Honoring Female Independent/Non-Business Professionals of CRE

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.

For this particular category, we were looking for female commercial real estate professionals who works within a non-corporate environment, such as an industry association, academia, research/think tank, nonprofit or a government entity, such as an economic development bureau. The women in this category have offered significant contributions to their company or field have earned her a reputation among her colleagues—and likely, the greater industry—for their expertise, activities and successes within the commercial real estate arena.

The top women in the category of independent/no-business professional chosen this year are as follows:

Gay (Scholastica) D. Cororaton, National Association of REALTORS

Anya Coverman, Institute for Portfolio Alternatives

Fulya Kocak Gin, National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts

Lynn Kelly, New York Restoration Project

Jennifer Platt, ICSC

Jodi Vermaas, Base4 & Stonepile

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.