TOP WOMEN TO WATCH IN REAL ESTATE

A Special Edition from Sokol Media

MARCH 2018

TOP WOMEN TO WATCH

IN REAL ESTATE 2018

Claudia Cusumano KPF

RASHIA BELL

BONNIE HABYAN

STACEY COHEN

JULIA HALPIN

MELANIE COURBET

KATHRYN KUCHARSKI

The Cristalline

Co-Communications Les Ateliers Courbet

SUSAN CURTIS RXR Realty

Arbor Realty Trust TitleVest

Shawmut Design and Construction

JILLIAN MARIUTTI

JENNIFER DJURKOVIC

Mission Capital Advisors

MISSY DOLSKI

Square Mile Capital

Ariel Property Advisors Värde Partners

DEBORAH SCHIAVO

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BONNIE HABYAN For Being Recognized As One Of The Top Women in Real Estate Thank you for your leadership and contributions to the firm and our industry!

Congratulations to all 2018 Honorees!

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CLAUDIA CUSUMANO Kohn Pedersen Fox

For Claudia Cusumano, Director at Kohn Pedersen Fox, 30 Hudson Yards is much more than just another project. “My team and I feel very connected to the project,” Cusumano says, “KPF did the master plan for all of Hudson Yards and worked with the Related Companies from the very outset of the development, but this tower is the pinnacle of our work on site.” Cusumano is the Managing Director for 30 Hudson Yards, New York’s newest landmark tower.

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Overall view of Hudson Yards from Uptown.

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Hudson Yards is hailed as the largest private real estate development in United States history. Standing at the corner of 33rd Street and 10th Avenue, 30 Hudson Yards anchors the site and will amass 2,600,000 square feet and stand 73 floors tall. The tower is not only notable for its size, but also for how it relates to its nearby towers. Flanking a connecting retail podium, 10 Hudson Yards, completed in 2015, and 30 Hudson Yards create an architectural dialogue for the Far West Side. The towers gently taper away from each other with one gesturing towards the river, and the other to the city, each culminating in a diagrid triangular crown.

30 Hudson Yards is devoted primarily to office space and features columnfree floor plans and floor-to-ceiling glass to maximize surrounding views.

Expecting a LEED Gold certification, the tower will be 30 percent more energy efficient than the average New York City building.

With river-to-river panoramic views, outdoor terraces, a dramatic tripleheight lobby, access to premier restaurants and retailers and a direct underground connection to the new Number 7 Subway station, 30 Hudson Yards joins the Manhattan skyline as example of modern urbanism. At 1,100 feet, the tower will be home to the highest outdoor observation deck in the city.

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Although the tower is not set to open until mid-2019, its office space is fully committed. Time Warner Inc., a global leader in media and entertainment with businesses in television networks, film and TV entertainment and publishing, has already acquired approximately 1.5 million square feet of office space in this tower, and plans to move approximately 5,000 employees from its current corporate operations. The Related Companies and Oxford Properties themselves will take space in 30 Hudson Yards, and other tenants include the Oslo-based DNB ASA, Wells Fargo, and KKR, a private equity firm.

But 30 Hudson Yards is not Cusumano’s only job. She had her second child four months before the outset of her work on the project. She attributes her ability to maintain a family life and her management of 30 Hudson Yards to her supportive husband, and the firm’s support of her career. “KPF allows flexible schedules for new mothers so that the firm can keep valuable female leaders. The firm knows that the industry loses women prior to their reaching senior positions, and actively works to reverse the trend.”

Right: 30 Hudson Yards and 10 Hudson Yards sketch, Bill Pedersen. Courtesy KPF. Bottom: 30 Hudson Yards and retail viewed from the No. 7 subway station.

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Looking up at 30 Hudson Yards.

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Top: The Hudson Yards team.

Bottom: 30 Hudson Yards Observation Deck.

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She’s also supported by a dynamic, female-led team.

Marianne Kwok serves as Design Director, Terri Lee as Senior Designer, Blanche Nuñez as Senior Technical Coordinator, and Courtney Higgins as Front of House Project Architect. Cusumano manages the 20+ person team, reviewing work and making judgement calls to ensure that the design is executed while staying on schedule and budget. “Related is a great client, and very savvy. They trust KPF to execute the project at a very high level. I know no detail will go unnoticed, and we work together to produce the best product possible.” The KPF team and Related work very closely and collaboratively to ensure the project’s success. But at this level, Cusumano notes, “We meet with Related every week and closely coordinate our efforts, and after each meeting, the design gets better.”

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Congratulates Stacey Cohen & all the 2018 Honorees on Being Recognized As TOP Women to Watch In Real Estate

2018 Gina Bedoya Honoring Pei Partnership Architects RASHIA BELL The Cristalline

Lauren Cahill Avalon Bay Communities

MISSY DOLSKI Värde Partners

Jennifer Carpenter

STACEY COHEN Jennifer Carpenter Architect BONNIE HABYAN Arbor Realty Trust

Co-Communications

Nicole Ceci

MELANIE COURBET Steven Winter Associates Les Ateliers Courbet

SUSAN CURTIS RXR Realty

JULIA HAPIN TitleVest

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Clodagh Design KATHRYN KUCHARSKI Shawmut Design and Construction

Cathy Hobbs

MARIUTTI CLAUDIA CUSUMANO Cathy Hobbs Design Recipes JILLIAN & Mission Capital Advisors KPF (cover story)Emmy-Award-Winning Journalist JENNIFER DJURKOVIC Ariel Property Advisors

Linda Isaacson First American Title

DEBORAH SCHIAVO Square Mile Capital

Andrea Kretchmer Poko Partners

Carol Sigmund

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Laurennergetic CahillInterior Designer and Crystal Healer Rashia Bell, is the

co-founder of The Cristalline, a multi-faceted lifestyle company Avalon Bay Communities

that works to help you create balance within all areas of your life.

After more than ten years working on the business side of Jennifer Carpenter

Beauty, Jewelry and Luxury industries for companies such as JenniferFashion, Carpenter Architect

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Mikimoto, Vivre, and Monique PĂŠan, Rashia found her creative outlet and expressive Nicole Ceci voice through Interior Design. A graduate of both the Fashion Institute of Technology and the New York School of Interior Steven Winter Associates Design she has also completed two Crystal Healing Certifications by the Crystal Academy of Advanced Healing Arts, and is a Level 2 Usui Shiki Clodagh Ryoho Reiki Healer.

Clodagh Design Rashia decided to take a uniquely holistic approach to the spaces she transforms for The Cristalline, by incorporating the energetic and healing Cathy Hobbs powers of crystals and&stones into her Interiors. The foundation for this Cathy Hobbs Design Recipes design process is specializing Emmy-Award-Winning Journalist in personal healing work, where Rashia has lead workshops, private events and retreats around the world and works to show her clients how to find balance both within themselves and the Linda Isaacson spaces they live and work in.

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Carol Sigmund The best part of my work is being able to continually learn and grow. In having Horowitz Sigmund LLP & incoming President/NYCLA the ability to educate people on the healing powers of crystals, I get the pleasure of seeing how they grow become a part of their life. This serves to continually fuel my desire and challenge me in new ways to merge design with mindfulness.

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Gina Bedoya tacey Cohen founded Co-Communications, Inc. in 1997, an award-

Pei Partnership winningArchitects full-service public relations and marketing firm with of-

fices in White Plains, NY, midtown Manhattan, and Farmington,

Lauren Cahill CT. Stacey began her career at Marsteller Inc. (a division of Young

Avalon Bay Communities & Rubicam), where she was responsible for expanding the corporate

communications program for advertising executives. She then held senior

Jennifer positions inCarpenter both public relations and marketing over a six-year period at

Jennifer Carpenter CBS/FOX Video,Architect then the world’s largest home video company.

Co-Communications works with businesses across a range of industries Nicole positions Ceci and delivers their narratives in fiercely competitive and expertly markets.

Stacey is particularly passionate about real estate. RepresentaSteven Winter Associates tive clients include Fordham University Real Estate Institute, Coldwell Clodagh Banker, CBRE, The Blue Book, Construction Industry Council, Faithful Clodagh Gould, Cushman Design Wakefield, George Comfort and Sons, and CREW New York. Her firm worked on the 18-month communication campaign Cathy HobbsNow” to raise awareness about replacing the Tappan “Build the Bridge Zee Bridge with aRecipes new Hudson river crossing, the largest public works Cathy Hobbs Design & project in state history.

Emmy-Award-Winning Journalist Under Stacey’s leadership, Co-Communications has been awarded the Advertising Club’s “Best of Show” (2002, 2010, 2012) sponsored by GanLinda Isaacson nett, Forbes Enterprise First American Title Award (2006), and was inducted into the Westchester County Business Hall of Fame (2008). She was recently named PRSA Practitioner of the Year (2013) in recognition of her professional Andrea Kretchmer achievements, experience, and reputation in the profession.

Poko Partners Stacey is a sought-after speaker, author and panelist in the realm of public relations, marketing, and personal branding. A staple at industry Carol Sigmund conferences, her growing list of speaking engagements include: Douglas Horowitz Sigmund LLP & incoming President/NYCLA Elliman, Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors (HGAR), CT Business Expo, New York Business Expo – Jacob Javits Center, Fordham University, Cornell, NYC Real Estate Expo, Public Relations Society of America, NY Association of Collaborative Professionals, Grow 2.0 Conference, Building Owners and Managers Association, TD Bank, BusinessWire and more.

Cohen is also a blogger at The Huffington Post and has been featured in Entrepreneur Magazine, Forbes, Crain’s, Sales & Marketing and a suite of other national publications. She holds a B.S. from Syracuse University, MBA from Fordham University and recently completed a certificate program in Media, Technology and Entertainment at NYU Leonard Stern School of Business.

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Co-Communications, Inc. My passion is helping businesses and individuals be their most powerful selves through clear, strong branding and communications.

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Lauren efore Cahillopening Les Ateliers Courbet in 2013, Melanie Courbet

Avalon Bay Communities was an independent curator and a consultant specialized in con-

temporary art and design. Exhibition programs developed by

Jennifer Carpenter Courbet were shown at the MUBE Museum in Sao Paulo, the

JenniferNew Carpenter Architect Museum in New York, Jean de Merry in Los Angeles, Cappellini in

Los Angeles, Le Musee des Arts Decoratifs in Paris, Los Angeles MuniciNicole Ceci pal Art Museum as well as Christie’s both in Paris and Los Angeles. For Steven10Winter Associates years, Mrs Courbet has advised clients both private and institutional between Europe and the United States. Her passion for art and design Clodagh combined with her business and communication skills have lead her to Clodagh Design collaborate with international designers and artists and supervise exhibitions, artistic collaborations or design projects around the world.

Cathy Hobbs Melanie has collaborated with a wide scope of entities including the Cathy Hobbs Design Recipes & and Communication, Morphosis Architects, French Ministry of Culture Emmy-Award-Winning Journalist Dror and various brands under the LVMH Group.

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Linda Isaacson First American Title

AndreaI am Kretchmer most interested in being able to Poko Partners

promote and share with clients the Carolfascinating Sigmund stories and work of the masterHorowitz Sigmund LLP & incoming President/NYCLA craftsmen that we represent...as well as the philosophy and culture that they carry-on through their work.

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Laurenastering Cahillthe details of building operations has been the sig-

Avalon Bay Communities nature of Susan Curtis since the beginning of her career in

San Francisco with one of the leading property owners in the

Jennifer Carpenter country, The Shorenstein Company. Curtis joined Shorenstein

Jennifer Architect in 1987Carpenter and rapidly moved up the ranks from an accounting position to

Susan Curtis RXR Realty

the intricacies of property management.

Nicole Ceci Opportunity called in 1993 when Susan relocated to the East Coast.

Steven Winter Her career asAssociates a property manager of Class A skyscrapers took off with Cushman & Wakefield at 270 Park Avenue. Her management expertise Clodagh grew as she managed a number of Class A high rise properties across New Clodagh Design 575 Lexington, 33 Maiden Lane, and 17 State Street.

York City, including Susan now holds the distinction of Senior Property Manager for the Cathy Hobbsand Connecticut portfolio. Her ability to supervise entire Westchester Cathy Hobbs Design Recipes many projects with superb&organization and cover all the details at the Emmy-Award-Winning Journalist same time has made her a perfect fit for the portfolio. She enjoys building relationships with tenants and is committed to accommodating their Linda needs andIsaacson their comfort. “The Company’s mission – to be Landlord of First American Title we all take seriously,” she explains. “Naturally we Choice – is something all work hard to make sure the buildings are at their peak performance, Andreathem Kretchmer making a place our tenants want to be.” Susan holds a RPA and Poko Partnersand currently is President for BOMA Westchester and FMA designation a resident of Westchester County.

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Horowitz Sigmund LLP & incoming President/NYCLA

I manage over two million square feet of property, which makes my work truly diverse.

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Gina Bedoya ennifer Djurkovic is a Director in the Investment Sales Division

Pei Partnership Architects of Ariel Property Advisors, a prominent commercial real estate brokerage and investment services firm. She is responsible for

Laurenleading Cahillbusiness development and networking initiatives in Man-

hattan’s Downtown East neighborhoods, with a particular focus on the Avalon Bay Communities

East Village, Greenwich Village, and NOHO.Ms. Djurkovic joined Ariel

Jennifer Carpenter in the fall of 2017.

Ms. Djurkovic believes real estate is in her blood. Her father and uncles Jennifer Carpenter Architect

immigrated in the 1970s from Croatia to the U.S., where her father got a Nicole job as an Ceci elevator operator and her uncles worked as supers. Eventually, pooled their resources with their Bronx landlord and began acquiring Steventhey Winter Associates small multi-family buildings in emerging neighborhoods like Washington Clodagh Heights and East Harlem. Ms. Djurkovic made her entry into the real estate industry Clodagh Designshortly after college by joining the NYC real estate trade magazine The Real Deal.. She worked as an advertising account executive Cathy Hobbs and rapidly established herself as one of the publication’s top salespeople.

SheDesign startedRecipes her career Cathy Hobbs & in real estate at Massey Knakal Realty Services, now CushmanJournalist & Wakefield, where she worked on a team that sold 142 Emmy-Award-Winning properties worth $2.2 billion in aggregate consideration. She worked on majorIsaacson deals such as 21 Penn Plaza, which sold for $244 million in 2014 to Linda financial services First American Titlegiant TIAA-CREF. Prior to joining the firm, she was an associate director at Eastern Consolidated, where she worked on brokering deals for multifamily buildAndrea Kretchmer ings in Manhattan’s Midtown East neighborhood. During that time, she Poko Partners originated and executed transactions of properties valued at $56.3 million.

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Horowitz Sigmund LLP & incoming President/NYCLA

I recall one of my earliest clients saying to me, ‘Jennie, do you want to read about the rich and powerful or do you want to live it?’

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issy Dolski is a Director at Värde Partners responsible for Laurencapital Cahillmarkets and structured finance for the firm’s commercial and residential mortgages investments. Based in New Avalon Bay Communities York, she joined the firm in 2017. Prior to joining Värde, Missy was a Director at Wells Fargo Securities in the Commercial Real Estate Jennifer Carpenter Capital Markets & Finance group where she focused on warehouse fiJennifer Carpenter Architect nancing for a variety of non-bank lender clients. Throughout her career she held multiple Nicole Ceciroles at Wells Fargo within their structured finance, principal investing and corporate credit divisions in New York, London Steven Winter Associates and San Francisco. Missy graduated from the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management with a Bachelor of Science in Business Clodagh andClodagh received Design an MBA with Distinction from the London Business School.

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Cathy Hobbs Cathy Hobbs Design Recipes & Emmy-Award-Winning Journalist

Over the tenure of my career I’ve had the Linda Isaacsonto take on a multitude of roles opportunity First American Title and positions. Working both on the sell side Andrea Kretchmer and buy side across various asset classes Poko Partners and across geographies, I’ve enjoyed the Carol Sigmund challenges and growth that’s come with each Horowitz Sigmund LLP & incoming President/NYCLA role. In my current position at Värde I have the amazing opportunity to shape a capital markets strategy and help grow a business at a best-in-class firm.

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onnie currently serves as the Executive Vice President of Marketing for Arbor Realty Trust (NYSE: ABR), a leading multifamily finance and investment firm with a rapidly growing brand and diverse plat­ Gina Bedoya form of products and related companies. In her position, Bonnie Pei Partnership Architects oversees all of the firm’s strategic initiatives as well as digital marketing and automation, branding, advertising, customer relationship management, new Lauren Cahill business development, employee communications, events and conferences Avalonand Baypublic Communities relations. She is also a member of Arbor’s Executive Committee.

Currently, Bonnie is leading the complex front-end digital and operational Jennifer Carpenter transformation of the firm’s multibillion-dollar lending platform, includ­ Jennifering Carpenter Architect the marketing technology stack and complete loan origination process with the goal to develop an omnichannel experience for the company’s Nicole Ceci grow­ing client base. In addition, together with her team, she championed, Stevendesigned, Winter Associates developed and brought to market the industry’s first all-agency, digital, online multifamily lending platform called Arbor Loan Express Clodagh (ALEX), helping to establish Arbor as both an innovator and leader in the Clodagh Design small balance loan space.

A frequent speaker on technology and innovation, Bonnie is a member Cathy Hobbs of the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) and serves on the DUS® Cathy Hobbs Design Recipes & Committee. She is also a member of Commercial Technology Innovation Emmy-Award-Winning Journalist Real Estate Women (CREW) and serves on the Communications Com­ mittee. In addition, she is a member of the National Multifamily Housing Linda Isaacson Council (NMHC) and National Association of Real Estate Investment FirstTrusts American Title She also serves on the planning committee for New (NAREIT).

York University’s National Symposium of Women in Real Estate.

AndreaBonnie Kretchmer began her career with Arbor in 2004 as Vice President, Market­ Poko Partners ing, and was subsequently promoted to SVP, Marketing, and attained the EVP, Marketing, title in October 2010. Prior to this position, Bonnie served Carol Sigmund at KeySpan Corporation, one of the largest distributors as a spokesperson Horowitz Sigmund LLP & incoming of electricity andPresident/NYCLA natural gas in the Northeast U.S.

Bonnie Habyan Arbor Realty Trust

Working in an entrepreneurial environment allows me to be constantly challenged and learn something new every day. Over the last few years, marketing has evolved to become a more measurable and impactful discipline in the real estate sector. So from starting up a new business line to revolutionizing a process or customer experience with automation, it is truly rewarding to see the difference your team makes.

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ulia brings high-end client service skills honed in luxury industries and a wealth of experience to her role as Sales Director at TitleVest in New York City. She has a passion for providing “white glove” Gina Bedoya service to real estate professionals, including attorneys, lenders, asPei Partnership Architects set managers, developers, brokers and management companies. TitleVest’s menu of auxiliary products includes, but is not limited to cooperative lien Lauren Cahill ® searches, 9 UCC Cooperative Interest Policies, Sightline® developAvalon BayEagle Communities ment rights searches and 1031 tax-deferred exchange services.

Julia’s unique, concierge-style approach to high-end client service was inJennifer Carpenter spired by her previous experience as a silver specialist at Christie’s Auction Jennifer Carpenter Architect House and selling fine jewelry at Tiffany & Co., as well as her education.

JuliaNicole studied French Ceci and Art History in England and France. In 2006, Julia brought her high-end client service skills to the real estate industry, joining Steven Winter Associates First American Title Insurance Company. Since then, she has helped her clientsClodagh successfully navigate the cyclical nature of the real estate market with a distinct flair for client service. She is dedicated to advancing the Clodagh Design real estate industry and earned the Affiliate of the Year Award from the Women’s CathyCouncil Hobbsof REALTORS® Birmingham-Bloomfield Chapter in 2010 and Design GreaterRecipes Rochester Cathy Hobbs & Area Chapter in 2012, among other industry awards.

Emmy-Award-Winning Journalist Along with nationwide concierge-style title service, Julia provides the industry business support, such as Continuing Education and ConLindawith Isaacson tinuing Legal Education First American Title classes, referrals, strategic marketing materials and serves as a resource for all things real estate. She is committed to bringing real estateKretchmer transactions to the closing table as seamlessly as possible, so Andrea sellers can move on, buyers can move in, projects can move forward and Poko Partners her clients can generate revenue.

Julia is aSigmund breast cancer survivor and served as a volunteer with SisterCarol sHOPE™ as a retreat facilitator. She contributed to SistersHOPE™ funHorowitz Sigmund LLP & incoming President/NYCLA draising as a consultant and model for the annual fashion show, a local media spokesperson and an inspirational speaker. In 2017, TitleVest’s parent company, First American Title, awarded her with its nationwide “Volunteer of the Month Award” for her efforts to support SistersHOPE™.

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I provide my clients with a concierge-style service to quickly resolve challenges and expedite the time needed to bring them to the closing table.

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athryn Kucharski, Marketing Manager at Shawmut Design Lauren Cahill and Construction, oversees all marketing activities for academic,

Avalon Bay Communities institutional, cultural, commercial, healthcare, and life sciences

clients in the New York region including proposals, public relaJennifer Carpenter tions, communications, photography, client services and event planning.

JenniferShe Carpenter Architect collaborates with clients on construction site tours, educational

programs, groundbreakings and ribbon cutting ceremonies.

Nicole Ceci She is currently Chair of Communications for Commercial Real Estate StevenWomen Winter(CREW) Associates New York and was the 2017 recipient of the Star of the Year Award for her service to CREW New York. She was Director Clodagh of the Program Committee for the Society for Marketing Professional Clodagh Services Design – New York Chapter (SMPS-NY) for the 2015-17 term. She has also served on the board of Kids Creative, a non-profit that sponsors Cathy Hobbs afterschool and summer arts programs for underserved children in New Cathy Hobbs Design Recipes York City, since June of&2015. She is a volunteer at the American Museum Emmy-Award-Winning Journalist of Natural History.

She was previously a mentor through the Little Sisters of the Assumption Family Health Service.

Linda Isaacson She holds a B.A.in Art History from University of Iowa, an M.A. in Art First American History fromTitle Boston University and an M.A. in Anthropology/Archaeology from the Harvard Extension School.

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Carol Sigmund

Horowitz Sigmund LLP & incoming President/NYCLA Our clients know that we understand

their values by putting a team together that provides the best solutions to their challenges.

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Jillian Mariutti Mission Capital Advisors

illian Mariutti is a Director in the Debt & Equity Finance Group at Mission Capital, where she originates and structures real estate Gina Bedoya capital for the nation’s premier owners, investors, and developers.

Pei Partnership Architects In this role, Jillian also focuses on sourcing and executing the sale of loans and commercial real estate assets.

Lauren Cahill Capital, Jillian worked at derivatives advisory firm Prior to Mission JCRA Bay Financial LLC as the Head of Real Estate North America, where Avalon Communities she was responsible for providing foreign exchange and interest rate risk Jennifer Carpenter management services to real estate firms. She joined JCRA from Wells Fargo Carpenter in New YorkArchitect where she was a vice president and marketed and strucJennifer tured interest rate management solutions for public REITs, multifamily Nicole Ceci and hospitality clients. While at Wells Fargo, Jillian spent a year working in the Winter firm’s San Francisco office, where she provided interest rate risk Steven Associates management services to the gaming sector and the firm’s West Coast real estate Clodagh capital markets team. She started her career at Wachovia in 2007 andClodagh covered Design a variety of industry groups within the firm’s corporate and investment banking platform.

Cathy Hobbs An industry leader in the world of commercial real estate finance, Jillian was named 2014 Rising Cathy Hobbs DesignaRecipes & Star by the Women’s Bond Club of New York, an accolade given to women on Wall Street who have demonstrated Emmy-Award-Winning Journalist leadership qualities and are viewed as future leaders in the financial services industry.

A respected voice within the space, Mariutti has spoken Linda Isaacson atFirst industry conferences American Title produced by ALIS, IMN, and the New York State Society of CPAs, and keynoted an event of the YMBA. Her market commentary has been featured in a host of leading industry publications, Andrea Kretchmer including Commercial Poko Partners Observer Finance, Forbes.com, Bisnow and Connect Media. Jillian graduated summa cum laude with a B.S. degree in Mathematics from the University of Pennsylvania.

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Gina Bedoya eborah Schiavo is a managing director of Loan Operations for

Mile Capital where her primary focus is on loan asset Pei PartnershipSquare Architects

management and overseeing loan servicing for Square Mile’s $3 billion portfolio of mortgage debt, mezzanine debt and preLauren Cahill ferred equity investments. Prior to joining Square Mile in this newly creAvalon Bay Communities ated role in 2016, Deb was responsible for asset management of Morgan Stanley’s portfolio of commercial real estate loans, including its balance Jennifer Carpenter loan program.

Jennifersheet Carpenter Architect Deb has more than 25 years of commercial real estate finance experience, including Nicole Ceci the capital markets group of Cohen Financial (now a Division of SunTrust Bank) and the commercial mortgage groups of Steven Winter Associates Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., Smith Barney and PaineWebber. Her expertise encompasses Clodagh loan closing, asset management, loan servicing, securitization andDesign loan restructuring.

Clodagh As a member of the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Commercial Certified Mortgage Cathy Hobbs Servicer (CCMS) working group, Deb was part of the first class to receive Cathy Hobbs Design Recipesthe & CCMS designation in 2013 and is Past Chair of the CCMS Qualifications Emmy-Award-Winning Journalist Sub-Committee. She is a past member of the Board of Governors of the CRE Finance Council and has participated on various MBA and CRE Finance Council committees, including the Linda Isaacson CREFC Women’s First American Title Network. She also performs volunteer work with the food rescue organization County Harvest.

DebKretchmer graduated summa cum laude from Boston College where she Andrea majored in Spanish and Russian and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. She Poko Partners also received a Master of Business Administration degree from Boston College.

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Deborah Schiavo Square Mile Capital

Horowitz Sigmund LLP & incoming President/NYCLA

I have always been attracted to working in real estate finance groups that were in their early stage and had ambitious growth plans. It provides an opportunity to figure out the best way to build a business, manage its growth and see the results of my work.

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Beautiful from the inside out. ..

Designed for life. . .

The ultimate in design flexibility and installation versatility Miele’s Independence™ refrigeration series is beauty to behold, with its modular design, seamless integration and ClearView lighting™ system. Featuring self-adjusting temperature and humidity controls, Miele refrigerators and cooling systems preserve full flavor and nutritional value of your foods, while complementing your design style perfectly.

Miele believes that quality without ease of use is no quality at all. Designed for precise performance, easy operation and superior functionality, Miele delivers the ultimate in customer satisfaction.

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