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New York Real Estate Journal presents 2019 Women in Real Estate - Professional Services

New York, NY The New York Real Estate Journal published its annual Women in Real Estate, Professional Services Spotlight. The September 17th Spotlight edition shares insight into today's real estate industry from a woman's point of view. This issue recognized achievements of women engaged in specialized industries including, 1031 Exchange, Accounting, Appraisal, Auction, Banking/Finance, Commercial Brokerage, Commercial Mortgage Lending, Credit Unions, Education, Executive Search, Insurance, Law, Commercial Real Estate Advertising, Marketing & Public Relations Agencies, and Title Insurance.

Sponsors for this edition include: Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf, LLP; USI Insurance Services; Meridian Investment Sales; Stroock & Stroock & Lavan; KPMG LLP; Douglaston Development; CREW New York; Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP; and Forchelli Deegan Terrana LLP.

The women featured include: (CLICK on name to view full responses)

Nicole Forchelli,
Forchelli Deegan Terrana LLP

Gabriella Botticelli,
Forchelli Deegan Terrana LLP

Mesh Lotito,
Forchelli Deegan Terrana LLP

Jessica Leis,
Forchelli Deegan Terrana LLP

Ericka Keller,
Brisa Builders Development LLC

Luise Barrack,
Rosenberg & Estis, PC

Britt Raymond,
SRS Real Estate Partners

Melissa Billig,
Ingram Yuzek Gainen Carroll & Bertolotti, LLP

Yesenia Scheker Izquierdo,
KPMG LLP

Ruth Tang,
KPMG LLP

Jaime Schultz,
Lee & Associates NYC

Catherine O’Toole,
Lee & Associates NYC

Jennifer Lofaro,
Bleakley Platt & Schmidt, LLP

Lynda Blumberg,
Highcap Group

Shallini Mehra,
Meridian Investment Sales

Jessica Vilmenay,
Schuckman Realty Inc.

Nina Roket,
Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP

Nancy Ponce,
Evergreen Insurance & Risk Management

Kyla Gessin-Stern,
Chatham Development Co. and First Dunes

Jessica Sherman,
Douglaston Development

Andrea Caruso,
Abrams, Fensterman, Fensterman, Eisman, Formato, Ferrara, Wolf & Carone, LLP

Kelly Gedinsky,
SCG Retail

Zahra Jafri,
Lynx Mortgage Bank LLC

Michelle Abramov,
Asset Commercial Realty Group LLC

Laura Jackson,
FTI Consulting

Adelaide Polsinelli,
Compass

Lisa Radetsky,
Phillips Nizer LLP

Haleigh Novick-Eckhardt,
B6 Real Estate Advisors

Elsa Ben Shimon,
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan

Jennifer Recine,
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan

Karen Scanna,
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan

C. Jaye Berger,
Law Offices of C. Jaye Berger

Lindsay Gomula,
Janover LLC

Esti Broyde,
Roey Realty LLC

Cara Cronin,
Cronin & Cronin Law Firm PLLC

Dana Lowey,
Holliswood Development

Brie DeChance,
Zenith Abstract

Karen Cohen,
Karen Cohen Realty & Associates

Jessica Richer,
Hanna Commercial Real Estate

Nina McCann,
Citrin Cooperman

Jen Ogden,
Avison Young

Julia Wachter,
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Elise Wagner,
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Mary Jeanne Egleston,
HUB International Northeast

Lauren Werther,
Avison Young

Deana Wetzel,
Marks Paneth LLP

Anna Guiliano,
Borah, Goldstein, Altschuler, Nahins & Goidel, P.C.

Mindy Stern,
Schwartz Sladkus Reich Greenberg Atlas, LLP

Mandee Gruen,
Goodwin

Karen Gamba,
Ellipsis, LLC

Lauren Calandriello,
JRT Realty Group, Inc.

Lynn Weinig,
Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf, LLP

Tina Gagliano,
Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf, LLP

Jeanine Margiano,
Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf, LLP

Angela Ortiz,
Besen Partners

Hilly Soleiman,
Besen Partners

Danielle Lacko,
Besen Partners

Terri Adler,
Duval & Stachenfeld LLP

Erin O’Brien,
Certilman Balin

Joan Simon,
Admiral Real Estate Services

Jonata Dayan,
SP Real Estate Group, NAI Global

Andrea Gendel,
Pryor Cashman LLP

Dana Forbes,
Daniel Gale Sotheby’s International Realty

Lisa Ferraro,
Daniel Gale Sotheby’s International Realty

Marie Zere,
Zere Real Estate Services

Michelle Marie Zere,
Zere Real Estate Services

Marna Bernstein,
Cullen and Dykman LLP

Jean Partridge,
Benchmark Title Agency, LLC

Matia Nikolovieni,
Cohen & Perfetto LLP

Renee Stoecker,
Pyramid Title Agency

Anastasia Vladislavova,
Eyzenberg & Co.

Virginia Trunkes,
Robinson+Cole

Ali Rossland,
Westbridge Realty Group

Felice Shapiro, 
AmTrust Title Insurance Co.

Madison O’Connor,
Marcus & Millichap

Tara Mulrooney,
Zetlin & De Chiara

Christine Cosentino,
Cosentino Realty & Development

Gladymir Boone,
KPMG, LLP

Carrie Villani,
LERA Consulting Structural Engineers

Alana Sliwinski,
Troutman Sanders LLP

Elizabeth Schrero,
Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Christine Chipurnoi,
USI Insurance Services

Jane Lyons,
Rhodes Associates

Neda Levy,
Rhodes Associates

Valeria Kozhich,
Holm & O’Hara LLP

Diane Viggiano,
Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG

Camille Renshaw,
B+E

Susan Bands,
Marcus & Millichap

Barbara Champoux,
Champoux Law Group PLLC

Erin Liberatore-Timko,
Trepp, LLC

Annemarie DiCola,
Trepp, LLC

Lisa Lim,
Akerman LLP

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