Commercial real estate has long been considered one of the last industries where the glass ceiling hasn’t been breached. But if the women on the next several pages are any indication, the “Old Boys’ Club” may no longer be an apt description for the business. Women entered the sector in droves over the past few decades, and many have risen to the C-suite and are among the top decision-makers at their firms. As such, the editors of Real Estate Forum had a tough time selecting this year’s Women of Influence. We weeded through some 200 worthy nominations to come up with 45 executives whose accomplishments were particularly impressive. With an increasing number of women currently paying their dues and rising to management-level positions—not to mention mentoring a younger generation of female professionals—it seems like we’ll have our work cut out for us in the years to come.
Susan Ansel, President and CEO, Gables Residential
Luise A. Barrack, Managing Partner, Rosenberg & Estis PC
Brooke Denihan Barrett, Co-CEO, Denihan Hospitality Group
Diane Butler, CEO, Butler Burgher Group
Loretta Cockrum, CEO and Chair, Foram Group Inc.
Faith Hope Consolo, Chairman, Retail Leasing, Marketing and Sales, Prudential Douglas Elliman
Kristen Croxton, Senior Vice President, Origination, Beech Street Capital LLC
Laurie Dotter, President, Transwestern Investment Management
Barbara Elia, Senior Managing Director and Principal, Cassidy Turley
Ingrid Fulmer, Executive Vice President, Office Leasing, Coldwell Banker Commercial NRT
MaryAnne Gilmartin, Executive Vice President, Forest City Ratner Cos.
Alexandra Glickman, Area Vice Chairman, Managing Director and Practice Leader, Real Estate & Hospitality Services, Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
Mira Graetz-Ball, Managing Director, Centerline Capital Group
Holly Greer, SVP and Group General Counsel, CNL Financial Group
Maureen Hassett, Senior Vice President, New Jersey Economic Development Authority
Alexandra Hill, Managing Director, Blackstone Group
Judy Hoffman, Chief Operating Officer, Trigild
Alexandra Jackiw, Managing Director, Residential Client Services, McKinley
Deborah Jenkins, Vice President and National Head, Multifamily Underwriting and Credit, Freddie Mac
Melinda Katz, Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig
Dusty Kirk, Partner, Reed Smith LLP
Yin Li, Managing Director, Studley
Danet Linares, Executive Vice President, Blanca Commercial Real Estate
Darla Longo, Vice Chairman, CBRE
Catherine Marcus, Managing Director and Senior Portfolio Manager, Prudential Real Estate Investors
Elaine Melonides, Managing Director, Service Lines and International Director, Corporate Solutions, Jones Lang LaSalle
Constance Moore, President and CEO, BRE Properties
Mary Jane Olhasso, Economic Development Agency Administrator, County of San Bernardino
Diane Olmstead, Managing Partner, W3 Partners LLC
Julie Pangelinan, Chief Financial Officer, Interstate Hotels & Resorts Inc.
Anita Paryani, Vice President, Capital Markets, Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp.
Adelaide Polsinelli, Senior Director, Eastern Consolidated
Kristi Procopio, SVP and Chief Deposit Officer, BofI Federal Bank
Jodi Pulice, President, JRT Realty Group Inc.
Sonia Ransom, Partner, Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis
Jenny Redlin, Principal, Partner Engineering and Science Inc.
Catherine Rodewald, President, Prudential Asset Resources Inc., Managing Director, Prudential Mortgage Capital Co.
Nancy Scull, Partner, McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP
Jane Snoddy Smith, Partner, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP
Anjee Solanki, Executive Vice President, Retail Services, Colliers International
Ann Tomlinson, Senior Vice President, Leasing Services, MB Real Estate
M. Nicole Urqhart-Bradley, Executive Managing Director and US Head, Valuation & Advisory, Cushman & Wakefield
Nadine Watt, President, Watt Cos.
Suzanne West, Managing Partner and Co-Founder, Park Madison Partners LLC
Laca Wong-Hammond, SVP and Head, Healthcare Real Estate, Raymond James, Morgan Keegan
For profiles on each of these Women of Influence, go to the July/August issue of Real Estate Forum.
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