CREW Network, Chapters,
and Members in the News
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The winners of CREW Network’s 2009 20 Under 40 Program received extensive media recognition for their accomplishments. Among those media hits include:
Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS136679+13-Oct-2009+PRN20091013
Forbes
http://ewatch.prnewswire.com/rs/display.jsp?a=40001-745621089-1602308523&key=D|175861|S|0|x|745621089
AOL Money News
http://ewatch.prnewswire.com/rs/display.jsp?a=40001-745606356-1602288174&key=D|175861|S|0|x|745606356Commercial Property Executive
http://www.cpexecutive.com/cpn/CREW-Awards-20-Women-Under-40-1578.shtml
CREW Network CEO Gail S. Ayers, PhD; CREW Chicago member Sharon Krohn of Real Estate Executive Search; and CREW Detroit member Meg Van Meter of Warner Norcross & Judd LLP, were each interviewed for the article titled “Women Lose Ground in C-Suite: Some 20% of female executives exit top jobs as recession devastates portfolios,” which appeared in the September 2009 issue of National Real Estate Investor.
CREW Orlando members Jacqueline Bozzuto and Miranda F. Fitzgerald, attorneys with the law firm of Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A., were among 40 attorneys from their firm selected by The Best Lawyers in America® 2010. Bozzuto and Fitzgerald were selected based on recommendations from clients and other attorneys. Bozzuto focuses her practice in the area of real estate law and Fitzgerald specializes in administrative, environmental, government relations, land use & zoning and real estate law.
MNCREW member Gina Dingman of Colliers Turley Martin Tucker authored the article titled “Multi-family staying strong in Twin Cities region,” which appeared in the September/October issue of Midwest Real Estate News.
CREW Baltimore member Deborah Ford, chair, Department of Economics, Finance & Management Science at Merrick School of Business, was featured in the July 12 issue of the Baltimore Sun. The article titled “Opportunities in real estate” discussed how graduate and undergraduate real estate programs are keeping pace with the changing market conditions.
ICREW NJ member Terri Smith of Environmental Liability Management Inc. authored the article titled “Brownfield Options Abound,” which appeared in the October 2009 issue of Scotsman Guide Commercial Edition.
CREW Network President Jane Snoddy Smith, partner with the law firm Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. and member of CREW Austin, was featured in the article titled “Economy Presents CRE Careers for Women,” which appeared in the May 7 issue of GlobeSt.com. In this article, Smith discusses the findings from CREW Network’s latest white paper, “Repositioning Your Real Estate Career to Succeed in an Era of Change.” Smith also appeared in the May 11 issue of GlobeSt.com in a feature titled “Commentary with CREW’s Snoddy Smith,” discussing the current state of employment within commercial real estate.
CREW Network CEO, Gail S. Ayers PhD, was interviewed for the May 12, 2009 issue of USAENews. The article titled “CREW Network Celebrating 20th Anniversary,” focused on the current growth of the organization.
NYCREW Network member Barbara Champoux, a partner with the law firm of Crowell & Moring and chair of the 2009 CREW Network Industry Research Committee, and CREW Network President Jane Snoddy Smith, partner with the law firm Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. and member of CREW Austin appeared in the May 15 issue of Real Estate Bisnow for her presentation to the NYCREW chapter on CREW Network’s latest white paper, “Repositioning Your Real Estate Career to Succeed in an Era of Change.” Champoux and Smith also appeard in the May 21 issue of The Epoch Times: “Opportunities Abound in CREW Network Report.”
http://www.bisnow.com/new_york_commercial_real_estate_news_story.php?p=3826
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/17118/
An article promoting CREW Network’s career outreach initiative appeared in the May 15, 2009 issue of Young Money Magazine. The article titled “ A Bright Spot in the Real Estate World for Young Women “ promoted CREW Network’s scholarship, UCREW and Career Center programs.
http://www.youngmoney.com/careers/career_trends/CREW
NYCREW members Barbara Champoux, Crowell & Moring; Elizabeth Muskat, Ferzan Robbins & Associates; Lauren Chung, EdisonLearning; and Sharon Khurdan; along with CREW Network President Jane Snoddy Smith, appeared in the May 15 issue of New Your Real Estate Scene for their presentation to the NYCREW Chapter on CREW Network’s latest white paper “Repositioning Your Real Estate Career to Succeed in an Era of Change.”
http://newyork.greenpearl.com/?p=5875
CREW Miami President Danet Linares, executive vice president for Blanca Commercial Real Estate, appeared in the May 19, 2009 issue of Commercial Property News in the article titled “Shifting Economy Creates Opportunities for CRE Professionals Willing to Adapt,” in which she discusses the findings from CREW Network’s recent white paper “Repositioning Your Real Estate Career to Succeed in an Era of Change.”
http://www.cpnfromtheinside.com/2009/05/shifting-economy-creating-new-opportunities-for-cre-professionals-willing-to-adapt.html
NEWIRE Boston member Kristin Blount, senior vice president and partner at Colliers Meredith & Grew, authored the article “Recession’s Potential Upside: Diversity,” which appeared in the June 2009 issue of Scotsman Guide Commercial.
Honors and Triumphs
CREW Alaska held a special one year anniversary celebration on October 21 during which they announced four awards in two categories: Networker of the Year and Sponsors of the Year. Winners are:
Networker of the Year: Beth Hayward-Berry, First National Bank Commercial Lending
Networker of the Year: Catherine Claxton, Northrim Bank - Commercial Lending
Sponsors of the Year: Naomi Louvier, Owner of Jack White Commercial, Prudential Jack White Vista RE and Alyeska Title Guaranty; and Birch Horton Bittner Cherot Law Firm
East Bay CREW member Teresa Goodwin, PE and LEED AP, has launched PeopleSpaces Design Group – a space planning and design company specializing in tenant improvements for industrial and office projects. Teresa’s business in located in Pleasanton, California. Fellow East Bay CREW member Liana Epperson and her colleague Hans Lapping of Miller Starr Regalia provided the legal support and incorporation assistance, and Stephanie Reilly with Heffernan Insurance connected Teresa with colleague Ross Darby to provide insurance work.
CREW San Diego member Kelli Hill, director of business development for r3 Building Systems, reports that her company has completed its first building utilizing a new construction technology specifically designed to provide a green building solution that is less expensive and faster to build versus traditional construction. The patent pending technology was exclusively utilized to design and construct the new LEED Gold Certified Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market in Cathedral City, California, which held its grand opening on September 24.
CREW Philadelphia member Sharon Humble, a partner in the law firm of LINEBARGER GOGGAN BLAIR & SAMPSON, LLP, reports that her firm was selected by PINK magazine as one of the Top Companies for Women for 2009. Sharon’s firm was honored along with 14 other companies including American Express, Capital One, KPMG, Liz Claiborne, MetLife, Turner Broadcasting System and Wal-Mart. LGBS was the only law firm nationwide that received this honor.
CREW St. Louis member Karen Karwoski of UMB Bank St. Louis, n.a., a subsidiary of UMB Financial Corporation, was appointed Vice President and Senior Sales Officer for Treasury Management. Karen is responsible for offering UMB Treasury Management solutions to current clients, while helping bring solutions to new customers, in the St. Louis area.
East Bay CREW member Kristen Thall Peters, a partner at Cooper, White & Cooper LLP in Walnut Creek, California, received the Sustainable Purpose Award from the Women Presidents’ Organization in recognition of her valuable contributions to innovation in Successful Sustainability. The Women Presidents’ Organization is a non-profit membership organization for women presidents of multimillion dollar companies. Kristen co-chairs her firm’s Green Practice Group and publishes and frequently lectures on environmental land use and real estate issues.
Wisconsin CREW recently announced the winners of its 2009 Showcase awards, which recognize significant real estate development and redevelopment projects in Wisconsin. Projects that achieved substantial completion for occupancy or opened between July 1, 2006 and June 30, 2009 were considered by a panel of judges made up of community leaders and real estate professionals.
The Impact Award for Ingenuity winner was The Iron Horse Hotel located in Milwaukee, WI. Project team members included: Dixon Development, LLC, The Kubala Washatko Architects, and Kelly Construction & Design.
The Vision Award for Ingenuity winner was 234 Florida Street located in Milwaukee, WI. Project team members included: Pieper Properties, Inc., James Piwoni Architects, and Barthenheier Construction.
The Impact Award for Achievement winner was the Johnson Controls Global Headquarters Expansion located in Milwaukee, WI. Project team members included: Johnson Controls, Gensler, and Hunzinger Construction Company.
The Vision Award for Achievement winner was the Prairie Apartments located in Milwaukee, WI. Project team members included: Heartland Housing, Inc., The Guest House of Milwaukee, Continuum Architects + Planners, S.C., and VJS Construction Services, Inc.
The Judges’ Choice Award for Impact winner was the Milwaukee City Hall Restoration located in Milwaukee, WI. Project team members included: the City of Milwaukee, Engberg Anderson, Inc., and JP Cullens & Sons, Inc.
The Judges’ Choice Award for Vision winner was The Keller Building located in Milwaukee, WI. Project team members included: Keller Investments, LLC, HGA Architects & Engineers, Inc., and Dahlman Construction Company.
KC CREW member Rosana Privitera-Biondo, president, Mark One Electric Co. Inc., serves on the Kansas City, MO Workforce Board, which was recently awarded the Leadership in Labor-Management Cooperation Award by the Labor-Management Council of Greater Kansas City (LMC). The KCMO Workforce Board, which monitors the recently-implemented ordinance enhancing the number of minorities and women hired for city-financed construction projects, is comprised of leaders from the labor, contractor and minority communities who helped craft the historic ordinance.
CREW Detroit member Nicole Dombrowski recently accepted a position at Luna Tech Designs after a 6 month partnership, continuing as President of her company, Digital Visionz, which focuses on 3D interactive presentations for proposed developments. After getting more involved in the day to day operations of Luna Tech Designs to further develop a concept to promote existing real estate space in a 3D virtual globe environment, Nicole was offered the position of Vice President and Director of Real Estate Development. She will be in charge of developing the GeoWeb interface to present commercial real estate online and in a virtual environment. This includes CPIX database integration, corridor branding, DDA promotion and custom built economic development tools, all of which are built on the Google Earth platform for easy use and embedding into Web sites.
CREW Detroit member Rachele Downs, vice president CB Richard Ellis | Brokerage Services, was selected by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for a Competitive Workforce to attend the Business LEADs Institute, a three-day seminar in Washington , D.C., on June 1 through 3. Selected for her community leadership, Rachele joined 32 other business leaders from around the nation to learn how the business sector can utilize its assets to drive positive transformation in communities across America in education and workforce training. The seminar, part of a $2.6 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is the first of five Business LEADs Institutes that will develop and train a network of business leaders to be effective advocates for improving America’s education system.
CREW Jacksonville member Brenda Ezell has opened Ezell Law Firm, of which she is the owner and sole shareholder. The firm specializes in all areas of commercial real estate and land development law.
CREW Greater Cincinnati member Kelly Fried recently joined Colliers Turley Martin Tucker in Cincinnati as second vice president with the firm’s Valuation & Consulting Group. Fried was formerly with Phillips Edison where she was development services manager.
CREW Jacksonville member Melissa Gross-Arnold, Esq., shareholder at Lewis, Longman & Walker, P.A., has been appointed to a three-year term to the Economic Development Advisory Committee for the Clay County Chamber, effective October 1, 2009.
KC CREW member Cydney Gurgens, manager and vice president of Wells Fargo Middle Market Real Estate and KC CREW past president, was selected as one of the five judges for this year’s Capstone Real Estate Awards. The Capstone Awards recognize real estate development projects and transactions that enhance the Kansas City metropolitan area. The judges evaluate everything from a project’s visual aesthetics to application of new technological concepts and relevance to the community.
Incisive Media recently released its list of 2009 Northern California Real Estate Women of Influence. A total of 36 women were honored for having made an outstanding contribution to the Northern California market in 2008. Recipients were chosen based on such areas as deals completed in the last year, lifetime career accomplishments, career goals, non-profit involvement and personal opinions on the future of the industry. 2009 Northern California Real Estate Women of Influence were honored at a luncheon underwritten by Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Nasis LLP and Sares Regis Group of Northern California and featured a small panel of honorees participating in a question and answer session.
Congratulations to eight members of CREW San Francisco and CREW Silicon Valley for being selected as 2009 honorees.
- Ginger Bryant, CREW San Francisco, Sares Regis Group of Northern California
- Pamela Duffy, CREW San Francisco, Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass LLP
- Sara Hansen Wilson, CREW San Francisco, Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
- Robin Kennedy, CREW San Francisco, Miller Starr Regalia
- Nancy Lundeen, CREW San Francisco, Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
- Darcy Mackay, CREW San Francisco, CB Richard Ellis Inc.
- Nancy Morse, CREW Silicon Valley, Grubb & Ellis Co.
- Toni Wise, CREW Silicon Valley, Greenberg Traurig LLP
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Northern California’s Women of Influence Continue to Push Forward
Each year, the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) and the business journals from across the state recognize Pennsylvania's Best 50 Women in Business. This program successfully highlights the state's most dynamic and accomplished women business leaders, highlighting their contributions to business and the community, along with their abilities to overcome obstacles in their careers. Congratulation to these four members from CREW Lehigh Valley and CREW Philadelphia who were among those honored as Pennsylvania’s Best 50 Women in Business.
- Jacqueline Buhn, CREW Philadelphia, Athenian Properties LLC
- Karen Dougherty Buchholz, CREW Philadelphia, Comcast Corporation
- Merry N. Landis, CREW Lehigh Valley, Fine Art Resources
- Jane P. Long, CREW Lehigh Valley, Fitzpatrick Lentz & Bubba PC
Please let us know your own Honors and Triumphs and those of your CREW Network colleagues at denisek@crewnetwork.org. Sincere thanks to all members who have been sending us information.