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Tighe on REBNY Chairmanship: Validation for RE Women

NEW YORK CITY-The CEO of CB Richard Ellis' New York tri-state region is the first woman to lead the association in its 113-year history.

By Paul Bubny | Updated on September 08, 2009

NEW YORK CITY-Mary Ann Tighe, CEO of the New York tri-state region of CB Richard Ellis, has been named chairman of the Real Estate Board of New York, succeeding Related Cos. CEO Stephen M. Ross as REBNY chairman. She’s the first female chair of the organization in its 113-year history, and the first broker to lead REBNY in 30 years.

Tighe, whose three-year term as chairman begins in January 2010, tells GlobeSt.com that three key issues for REBNY will include promoting affordable housing, making it “easier and safer” for construction to occur in New York City and taking steps that will help bolster the city–and by extension, the industry as a whole.

“It’s not generally known that 68% of all the tax revenue generated in New York City comes from investment properties,” she says. “That’s a staggering number, and the city has to keep the industry sound. Otherwise, our tax base disappears and with it a substantial part of our ability to do the things that count in this city, like keeping people safe, educating them and giving them decent health care.”

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