Tara Stacom, Cushman & Wakefield Vice Chairman, Brokerage When Tara Stacom’s Cushman & Wakefield team won the Real Estate Board of New York’s Henry Hart Rice Award for the Most Ingenious Deal of the Year earlier this year, it immediately topped her long list of achievements, not least of all because yher father, a mastermind behind the Sears Tower in Chicago, had won the award twice. “I wanted to make sure I followed in his footsteps,” said Ms. Stacom, who earned the coveted award for her role in bringing Conde Naste to 1 World Trade Center. “For me to bring the tallest building in the western hemisphere back to New York and top the Sears Tower carries on a wonderful legacy.” Over the course of two decades, Ms. Stacom has been responsible for more than 35 million square feet of commercial real estate transactions.
Her clients include The Bank of New York, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Colgate-Palmolive Company, SL Green, Blackstone and L&L Holdings. In addition to her winning roster of clients, Ms. Stacom is a director at the Realty Foundation of New York and a member of REBNY’s Ethics Committee. Ms. Stacom is doing her part to attract more women into real estate: While serving on the Board of Trustees and Board of Advisors at her alma mater Lehigh University, she was involved in starting a real estate minor in the business school. “That has helped introduce a lot of women to real estate who might otherwise not have considered it,” she said. “I did it primarily to get more women into the business, but also as a differentiator for Lehigh.” —Al Barbarino
Laura Norman Greenberg Traurig LLP Shareholder Year joined: 2004 Advised a major financial institution in creating a commercial condominium building in Mumbai.
Jennifer Ogden CBRE Vice President Year joined: 2009 Clients include KPMG, HewlettPackard, Day Pitney, Martin Currie, Rodale, Oscar de la Renta, Cinedigm, Epic Media, MADRE and UBS.
Maria Novak Cushman & Wakefield Senior Managing Director, Corporate Occupier and Investor Services Year joined: 2007
Kelechi Oquh CBRE Associate Year joined: 2012 Supports John Maher and Paul Myers, executive vice presidents. Robbin Orbison Silverstein Properties Inc.
Audrey Novoa Murray Hill Properties Executive Managing Director Year joined: 2001 Representation includes 1 Park Avenue, 60 Hudson Street, and 810 Seventh Avenue.
Robbin Orbison Silverstein Properties, Inc. Chief Financial Officer Year joined: 2010 Recently founded the Association of Women Accountants in Real Estate.
Daun Paris Eastern Consolidated President Year joined: 1981 Heads Eastern Consolidated, the industry leader with over $4 billion in annual sales.
Jane Park CBRE Marketing Specialist Year joined: 2012 Experienced in business development.
Elissa Patterson Tarter Stats O’Toole Executive Director, Tenant Teams Year joined: 2011 Received an Emmy award for her work as a producer on HBO’s Classical Baby.
Theresa Nygard KTR Real Estate Advisors LLC Senior Vice President Year joined: 2002 Focuses on land valuation and complex zoning issues in litigation support services.
Catherine O’Toole Tarter Stats O’Toole Managing Member Year joined: 2006 Most successful female landlord representative in the Garment District.
Munsun Park Massey Knakal Realty Services Director of Sales Year joined: 2012 Clients include the National Audubon Society, the Orchestra of St. Luke’s and the U.S. General Services Administration.
Carol Patterson Zetlin & De Chiara LLP Partner Year joined: 1993 Co-editor of Construction Law, a textbook published by the American Bar Association Forum on the Construction Industry.
Ida Phair Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman LLP Associate Year joined: 2011 Represents clients in a wide range of real estate matters.
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