Laurie Golub, HFZ Capital Group Chief Operating Officer HFZ Capital Group COO Laurie Golub inherited a liking for real estate from her mother, Westchester real estate agent Bonnie Golub. “As a little girl, I used to walk properties with her.” After graduating magna cum laude from Boston University and earning a law degree from New York University, Ms. Golub continued down the path of law, but soon found that road leading her back to the real estate world. A recent hire at HFZ, she was previously at Africa Israel USA and Forest City Ratner, where she worked on preliminary development for the Atlantic Yards project. Among her career highlights was negotiating Barclays’s place as a partner in Brooklyn’s downtown redevelopment and its naming rights for Brooklyn’s
new arena. “For me, that was a breakthrough moment in my career.” Ms. Golub also worked to restructure the debt and repurpose the Times Square Building, formerly the New York Times Building. She was named Real Estate Weekly’s Most Influential Woman in Real Estate in 2012. The tenacity that’s driven her career was instilled by her father, Gerry Golub, managing partner of accounting firm Goldstein Golub. “Hard work and integrity and perseverance [are] the ingredients for success,” she said. Real estate is a space where opportunities are in plentiful supply for those with passion and commitment, according to Ms. Golub, regardless of gender. “The glass ceiling is only there if you look for it.” —Karsten Strauss
Angela Dallojacono Studley Senior Vice President, Technology Year joined: 2003 Works with Studley’s 24 offices to provide innovative business solutions through the use of technology.
Jade Dean CBRE Senior Financial Analyst Year joined: 2008 Joined CBRE’s Wheel Program in 2008.
Cheryl McKissack Daniel McKissack & McKissack President & CEO Year joined: 1999 Clients include Columbia University, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the Port Authority.
Michelle Dean CBRE Marketing Manager Year joined: 1992 Veteran of CBRE with nearly 20 years of experience.
Barbara Dansker Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services Associate Year joined: 2010 Closed on 18 transactions totaling about $100 million within the last two and a half years.
Kristina Dedekian Newmark Grubb Knight Frank Marketing and Leasing Manager Year joined: 2004 Retail leasing campaigns include 625 Madison Avenue, 317 Madison Avenue, 1515 Broadway and 125 Park Avenue.
Barbara Denham Eastern Consolidated Chief Economist Year joined: 2008 Regularly featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, International Herald Tribune and Bloomberg News.
Mary Dietz Silverstein Properties Inc. Design Manager Year joined: 2007 Oversees the architectural and engineering design teams on the Port Authority retail, redevelopment at the World Trade Center.
Roxanne Donovan Great Ink President Year joined: 1992 Journalist-turned-public relations representative with an emphasis on commercial real estate and the built environment.
Jonata Dayan Winoker Realty Senior Vice President Year joined: 2001 Recent deals have involved diverse companies such as Etienne Aigner, Guess Urban Expression and Daniel Goldner Architects.
Linda DeFabbio Newmark Grubb Knight Frank Operations Director, Retail Year joined: 2000 Orchestrates NGKF’s participation in the International Council of Shopping Centers.
Brooke Denihan Barrett Denihan Hospitality Group Co-CEO Year joined: 2006 Named a Woman of Influence by Real Estate Forum in 2012 for the second year in a row.
Brittany Dodd CBRE Analyst, Real Estate Year joined: 2010 Clients include Diageo, AIG, Baylor Healthcare and Universal Music Group.
Lauren Du Forest City Ratner Companies Senior Vice President; Controller Year joined: 1995 Recipient of the Harry Schloss Award in 2009.
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