DALLAS-Heidi Barath and Barbara Crane are two of 45 women considered to be the most powerful and prominent female executives in the commercial real estate industry today, as listed by Real Estate Forum in its July/August 2013 issue. For more information and to see the original story, click here.
Heidi Barath, Executive Director, Transaction Real Estate
EY -- Dallas
Heidi Barath got her start at EY 18 years ago and worked her way up the ladder. Today, she's the highest-ranking female executive in the firm's US Transaction Real Estate Practice.
Barath works with many of EY's REIT, hospitality, real estate development opportunity fund and mortgage banking clients. Within the past year, she's been involved with multi-national deals involving large corporate client mergers, IPOs, REITs and private companies. Her focus is on workplace flexibility and inclusion and on advancing women in EY and the greater industry. “Globalization is the most important trend in the industry today,” she comments. “Succeeding requires unprecedented flexibility, agility and tolerance for ambiguity. The diversity of perspectives and skills that women bring to commercial real estate is an under-utilized resource.” Barath's 24 years of experience includes appraisal and research jobs with McRoberts & Co. and CBRE. She also does work on behalf of organizations including the March of Dimes and United Way.
Barbara Crane, Associate Director
Newmark Grubb Knight Frank -- San Antonio
Thirty-year industry veteran Barbara Crane's resume includes jobs at Grubb & Ellis (integrated into NGKF) and Johnson-Rast & Hays. She's also worked on behalf of nonprofit organizations including the American Heart Association and Birmingham Museum of Art.
Additionally, Crane has taught at the CCIM Institute since 2005; she's the 2013 Chairman of the CCIM Institute's Course Curriculum committee and recipient of the institute's Robert L. Ward Instructor of the Year award. Crane's on-the-job activities include brokerage, agency leasing services, tenant representation, consultation and client development. Her current focus is on General Services Administration lease transactions and the sale of income-producing office properties.
Unlike the late 1970s when Crane got her start, “today, women are fully engaged in all aspects of the business and professional world,” she remarks.
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