Overcoming Challenges to Reach Heights in Real Estate Series Sponsor: Join Us and Stay Active This Winter with Some Great Classes!
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(Gift certificates are available for purchase) Located across from the Rotunda on the Keswick Campus | 700 W 40th St. Baltimore, MD 21211 ChooseKeswick.org NOVEMBER 2019 CONTENTS 8 10 12 14 18 FEATURES Women enjoying moves into leadership roles at companies with family ties ......................................8 Women real estate leaders overcame challengs to reach new heights ..............................................10 Q&A with Melinda Peters .................................................................................................................12 IN EVERY ISSUE What’s in Your Purse? ......................................... 6 Path to Excellence Event ..................................... 18 5 Women Who Changed My Life .......................... 14 Movers & Shakers ............................................. 19 To advertise or order additional copies of Path to Excellence, email Advertising@Th eDailyRecord.com. Suzanne E. Fischer-Huettner ...................................................................... Publisher Darice Dixon .......................................................................Senior Account Manager Th omas Baden Jr. ................................................................................................Editor Gail Clough ..................................................................................... Account Manager Hope Keller ................................................................................................Legal Editor Erin McLaughlin ..................................................Events & Marketing Coordinator Patrick Brannan .....................................................................Special Products Editor Oliver Stein ...........................................................................Administrative Assistant Sean Wallace .......................................................................................Assistant Editor Jason Whong ...........................................................................................Digital Editor Gina Gallucci-White, Meg Tully ............................................ Contributing Writers Maria Kelly ................................................................................................ Comptroller Maximilian Franz ..........................................................Contributing Photographer Tracy Bumba .........................................................Audience Development Manager Wendy Martin ................................................................................................ Designer To order additional copies of this publication, please contact Oliver Stein at 443-524-8184 or [email protected]. Cover photo: Terri Harrington, a senior vice president with Mackenzie Commercial Real Estate Services LLC, is seen in her o ce. Harrington made the move to the brokerage side of real estate and enjoys working with multiple landlords. (Maximilian Franz / Contributing photographer) PATH TO EXCELLENCE 3 LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER TECH TIP hen Karen Deeley was fi rst was a rewarding move. She credits men- starting out as a young tors along the way who helped her be- by Sissy Spacek. 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