GlobeSt.com Honors Women Architects and Design Professionals

In preparation for our Women of Influence special feature and retreat, GlobeSt. Real Estate Forum and GlobeSt.com together is putting a spotlight on the achievements of women in commercial real estate.

This year, we collected nominations across a number of fields, and will celebrate the winners at our GlobeSt.ELITE Women of Influence Conference in Park City, UT. This year’s amount of entries was our biggest yet.

The category of architect and design professional was open to architects and interior designers who work on income-producing commercial and residential real estate projects.

No stranger to the term ‘placemaking’, the women chosen in this category are ideally behind the planning, design and oversight of some of the most innovative and remarkable properties in the country today. The creativity, ingenuity and commitment to maximizing results, and the work of the women in this category serves as an illustration of how design and construction can improve profits and communities.

The top women in the category of architect and design professional chosen this year are as follows:

Lisa A. Davey, Thornton Tomasetti

Deb Donley, Vocon

Tiffany English, Ware Malcomb

Michele R.L. Espeland, Cuningham

Kristin Aldan Gudmundsdottir, MKDA

Heidi Hendy, H. Hendy Associates

Amanda Hertzler, MKDA

Michelle Lerner-Konopatski, Baskervill

Cindy Olsen, VanTrust Real Estate

Judy Pesek, Gensler

Jeana Renger, Ferguson Pape Baldwin Architects

Meghan Richard, Kimmerle Group

Jessica Saravia, DMAC Architecture

Sophia Tarkhan, Cooper Carry

Tina Tayag, Nadel Architecture + Planning

As always, our seasoned editorial team was seeking the best of the best across the commercial real estate spectrum. In evaluating the entries, we took into account a number of factors, including: the nominee’s impact on, and reputation within, her firm and broader professional community; the nominee’s professional career highlights, from dealmaking savvy and innovation to client satisfaction and personal growth; a proven ability to achieve goals and display ingenuity in terms of creative thinking and problem solving; her dedication to furthering the development of her field and the role of women within it; accomplishments and involvement in her company, the CRE industry and broader social community;  a personal commitment to the highest ethical standards, service and excellence; and so much more.

The Annual GlobeSt. Women of Influence Conference celebrates the women who drive the commercial real estate industry forward. These influential leaders will discuss the critical issues facing CRE now and in the future, what it means to be a woman in business today and CRE’s place in the #MeToo era. They will also discuss what they are doing to promote diversity in the upper levels of management and what the industry can do to position itself for a more inclusive future.

Keep checking GlobeSt.com for more winners from other categories and be sure to keep an eye out for the July/August issue of GlobeSt. Real Estate Forum, which will further highlight these individual’s accomplishments.