Metro AI Leadership Profiles: Theresa Nygard, 1st Vice President
Name: Theresa Nygard
Title: Senior Vice President
Company: KTR Real Estate Advisors, LLC
Location: 575 Lexington Ave., New York, NY 10022
Birthplace: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Family: Married Tom Pratt, two kids: Josie, 24 and Andy 20
College: Mount Holyoke College, BA; Columbia University, MA
First job outside of real estate: Worked in slide library at Mount Holyoke
College Art Department
First job in real estate or allied field: Started as a clerk for Ralph Marx who had a primarily tax certiorari appraisal practice
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? Appraisal (national, but with a local focus). My focus is appraisal in litigation situations, land valuation, complex zoning issues, transferable development rights. For the future, more of the same.
Hobbies: Reading, running (slowly), art museums
Favorite book: "The Namesake," Jhumpa Lahiri; "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time," Mark Haddon; "Case Histories," Kate Atkinson, and many others
Favorite movie: "Charade"
Person you admire most (outside of family): Oprah
Keys to success: Curiosity and genuine interest in what I am doing combined with a love of New York City and a little bit of obsessive compulsive tendencies
If you had to choose another vocation what would it be? Teaching
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