2019 Women in Real Estate: Annemarie DiCola, Trepp, LLC

What is your favorite motivational quote?
My favorite quote (which hangs in my office) is, “If you don’t know it’s impossible, it’s easier to do.” To me, this means: Never talk yourself out of doing something because it’s hard.

2019 Women in Real Estate: Gladymir Boone, KPMG, LLP

What is your favorite motivational quote? 
“Instead of letting your hardships and failures discourage or exhaust you, let them inspire you. Let them make you even hungrier to succeed.” ~ Michelle Obama

2019 Women in Real Estate: Brie DeChance, Zenith Abstract

What is your favorite motivational quote?
“The price you pay to make your dreams come true is smaller than the price you will pay if you don’t.” 

2019 Women in Real Estate: Karen Scanna, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan

Who inspired you to join the CRE Industry?
Coming out of law school, I knew that I wanted to do transactional work rather than litigation, having been a litigation paralegal for two years prior to entering law school. While I think corporate work can be

2019 Women in Real Estate: Jennifer Lofaro, Bleakley Platt & Schmidt, LLP

What is your favorite motivational quote? 
“The success of every woman should be the inspiration to another. We should raise each other up. Make sure

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