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Posted: June 6, 2008
Colleen Brennan Associate Broker Coldwell Banker Commercial Meridian
Name: Colleen Brennan
Title: Associate Broker
Company: Coldwell Banker Commercial Meridian
Location: Buffalo, N.Y.
Birthplace: Buffalo, N.Y.
Family: Daughter, Jaime Kara; sons: Sean and Ryan
College: Canisius College of Buffalo, N.Y.
First job outside of real estate: Sales and operations assistant for International Cable.
First job in real estate or allied field: Salesperson for MJ Peterson Real Estate, Orchard Park, N.Y.
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future: We currently work in the industrial/manufacturing, warehouse and distribution, office and retail arena as buyer/tenant representatives as well as representing sellers and landlords. The managing partners, Eric Tudor and Patricia Collins, plan to continue to do that as well as grow our company locally by adding agents with experiences in related fields, such as lending and business brokerage.
Hobbies: Dancing, movies, reading, swimming, traveling, photography
Favorite book: "A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens
Person you admire most (outside of family): My pastor, Tommy Reid; John Walsh, one of the founders and a director of the National Center For Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC); five-star general Norman Schwarzkopf
If you had to choose another vocation what would it be: Public relations
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