GlobeSt.com Celebrates Top Female CRE Marketing/Communications Professionals

In preparation for our Women of Influence special feature and retreat, GlobeSt. Real Estate Forum and GlobeSt.com together is putting a spotlight on the achievements of women in commercial real estate.

This year, we collected nominations across a number of fields, and will celebrate the winners at our GlobeSt. Women of Influence Conference in Park City, UT. This year’s amount of entries was our biggest yet.

This particular category was open to in-house or third-party marketing, media relations and communications professionals acting on behalf of commercial real estate organizations. The women chosen in this category have achieved outstanding results through initiatives that demonstrate innovative strategies and outcomes.

In addition to their reputation within the industry and relationships with clients and outlets, the following professionals also have a proven track record of strategic planning and research, business development, working with management, communications, education and innovation.

The top women in the category of marketing/communications professional chosen this year are as follows:

Cristina Allen, MKDA

Shelly Baldwin, The Praedium Group

Susan Bloomfield, Stream Realty Partners

Cassandra Burnham, Phillips Edison & Co.

Laura Campbell, Hudson Pacific Properties

Danielle Feroleto, Small Giants

Jude Fitzgerald, Logistics Property Company LLC

Heather Grubbs, Black Creek Group

Maura A. Hudson, Colliers

Molly Kelly, Avison Young

Madelyne F. Kirch, Sun & Moon Marketing Communications

Tricia Law, Retail Brokers Network

Tina Mortera, Progress Residential

Chris Ponder, Trammell Crow Co.

Kelly Price, CIRE Equity

Nicole Reed, JM Real Estate Inc.

Katrina Reid, IA Interior Architects

Jessica Reid, Harwood International

Kelley Shannon, Bozzuto

Jessica Spaulding, The Spaulding Agency

Kara Taylor, ATTOM Data Solutions

Jennifer Whitelaw, TW2 Marketing

As always, our seasoned editorial team was seeking the best of the best across the commercial real estate spectrum. In evaluating the entries, we took into account a number of factors, including: the nominee’s impact on, and reputation within, her firm and broader professional community; the nominee’s professional career highlights, from dealmaking savvy and innovation to client satisfaction and personal growth; a proven ability to achieve goals and display ingenuity in terms of creative thinking and problem solving; her dedication to furthering the development of her field and the role of women within it; accomplishments and involvement in her company, the CRE industry and broader social community;  a personal commitment to the highest ethical standards, service and excellence; and so much more.

The Annual GlobeSt. Women of Influence Conference celebrates the women who drive the commercial real estate industry forward. These influential leaders will discuss the critical issues facing CRE now and in the future, what it means to be a woman in business today and CRE’s place in the #MeToo era. They will discuss what they are doing to promote diversity in the upper levels of management and what the industry can do to position itself for a more inclusive future.

Keep checking GlobeSt.com for more winners from other categories and be sure to keep an eye out for the July/August issue of GlobeSt. Real Estate Forum, which will further highlight these individual’s accomplishments.