MIAMI—Last week, I wrote an article with a pointed question in the headline: Why Do CRE Women Make Less Than Men? By making less, I mean less money.

“Back in the 80s and 90s, we began to see a big shift in the opportunities available to women,” Marti Mang, senior vice president of corporate lending at TotalBank and CREW-Miami's president, tells GlobeSt.com. “When I started my career, women were making 60 cents to every dollar a male was earning and today, we make 78 cents for every dollar a male counterpart makes.”

So the question is this: What effort is CREW-Miami making to influence and attract more women to an industry like commercial real estate that has been historically dominated by men—despite the pay discrepancy?