex deal structuring on both the capital and partnership side. Underlying all of this experience is Jon’s commitment to delivering on the promise of the triple bottom line: People, Planet, and Prosperity. Jon served as Forest City’s Vice President of Sustainability, one of the first C-Suite Sustainability Executives of a public company in the country, and the first for a public real estate company. 

Jon is currently a member of the International Advisory Board of the University of Colorado Real Estate Center and has served in leadership roles for organizations such as The Humane Society of the United States, The Corporate Sustainability Network, Arts Cleveland, The Great Lakes Science Center, ULI, ICSC, and the USGBC.

Jon and his wife, Meg, are both graduates of the University of Colorado Boulder and currently live in Shaker Heights, OH along with their three daughters.