Letter from the Editor
CRE's #MeTooMovement
Welcome to the 25th anniversary issue of Real EstateForum's Women of Influence—a feature that wehave supplemented over the years with CRE's Women to Watch and theWoI Hall of Fame. Altogether, 100 women of achievement are profiledin this issue.
This year is significant not only because it is our 25th timerunning an issue dedicated to women's achievements in the industry,but also because it's the first one published in the #MeToo era. Tobe clear, there haven't been, as far as we know, public disclosuresof the kind of sexual harassment in our industry that kicked offthe #MeToo movement in other sectors. But the hashtag representsmore than just an inappropriate use of power and unwanted advances.It is also indicative of women's inequality in the broaderworkforce and a pay gap that never seems to close no matter howmuch lip service is given to the issue. 
Not to mention the humiliations that women in commercial realestate must still endure over churlish behavior and inappropriatelanguage. One only has to look at NAREIT's annual conference, heldearlier this year, when the paragon of CRE investment, Sam Zell,made a vulgar and lewd reference to women. NAREIT and Zelleventually apologized, but the damage was done. Here was anindustry luminary, speaking at a prestigious association's annualconference, yet he felt free to use that language on a publicstage. 
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Sule Aygoren
Aygoren oversees the editorial direction and content for ALM’s Real Estate Media Group, including Real Estate Forum and GlobeSt.com. In her tenure with ALM, she’s held roles of increasing responsibility, including Managing Editor. Aygoren has received several awards for her coverage including Best Trade Magazine Report from the National Association of Real Estate Editors and the James D. Carper Award for Young Journalists. Under her direction, Forum has received four national NAREE awards for Best Commercial Real Estate Trade Magazine.
