2019 Women in Real Estate: Lynda Blumberg, Highcap Group

What is the best advice you have received, and who was it from?
The best advice was from my Father who was a real estate operator and developer in NYC. He always told me to

2019 Women in Real Estate: Carrie Villani, LERA Consulting Structural Engineers

What is your favorite motivational quote?
“I’ll take you to the highest mountain, To the depths of the deepest sea, We won’t need a map, believe me.” ~ Martin Gore

2019 Women in Real Estate: Shallini Mehra, Meridian Investment Sales

What books, blogs, podcasts, resources or influencers would you recommend to women?
No matter how well things are going for you, we all need coaches, cheerleaders, and sources of inspiration. I often

2019 Women in Real Estate: Alana Sliwinski, Troutman Sanders LLP

What was one of your biggest accomplishments in the last 12 months?
This year, I represented a real estate developer and helped to secure a damages award in excess of $8 million

2019 Women in Real Estate: Jessica Vilmenay, Schuckman Realty Inc.

What is your favorite motivational quote?
“Finding opportunity is a matter of believing it’s there.” ~ Barbara Corcoran. I find this particularly true in our ever-changing retail real estate world. We constantly must find new and

2019 Women in Real Estate: Elizabeth Schrero, Seyfarth Shaw LLP

How do you hold your own in a negotiation?
I stay firm on the most important issues and find ways to bring parties together.

2019 Women in Real Estate: Karen Cohen, Karen Cohen Realty & Associates

What is your favorite motivational quote?
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is…”

2019 Women in Real Estate: Nina Roket, Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP

What is your favorite motivational quote?
“Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it.” ~ Maya Angelou

2019 Women in Real Estate: Christine Chipurnoi, USI Insurance Services

What is your favorite motivational quote?
“Be the change that you want to see in the world.” ~ Mahatma Ghandi

2019 Women in Real Estate: Elise Wagner, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Who inspired you to join the CRE Industry?
My first job after law school was with a law firm called Tufo & Zuccotti, a boutique firm specializing in land-use and zoning law. John Zuccotti became a mentor and a role model. His leadership, in both his work as a