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Women in real estate. - Free Online Library PIONEERS Adrienne Albert Adrienne Albert, a licensed real estate broker in NYS, is nationally recognized as a marketing and sales expert in residential real estate and property development. Through her firm, The Marketing Directors, Inc., Ms. Albert has been responsible for the marketing and sales of over $10 billion in properties. Over the past 20 years, The Marketing Directors has served a wide range of projects, from single-family homes to high-density multi-use development, from NY to CA, and from Toronto to Florida. After graduating from Simmons College, Ms. Albert earned a Master of Architecture from MIT. Though she never formally practiced architecture, her knowledge of (and love for) the field has been of enormous help to countless developers in choosing layouts, amenities and other vital aspects of their projects. A leader in the industry, Ms. Albert pioneered site selling through the use of miniature models, vignettes, electronic media and full size recreations of condominium homes. In addition, she has instituted training programs across the country to raise the standards for other real estate sales professionals. Her success is evident in the large volume of repeat business from top developers throughout country, as well as the many awards she has received over the years, including the Associated Builders and Owners' Woman of the Year Award. She has also been named the National Sales and Marketing Council Marketing Director of the Year, and has been awarded hundreds of gold and silver awards for marketing and sales excellence. Ms. Albert is an approved IRM Course II instructor and an adjunct faculty member at New York University's Real Estate Institute. She is also a member of many professional trade organizations, including the Appointed Board of Governors of the Associated Builders and Owners of Greater New York (ABO) and the Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY). Elisa J. Baudanza, MAI Elisa Baudanza, MAI has been actively involved in real estate since 1980. In 1990 she joined Citigroup and is currently Senior Vice President. From 1990 to 1996 she worked in the Technical Services/Appraisal Group as the Northeast Regional Manager. As manager she was responsible for staff supervision and management of the Northeast real estate appraisal/valuation services. Valuation services were provided to Citigroup's business managers within the Private Bank, Commercial Real Estate Group and the Consumer Bank. Since 1997, Elisa has been with Citigroup Corporate Realty Services as part of the Strategic Planning Group. As Relationship Manager and Strategic Planner she works with Citigroup Corporate Center, Corporate Staff Groups, the Private Bank and the Corporate Investment Bank on long-term real estate/space strategies within the New York City/Tri-State area. She also worked on the relocation of Citigroup Corporate Center into 399 Park Avenue. Prior to joining Citigroup Elisa worked for a New York City real estate appraisal and valuation company. Elisa has been a member of AREW since 1982 and served as AREW President in 1987-88. In 1990 she received the MAI designation from the Appraisal Institute and holds a commercial real estate license in New York State. Deborah B. Beck Deborah Beck began her real estate career in the early 1970s as an owner's representative and construction consultant. Later in the decade, while completing her MBA, she took a job at the Real Estate Board of New York, rising through the ranks to become Executive Vice President in 1988, a position she held until her retirement in May 2003. Perhaps it was Mrs. Beck's first career as a psychotherapist that prepared her to deal with a diverse group of public figures and politicians locally and in Washington who were heavily regulating the real estate industry for the first time. She took on these issues from a common sense point of view. If the proposals would make buildings and their occupants safer, she ensured that the proposed changes were cost-effective and could be implemented by a responsible owner-builder. Upon her retirement from REBNY, Mrs. Beck formed Beck Creative Strategies L.L.C. which is devoted to organizational development and problem solving for real estate entities as well as environmentally sound building and maintenance practices. While at REBNY, she served on the Commissioner's Advisory Councils at the Department of Environmental Protection (NYCDEP) as well as the Buildings and Fire Departments of the City of New York. She also co-chaired the Citizens Advisory Committee on Water Quality for the NYCDEP. She is currently on the board of the Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation, Betances Health Center an affiliate of Beth Israel Hospital, Treasurer of the Seaview Association of Fire Island and, continues as a member of the Council on Transportation as well as the Bar of the City of New York's committee on Lower Manhattan. Mrs. Beck is listed in The World Who's Who of Women, Who's Who of American Women and West's Who's Who in Executives. Peggy Carnegie Peggy Carnegie was truly a lady of distinction. The beautiful bows in her hair said it all! Born March 26, 1916 and raised in Manhattan, a place she dearly loved, she was a true pioneer in the male- dominated world of real estate. She once brokered a sale of the Woolworth Building downtown and was on a "first name basis" with the City's biggest owners and developers, from Harry Helmsley to Donald Trump. Peggy started her own real estate brokerage firm and, after many good years there, concluded her career in the Commercial Real Estate Division of Simon Rudd & Associates. She was the first woman ever made a director of the Real Estate Board of New York. At the time of her death, in December of 2002, she was, as usual, in the forefront of the industry, brokering "brownfields" for commercial and residential development. She had a very good memory for addresses, square footage and who had bought and sold what in the New York real estate market. Peggy maintained a cabin in Chappaqua and a residence in New York on Park Avenue. She was a true gourmet and savored everything from Lobster Bisque to Chicken Paprikash. She once told a New York apartment purchaser (purported to be Stanley Winston--Harry's Brother) that her dream was to eat through a bathtub filled with caviar ... and after she won a bet with him, he presented her with a kilogram of the best caviar available--apologizing that a bathtub full was beyond his means!!! She is fondly missed by her dear friends who fortunately have great memories of Peggy's joie de vivre', and we remember well that Peggy could tell a joke with the perfect lead up to the punch line. Arare talent indeed! We miss you Peggy! Barbara Corcoran Barbara Corcoran's amazing rise to the top has become the stuff of legend and inspiration. Her credentials include straight D's in high school and college and over twenty jobs by the time she turned twenty-three. It was her next job that would make her one of the most successful entrepreneurs in the country--when she borrowed $1000 from her boyfriend and quit her job as a waitress to start a tiny real estate company in New York City. Over the next twenty-five years, she'd parlay that $1000 loan into The Corcoran Group, New York City's leading real estate company with over $5 billion in revenue. Barbara now leads over 800 agents in 11 New York City offices and an additional 200 agents in Palm Beach, The Hamptons, North Fork, and Shelter Island. How'd she do it? She listened to her mother. Barbara's National Bestseller, "Use What You've Got and Other Business Lessons I Learned From My Morn," reveals that her secret to success has been to steadfastly apply her mom's kitchen table wisdom. The paperback edition is titled, "If You Don't Have Big Breasts, Put Ribbons in Your Pigtails." All of Barbara's profits from the book fund the specialized education of dyslexic children. Motivational, inspirational, and sometimes outrageous, Barbara Corcoran's tell-it-like-it-is attitude is a fresh approach to success. According to CNN, Barbara is "the most sought after broker" in the city and is considered one of the most powerful brokers in the country. Diane B. Diamondstein Following her graduation from Cornell University in 1973, Ms. Diamondstein began her career in real estate by working for privately held real estate firms and joined Chase Manhattan Bank in 1980. In 1986 she was named Division Manager for the Real Estate Valuation unit responsible for New York State. As a member of the Appraisal Institute (MAI) and Real Estate Board of New York she served on various committees. She also lectured at the NYU Real Estate Institute. Upon completing her term as President of AREW 1988/89, she served as Dinner Chairperson for AREW's first fundraising event, which established the initial endowment for the AREW Charitable Fund. At the invitation of President Rhodes, she served on the first President's Council of Cornell Women, whose mission is to advance the involvement and leadership of women students, faculty and alumnae. In recognition for her work done on behalf of the Path to Peace Foundation, she was awarded a Papal Silver medal and a Proclamation from Pope John Paul prior to his 1995 New York City visit. She retired in 1996 to pursue other interests. Patricia Goldstein In 2001, Patricia Goldstein joined Milstein Brothers to run a new venture in acquisitions and development. Prior to joining Milstein Brothers Realty Investors, she founded a real estate investment banking firm, providing advisory services that included raising capital for owners and developers.