GlobeSt.com Honors Female Development 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. Women of Influence Conference in Park City, UT. This year’s amount of entries was our biggest yet.

Open to professionals working within real estate development and construction, this category was seeking invaluable members of their team/company (from private, local players and regional builders to public REITs or institutions). The following women have demonstrated a consistent and proven track record in developing quality projects and/or have been significant contributors in helping her firm successfully build, rehabilitate or convert projects and maximize returns.

The top women in the category of development professional chosen this year are as follows:

Jennifer A. Baus, The NRP Group

Kirsten M. Beck, Avison Young

Jody Walker Belsick, Kimley-Horn and Associates Inc.

Zelleka Biermann, City of Charlotte

Sheila Byrne, The Habitat Co.

Kelly Cantley, Bozzuto Construction Co.

Nakira Carter, JLL

Mariana Circiumaru, BentallGreenOak

Sandya Dandamudi, GI Stone

Jennifer Dix, Trammell Crow Co.

Sonnet Hui, Project Management Advisors Inc.

Stacey Kamps, Koch Development

Julie Kimble, KimbleCo

Tracy Lea Neff, Unispace

Denise Pinkston, TMG Partners

Lisa H. Reddy, Prologis Inc.

Julie Skolnicki, Greystar

Leslie Smallwood-Lewis, Mosaic Development Partners

Elizabeth Teske, Dermody Properties

Sarah Webb, Howard Building Corp.

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 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.