NEW YORK CITY-Collaboration is key, and for anyone feeling part of a team is essential to not merely encourage productivity, but also to ensure all perspectives and voices are heard. For Heather Milazzo, this has been the high point to her career. With this team-oriented approach, we present two women's views this week: Stacy Ferrone vice president at GA Keen Realty Advisors, a division of Great American Group and the aforementioned Heather Milazzo, also vice president at GA Keen Realty Advisors, a division of Great American Group.

Globest: How did you each get involved in the commercial real estate industry?

HM: Call it luck or divine intervention, but I did not seek out a career in the real estate industry. I had been working in public relations, on the agency side, for eight years and had started looking for a public relations position in the private sector. I was hired by Keen Consultants, now GA Keen Realty Advisors, as their Public Relations and Marketing Manager. I found the real estate disposition work they did in bankruptcy and restructuring situations fascinating. While handling marketing I got my real estate license and started handling projects.