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

2019 Women in Real Estate: Nancy Ponce, Evergreen Insurance & Risk Management

What is your favorite motivational quote? 
“You can accomplish anything you set your mind too, No task is to big or to hard.”

2019 Women in Real Estate: Mary Jeanne Egleston, HUB International Northeast

How do you hold your own in a negotiation? 
Many people think to be a successful negotiator, you must be intimidating and inflexible. My strategy to negotiations is quite the opposite. My style is to be more cooperative and approachable. I find that those that I am dealing with

2019 Women in Real Estate: C. Jaye Berger, Law Offices of C. Jaye Berger

What was one of your biggest accomplishments in the last 12 months?
A property company called me about a building they own where a developer was building a massive new building right next to them and needed access to their property. My client and his team had been trying unsuccessfully to handle

2019 Women in Real Estate: Kyla Gessin-Stern, Chatham Development Co. and First Dunes

How do you hold your own in a negotiation?
While conventional wisdom in a “male-dominated” industry like real estate is to “be one of the guys” or “don’t be afraid to speak your mind” I learned a different

2019 Women in Real Estate: Lindsay Gomula, Janover LLC

What is your favorite motivational quote?
“It’s not where you start, it’s where you finish.”