Name: Wendy Craft
Title: SVP
Company: Hudson Land Company, LLC
Location: 770 Lexington Ave., 7th, New York City, NY 10065
Birthplace: Kalamazoo, Mich.
Family: My husband, Evan Echenthal
College: Kalamazoo College; Thomas Cooley, Georgetown
First job outside of real estate: Working in Bronson Hospital in the OBD wing to pay for college
First job in real estate or allied field: Hyper Abstract
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? We currently concentrate in high end commercial and luxury residential title closings. Art Title Insurance and 1031 Tax Deferred Exchanges. We will be expanding throughout the year to include offices in additional states as well as an international presence for several of our divisions.
Hobbies: Skiing, scuba diving
Favorite book: "1984"
Favorite movie: "Adam's Rib"
Person you admire most (outside of family): Ghandi
Keys to success: Working with your team to provide the best services for your clients, and most importantly, listening to your clients.
If you had to choose another vocation what would it be? Dive master, owning my own dive shop on a tiny island in the Pacific
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