Prior to Berkadia, Provinse was senior vice president and head of Customer Engagement at Fannie Mae, where she was responsible for managing all of Fannie Mae's multifamily production activities and customer relationships.

For Provinse, some of the keys to success as a female executive includes the following:

• always delivering the work as agreed,
• excellent work ethics,
• become the “go-to” employee.

“I try to align myself with my bosses and mentors. Male or female, I found people who would uplift me in my career. They gave me promotions and opportunities and I basically figured out what work they needed to be done and delivered,” explains Provinse.

As CRE was primarily a male-dominated field, Provinse experienced some challenges such as feeling excluded from some networking and social events and feeling somewhat isolated. However, “I just powered through and got used to it. The takeaway is that you simply align yourself with like-minded people who can enhance and elevate you,” says Provinse.

As commercial real estate continues to evolve, there are several aspects of the industry that intrigues Provinse.

“Interpersonal dynamics and optimizing people in the right roles in this ever-changing industry is a satisfying feeling,” says Provinse. “I am also totally intrigued with all of the technology innovations. There's so much more to come in our industry.”