Professional Profile: Brenda Garretson 2017
Name: Brenda Garretson - 2017
Title: Associate Broker
Company: CBRE/Albany
Location: Albany, NY
Birthplace: Bayshore, NY
Family: Married, two sons
College: SCCC
First job unrelated to your current field: Busing tables – 13 years old.
First job in current field: August of 1987 (NYC), worked for a real estate investment company – right before the crash/Black Friday.
What your firm does now and its plans for the future?:CBRE/Albany is a commercial services firm offering a full line of commercial real estate brokerage representing sellers, buyers, landlords and tenants as well as a complete property management platform and consulting guidance on complicated real estate issues.
Hobbies: Reading, riding ATV’s with my sons, volunteering, involvement at our church
Favorite novel: “The Power Broker” (about Robert Moses)
Favorite film: “American Graffiti” (I’m a motorhead)
Keys to success: Give more than expected, enjoy what you do, keep learning.
Person(s) you most admire (outside of family): Robert Moses–never before and never again will one person amass such power.
If you had to choose a different profession, what would it be?:CRE Mechanical or Civil Engineer.