Name: Jim DeStefano
Title: Vice president of sales & marketing; principal
Company: Grubb & Ellis|Coldstream Real Estate Advisors, Inc.
Location: Offices in Bedford and Portsmouth, NH
Place of birth and year: Portsmouth, NH 1964
Family: Wife and a daughter and son
College: Southern NH University
First job unrelated to your current field: Making pizza at the Bratskellar
First job in current field: Governmental affairs director for the Greater Nashua Board of Realtors
What your firm does now and its plans for the future?: We are a full service commercial real estate services firm, now and into the future.
Hobbies: Politics, community service, following our kid's sports endeavors
Keys to success: Be proactive, communicate often, team up
Person(s) you most admire (outside of family): Angie Kopka and Stewart Lamprey - pillars of the NH real estate industry
If you had to choose a different profession, what would it be?: Community activist