Houlihan Commercial hires eight new brokers

Rye Brook, NY Houlihan Lawrence Commercial continues to expand with eight new brokers joining its staff. The new brokers are Barbara Ann Adamson, Kevin Coleman, Tracey Di Brino, Margaret Farran, Josh Goldberg, Lindsey Green, Mark Paragon and Shelley Sheridan.

Adamson comes to the Commercial Group from Houlihan Lawrence’s Bronxville office. She has also worked in Houlihan Lawrence brokerage offices in New Rochelle and Mount Vernon. She serves as assistant professor and chair of computers and technology for Westchester Community College’s Educational Opportunity Center in Yonkers. Adamson is involved in local organizations including Grace Baptist Church. She holds Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees in education from the University of Albany.

Prior, Coleman was a reporter at WBZ in Boston covering all local and national news. Coleman earned a journalism degree from Curry College. He is a member of the Westchester Chapter of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick

Di Brino was previously with Houlihan Lawrence Scarsdale brokerage where she worked since 2015. Prior, she was a broker at Better Homes & Gardens. She has held management positions with Stark Office Suites, Serendipity Labs, Carr Workplaces and Regus. Di Brino volunteers with the Junior League of Bronxville. She received the Business Council of Westchester’s Rising Star Award in 2021.

Before joining Houlihan Lawrence, Farran held management positions with Con Edison in New York City including compensation manager and customer service manager. At Con Edison she received the Customer Excellence Awards. Farran is involved in numerous civic and community organizations including Fleetwood Neighborhood Association, Ujama Community Development and National Action Network. She is a graduate of Manhattan College

Goldberg was most recently with Houlihan Lawrence Residential and Property Development in New Rochelle. He previously was an administrator for The Wealshire and held customer service positions with Point Click Care and Smartlinx Solutions. Goldberg earned business administration degree from DePaul University.

Green, who received her real estate license in 2020, worked at Compass for two months and then moved to Houlihan Lawrence’s Chappaqua office in 2021. Prior to that, she was self-employed working in event management since 1998.  Prior to that she lived in Hong Kong working for the Economist’s conference division and earlier in her career worked in advertising in London. She received her Commercial Investment Real Estate Certification in 2021. She volunteers with Community Center of Northern Westchester, Furniture Sharehouse and County Harvest. Green holds an Associate’s degree in Business from Uxbridge Technical School in the United Kingdom.

Prior, Paragon was owner and broker of Mark Paragon Real Estate Co. which covers the Bronx and Westchester Counties. The company handles sales of apartment buildings, retail taxpayers, industrial buildings, and vacant sites for development. Paragon is an active member of Big Brothers of America. He earned a Bachelor’s degree from Iona College and completed graduate-level real estate investment courses at NYU Real Estate School.

Sheridan joins the Commercial Group after having been with Houlihan Lawrence’s Darien brokerage since 2020. In addition to real estate, her background is in software sales, marketing and client services. Companies where she has worked include Lemondade in South Norwalk, Intellibank in New YorkCity, Prolifiics in New York City, Interwoven in Sunnyvale, CA and Rational Software in Cupertino CA. Sheridan is involved in numerous community organizations including Thriving Task Force. Council for Darien School Parents, Middlesex Middle School, Tokeneke Elementary School and Darien Nature Center. She is a graduate of Santa Clara University.