CREWNY News | November 2020 |
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At-A-Glance: Planned Programs & Key Dates |
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December 1: CREWNY December Luncheon - Members and Non-Members Welcome
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December 8: CREWNY Annual Holiday Party - Members and Non-Members Welcome
Important Reminder to Members:
To maintain membership in good standing, CREWNY members are required to attend a minimum of two events per year.
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Don't Wait to Renew Your CREWNY Membership! |
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Early-Bird Rates Available Until December 18th. |
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Support CREW Network Foundation on Giving Tuesday |
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On Giving Tuesday, an annual day of global giving, please support CREW Network Foundation and our commitment to bringing more women into commercial real estate. |
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Make a gift on Dec. 1st to support Foundation scholarships, operations and career outreach programs. All donations for the remainder of 2020 will be counted toward our 2021 Chapter Challenge total!
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DIG THIS: Session 3 Recap |
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On November 7th, CREWNY concluded its three-Session DIG This: CREW Careers® Program, a collaboration among CREWNY, CREW Foundation and Nontraditional Employment for Women (NEW). The program focused on the Development Lifecycle to educate NEW graduates about: substantive elements of that lifecycle, where their roles as tradeswomen fits in it, how their acquired jobsite skills and knowledge can be translated to other CRE roles, and CRE career opportunities beyond the trades. The Program's overarching goal was to inspire, encourage and motivate all participants, including CREWNY members and NEW graduates, to pursue and achieve their full potential – whether in CRE or otherwise.
The Program culminated in a Mock RFP Team Challenge, in which teams of NEW graduates developed and presented to a panel of judges their exceptional proposals that responded to a Mock RFP for the development of a new headquarters at Bronx Point. Forty-six CREWNY members and other CRE leaders invested time, effort, wisdom and experience in the Program, and the NEW graduates to support and advance more women in the CRE pipeline.
The Session 3 Judges were Christine Chipurnoi, Linda Foggie, Elizabeth Muskat, Jaimee Nardiello, Kennetha Pettus and Jennifer Stewart.
The Teams were coached by Claire Gondon, Rachel Merva, Kasey Pace, Wendy Rossi, Stella Schirripa, Kenne Shepherd, and Andis Woodlief.
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Legacy Leaders Event: "The Plaza: The Secret Life of America's Most Famous Hotel" |
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On November 12, Legacy Leaders across the industry spent the evening with Julie Satow, an award-winning journalist who has written about the topics of real estate, business and New York for more than a decade.
The topic of the evening was her first book, "The Plaza, the secret life of America's most famous hotel." Julie was joined by Katherine Clarke, who is a reporter at The Wall Street Journal, where she covers the luxury real estate market for the weekly Mansion section.
The adage "if walls could talk" never rang more true. Thankfully, Julie's research brought out at least some of the exciting stories. The attendees learned about the hotel's inception, it's partial conversion into residential apartments and the many colorful hotel owners - perhaps the most famous and memorable being Donald and Ivana Trump.
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On Friday, November 13, the Career Advancement Committee held its third annual UCrew program, directed towards undergraduates considering a path in Commercial Real Estate. Over 25 students registered! The program included breakout networking sessions with six CREW members on subjects such as Real Estate Law, Real Estate Finance, Project Management and others.
The keynote was delivered by Lisa Montanaro, a professional speaker on topics ranging from productivity to personal branding. Her theme (and the theme of the program) was Personal Branding in a Virtual World.
Many thanks to everyone who participated!
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Donate to WIN Secret Santa |
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With only a small handful of days left to purchase gifts, the Liberty Shelter in Brooklyn only needs another 360 gifts in order to provide three gifts to every child at the shelter.
The CREWNY chapter stepped in and donated 450 jumbo gift bags, with Betty Castro and several others contributing even more, so that the families can wrap their children's gifts. A final count will come in December.
At CREWNY, no matter how tough things are, it's members are generous and warm-hearted. Thank you all for giving!
The Registry for gift-giving is open until Wednesday, November 25th!!!
Help stock the toy store using the Target Registry below.
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The deadline to give a gift is November 25 so don't wait! |
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CREWNY Social Equity Trust |
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CREW New York’s Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Taskforce has established the first Social Equity Trust.
On October 2, 2020, CREW NY held the first gathering of its Social Equity Trust, a think tank intently focused on charting new pathways toward achieving diversity, equity, and inclusion in the Commercial Real Estate industry.
The list of invitees to this event was carefully curated to form a diverse group of leaders and stakeholders in NYC government, public & private corporations, RE & AEC industry and community associations.
Our intention was to gather this distinctive group of Thought Leaders to mirror the demographics of NYC as closely as possible in gender, ethnicity, sexuality, race, and other dimensions of the diversity wheel. By sharing diversity goals, challenges and triumphs, our Thought Leaders are supporting each other and others in pursuit of true Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Commercial Real Estate and society at large.
Click here to view the video highlights.
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Star of the Year Award To Be Announced on December 1 |
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Don't miss the announcement of the Star of the Year Award Winner at Holiday Luncheon on December 1st.
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Complete Your CREWBiz Profile
Complete your profile today! By completing your gender, ethnicity and compensation range information, you will help us better understand the current diversity of our members and create a baseline from which to grow.
Network has added a new demographic field to start measuring and benchmarking DEI in the organization.
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NYREJ Highlights Five CREWNY Members |
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Congrats to five CREWNY members featured in the Oct. 22nd Women in Real Estate Building Services Spotlight issue of the New York Real Estate Journal:
- Ronnette Riley
- Grace Liu
- Kristin DeLuca
- April Intrabartola
- Kenne Shepherd
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CREWNY Member Listed in First-Ever Directory of African American Architects |
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She is also recognized for her contributions to New York Exploring, the largest career-awareness program of its kind for high school students in New York City.
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Congratulations to Susan Bands, winner of the Crain's New York Business - Rising Stars in Real Estate.
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Two CREWNY members were recognized for the Crain's New York 2020 Notable Women in Accounting & Consulting - Terri Pissi and Suri Kasirer.
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Heidi Learner joined CBRE Global Investors in June 2020 as the Americas Head of Real Assets Research.
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Congratulations to Ellen Haber, who joined executive search firm Keller Augusta earlier this year as Managing Director after over 20 years at her prior firm, Rhodes Associates. Keller Augusta is a retained executive search firm focused on the real estate industry with offices in New York, Boston and Palm Beach, and executes search assignments across the US and internationally.
Ellen has been a member of CREW since 2009 and has served on the Membership Committee. In her current role, Ellen is responsible for overseeing the New York office that includes business development, driving search strategy and candidate development, which has conducted search assignments for many of the leading real estate companies including, private and public owners/developers, operators, private equity and debt firms, banking, commercial lending and specialty finance platforms.
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CREWY Member Appointed President of Retail Design Institute NY Chapter |
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Diana Revkin, RDI, NCIDQ, Assoc. AII, LEED AP ID+C, has been appointed Vice President of the Retail Design Institute NY Chapter, effective November 1, 2020.
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CREWNY Member Publishes Article on CM&B Website |
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Leah Blackman provided thought leadership on repositioning retail in an article on the CM&B website. Find out how to "convert a 100-year-old industrial building into a new dark grocery store during the pandemic in only 10 weeks?"
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CREWNY Member Publishes Real Estate Alert |
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Lisa Zana published a Real Estate Alert entitled “CFIUS Regulations Applicable to Real Estate Transactions.”
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Congratulations to our CREWNY members providing valuable insights through panels and forums. |
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Cate Agnew is a panelist at The University of San Diego’s Burnham-Moores Center for Real Estate for their Dialogue Series on Nov 12, which is open to the public at no cost. The Dialogue will be moderated by Barbara Cambon, CEO & CIO of KBS Prime REIT. Joining her are Tiffany English and Christine Gorham, CCIM.
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Heidi Learner was a panelist at the CPE MHN 2020 Summit on the topic “CRE and Where the Economy is Heading" on November 6th.
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Heidi Blau was a panelist on a CREWUK event, “How to Build a Green Building,” on October 21, 2020.
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Cheryl McKissack was featured on Eyewitness News ABC 7 New York on October 23rd for a segment on OUR AMERICA LIVING WHILE BLACK entitled “McKissacks: Building on a 5-Generation Legacy of Black Architectural Achievement.”
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Email CREWNY (Subject: Speaker Profile) at office@crewny.org with your contact information and area(s) of expertise to be considered for local speaking opportunities.
If you are interested in speaking opportunities through CREW Network and/or CREWNY, you must complete your profile in the Speakers’ Directory. Also complete your CREWBiz profile.
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The inaugural Commercial Observer National Women in CRE Finance & Development Forum was held on October 29th and featured some CREW Network members, including Brandi Hanback and Jodie McLean.
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CREWCares Professional Development Series:
CREW Cares Professional Development Series is a five-part weekly webinar series focused on career education, management and growth. This series is led by leadership and career experts and is complimentary for all CREW Members.
Chapter Leader Success Series:
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December 2: Membership Processes - Training for Membership Teams
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December 9: CREW Chapter President Discussion
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January 20: Delegate Training
CREW Network Webinar Wednesdays
Focus on industry and professional development topics and trends.
Virtual Conversation Corner:
Leadership Summits:
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February 11: 2021 CREW Network Winter Leadership Summit
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June 10: 2021 CREW Network Spring Leadership Summit
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Let CREWNY know if you are interested in being considered for CRE industry award and recognition opportunities. Send info to office@crewny.org (Subject: award/recognition opportunities).
A complete CREWBiz profile in the member directory is required to be seen.
Have a CRE award to give or speaking spot to fill? Email Rachel Merva at office@crewny.org with the details and we will help you find the perfect match.
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Email CREWNY (Subject: Speaker Profile) at office@crewny.org with your contact information and area(s) of expertise to be considered for local speaking opportunities.
A complete CREWBiz profile in the member and speaker directory is required to be heard.
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We want to shine a spotlight on the achievements of CREW New York members.
- Won an award?
- Nominated for one?
- Shortlisted in a competition?
- Served as a speaker or appearing on a panel?
- Been interviewed by the media?
- Have an event you're involved in that you'd like us to list?
Send information, photos and URLs to CREW New York's Anuska Amparo, at office@crewny.org
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Updates for our Members and Colleagues - We Would Love to Hear From You!
Send us your stories and we will post them in the next newsletter.
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Job postings available at your firm
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Funniest moments of working remotely
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My new view of your new work-from-home location. Include photos with a brief description.
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