05-19-2014 - CREW Breakfast returns to ICSC's RECon

It's back and better than ever! The Commercial Real Estate Women's Network (CREW) breakfast has returned to the schedule at the International Council of Shopping Centers' RECon, the largest gathering of retail real estate professionals in the world. The event will be held on Monday, May 19, from 7:30 to 9:00 a.m. in Room N4 at the Las Vegas Convention Center's North Hall. Hundreds of CREW and ICSC members are expected to meet, reconnect and listen to guest speaker Jean Chatzky, "Today Show" Financial Editor and best-selling author. The event had been a highlight of RECon, then left the schedule as ICSC focused on other initiatives to help advance women in the industry, including its own Special Industry Group program, which launched at RECon 2010. "RECon's program is always tight, and never more so than this year, when the conference is just three days instead of four," said CREW board member and Women's SIG chairman Faith Hope Consolo, chairman of Douglas Elliman Real Estate's Retail Group. "Yet ICSC has never wavered from commitment to women in our industry, and I'm delighted that this year sees CREW Network once again a part of that." Many members of ICSC also are members of CREW, and the two organizations have worked together on a number of programs, notes CREW CEO Gail Ayers. "Many of our members have participated in Faith's SIG sessions across the United States and Canada," Ayers says. "What's important to both organizations is that we provide programs that allow attendees - men and women - to build their knowledge and relationships. We're excited to revive this tradition!" RECon will be held Sunday May 18 through Tuesday, May 20th at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Attendance at the breakfast is open to all full-program registrants of RECon. For more information, visit: http://www.icsc.org/2014RECON/.