Category: Spotlight Content

NEREJ's Women in CRE Spotlight celebrates the women making an impact across commercial real estate and the companies that recognize, support and champion them.

What has helped shape the way you approach your work and career? My family has shaped my career more than anything. Growing up in a family-owned business, you learn to wear many hats. If someone drops the ball, you pick it up and keep running.

What professional accomplishment or experience are you especially proud of? Helping deliver new elementary schools through Rhode Island Department of Education’s school construction program has been meaningful. Creating safe, inspiring learning environments is rewarding, but what makes the work so special is becoming part of each community – bringing students into the construction process

What advice or perspective would you share with women building their careers in commercial real estate? Say yes to everything, even when the timing feels imperfect or the role feels like a stretch, that’s usually where the real growth happens.

What professional accomplishment or experience are you especially proud of? I’m proud of the broad portfolio of nonprofits, affordable housing developers, and infrastructure projects my team at MassDevelopment supports with creative bond financing solutions – creating impact

What are you most excited about in your work or the commercial real estate industry right now? I’m always excited to see how the different markets change and the cyclical nature of the business. My father started our brokerage in 1958 and I’ve grown up seeing him navigate many different markets both good and bad. I’m always excited for the new challenges that commercial real estate brings.

What professional accomplishment or experience are you especially proud of? In a male-dominated profession, I knew that if I wanted to succeed, I had to be true to who I am. I proved that a woman could build a successful career in commercial real estate while leading with integrity, knowledge, confidence, compassion, and doing the right thing for my clients

What professional accomplishment or experience are you especially proud of? The new lease-up for renovated units at Rendezvous on Elm has truly stretched our team’s capabilities. Partnering with the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, the Economic Development Office, and regional publications like NEREJ to highlight this project has been a rewarding experience.

What professional accomplishment or experience are you especially proud of? One of my proudest accomplishments has been growing alongside Lehmann Construction. I entered the construction industry with a lot to learn and worked my way through estimating, project management, operations, and business development.

It starts with your morning ritual of stopping by a Dunkin drive-thru for a cup of coffee and a donut on the way to work. It could also be leaving your house and on the way stopping at your favorite breakfast café for the fuel that will sustain you till lunch. At lunch

CREW Boston’s mission is to develop, advance and champion the success of all women in the commercial real estate industry by:

I am interested in the truth. If the market is good, I want to know. If it is horrible, I am on a need-to-know basis, and I NEED to know. There are three incredible success stories of real estate professionals and a common thread that pulls