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Sperry Van Ness® CREW Network Spotlight

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Sperry Van Ness International Corp. is a proud supporter of CREW Network, the premiere network for women in commercial real estate.  In an earlier blog post we included a great group photo of all the CREW members at our 2014 SVN national conference, where some of these high-achieving CREW Members were also SVN award recipients.  Below is more information about the various CREW Network members in our organization. They are CREW Past Presidents, CREW Committee Members, innovators, leaders, collaborators and known in their markets for their achievements and contributions.

If you are interested in finding out about CREW Network or about Sperry Van Ness franchise opportunities, please contact Karen.hurd@SVN.com.

Catherine House, CCIM
Catherine House, CCIM

Catherine House, CCIM     
Director          
Sperry Van Ness / SV Advisors (San Francisco, CA)
Biography

  • Catherine is the Sperry Van Ness® National Co-Chair for the Medical Office Product Council.
  • In 2010, San Francisco Business Times named her one of the “Most Influential Women in Business in the Bay Area.” She is a past CREW SF President.
  • At Sperry Van Ness she is one of the top-producing brokers, ranked in the top 10% of over 1,000 brokers nationally in 2013.

 

Karlin Conklin
Managing Director
Sperry Van Ness / Bluestone & Hockley (Portland, OR)
Biography

  • Karlin is a managing Principal Broker in Oregon and Washington. She oversees their office’s brokerage activities and is responsible for its marketing, recruiting, and training efforts.
  • Prior to joining Sperry Van Ness/Bluestone & Hockley, Karlin raised $234 million in acquisition equity and directed a team that closed 5,800 multifamily units.
  • On the brokerage side, Karlin led the company’s multi-state brokerage efforts, which included commercial real estate, REO, and note sales.

 

Mary Ridberg
Director of Leasing
Sperry Van Ness, LLC (Phoenix, AZ)
Biography

    • Mary has experience in retail tenant representation, trade area feasibility, brand development, public relations, media relations, and marketing consulting.
    • She has organized a Retail Networking Group with members from the most active retail brokerage teams in the Phoenix market.
    • Mary serves in the business mentorship program at A.S.U. and is a host at the college of business events.

 

Judy Jones
Judy Jones

Judy Jones
Senior Advisor
Sperry Van Ness, LLC (Phoenix, AZ)
Biography

      • Judy specializes in the sale of retail land, freestanding buildings and shopping centers in the Phoenix Metropolitan area of Maricopa County, Arizona.
      • She has been active in commercial/investment real estate for more than 20 years as an investor and broker.
      • Judy has completed more than 400 transactions totally in excess of one billion dollars.

 

Maria Agon McCarthy, CCIM
Senior Advisor
Sperry Van Ness / South Commercial Real Estate Advisors (Miami, FL)
Biography

      • Maria brings over 18 years of experience in commercial real estate brokerage and corporate real estate, with extensive knowledge of both leasing and sales.
      • Prior to joining SVN South, she worked as the Senior Vice President for Citigroup where she managed a portfolio of 215 office and retail buildings, representing 4.6 million square feet throughout the US and Caribbean.
      • Mary has been recognized as a “Top Broker” and received numerous awards for revenue production.

 

Shari A. Tucker-Gasser
Shari Tucker-Gasser

Shari Tucker-Gasser
Partner/Principle
Sperry Van Ness, LLC (Phoenix, AZ)
Biography

      • Shari A. Tucker-Gasser is the National Council Chair of Multi-Tenant Retail for Sperry Van Ness International and  Real Estate Forum named Shari ‘Women of Influence’ among top ‘Women of Influence’ in the commercial real estate industry for 2013.
      • Shari specializes in the acquisitions, disposition and leasing of multi-tenant retail properties throughout the Phoenix Metro, Arizona market.
      • With over fifteen years of commercial real estate experience, Shari has completed well over $2 billion dollars in retail sales transactions.

 

Diana-Peterson
Diana Peterson

Diana Peterson
President
Sperry Van Ness / AuctionWorks (Chicago, IL)
Biography

      • Diana has more than 19 years of experience in law, real estate brokerage and auctions.
      • Recognized by the Chicago Association of Realtors as one of the top 5 producing realtors, having closed more than $130 million in residential sales and negotiated more than 500,000 square feet of commercial lease and sale transactions.
      • Known for her exceptional negotiation and legal skills, honed during years of practice as an attorney, Diana will be leading the Chicago AuctionWorks team.

 

Debby Skeans
Deborah Skeans

Deborah Skeans
CCIM, MAI, Senior Advisor/Co-Owner
Sperry Van Ness / Imperial Realty (Allentown, PA / Lehigh Valley)
Biography

      • Debby specializes in the sale of land and commercial property valued at over $350+ million and helps clients build value, strong CRE portfolios.
      • Licensed to sell at 19 and as a broker at 22, she has nearly 40 years working and investing in new construction, commercial appraisal, sales and consulting.
      • Career highlights: 470 acres of prime interchange land sold to St. Luke’s Hospital for $38.6 million in two transactions over the past five years; personally responsible for the disposition of 3,000+ acres (over 50 parcels) to various buyers for a wide variety of users; consultation regarding disposition of a key New York City property for redevelopment (transaction closed for over $200 million).

 

Laurie Ramirez
Laurie Ramirez

Laurie Ramirez
Advisor
Sperry Van Ness Chicago Commercial (Chicago, IL)
Biography

      • Laurie has 5 experience years in the CRE industry and specializes in the sales and leasing and tenant representation  of retail property in the Chicago Market
      • She is a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC), Lakeview Chamber of Commerce, Women’s Council of Realtors (WCR), Commercial Real Estate Executive Women (CREW) and the Chicago Association of Realtors.
      • Laurie is a relationship-focused CRE professional focused on creating value for her clients.  She is also involved in the committees, Commercial Forum and the Chicago Association of Realtors Government Affairs Committee.

 

Krista Berger
Krista Berger

Krista Berger
Senior Advisor
Sperry Van Ness / Finest City Commercial (San Diego, CA)
Biography

      • Krista has 6 years of CRE industry experience and has listed and sold properties valuing in excess of $20 million.
      • She specializes in the sale of commercial properties, including in multifamily, mobile home parks and land development.
      • In the past few years, Krista has been an integral part of the special assets team. With multiple financial institutions throughout the nation, she facilitated the site assessments and analysis of properties with most resulting in the list and sale of the asset.

 

Rita Meehan
Rita Meehan

Rita Meehan
Director
Sperry Van Ness / SV Advisors (San Francisco, CA)
Biography

      • Rita has 17+ years of experience in the commercial real estate industry, specializing in the sale of investment properties throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.
      • She has closed more than $1.7 billion in commercial real estate assets comprised of over 6 million square feet of property.
      • Rita was recognized as a Top Individual Broker in 2008 and listed as a CoStar Power Broker in 2007 & 2008.

 

Barbara Brown
Senior Advisor
Sperry Van Ness / Commercial Real Estate Advisors (Charlotte, NC)
Biography

      • Barbara has been active in commercial real estate since 1986, with extensive knowledge and expertise in office/medical sales, leasing, retail and warehouse.
      • She was a founding member of the Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW).
      • Received the Commercial Board’s “Multi-Million Dollar Club” award for 10 consecutive years and in 1999, she was the recipient of its President’s Award.

 

Karen Hurd
Karen Hurd

Karen Hurd
Vice President, National Franchise Sales & Development
Sperry Van Ness International Corporation (Irvine, CA and Boston, MA)
Biography

      • Karen has over 18 years of experience in commercial real estate and financial services, and has been actively involved in sales transactions (across all asset classes) totaling in excess of $550 million.
      • She specializes in Section 1031 Tax Deferred Exchanges for Institutional, Corporate and Private Capital Markets and Real Estate limited partnerships and syndications.
      • Deal Connector and Networking Guru who identifies new business opportunities for the Sperry Van Ness® organization, and contributes to brand development and growth nationally playing key role in managing the continued expansion of franchise ownership.

 

Diane Danielson
Diane Danielson

Diane Danielson
Chief Operating Officer
Sperry Van Ness International Corporation (Irvine, CA and Boston, MA)
Biography

      • Diane serves is Chief Operating Officer at SVN and oversees all operations of SVNIC.  Diane is responsible for overall planning and executing strategic growth initiatives for franchise development and the rollout of technological platforms to optimize SVN services globally.
      • She is a former attorney, accomplished speaker, published author, and widely recognized online marketing expert.  She launched the first Social Network for businesswomen in the US in 2006.
      • In 2013, Diane was named to the 40 over 40 Women to Watch list published in Forbes.com.

 

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Five for Friday with Catherine House of SV Advisors

Posted on by Diane Danielson

Five for Friday features Catherine House, CCIM, director at Sperry Van Ness/ SV Advisors in  San Francisco, CA.

 

Catherine House, Director, SV Advisors
Catherine House, Director, SV Advisors

1.  What is your geographic market and product specialty?

I sell medical office as well as neighborhood commercial buildings. My geographic area is the city of San Francisco and also the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area. I regularly team up with other Sperry Van Ness advisors when listing outside of San Francisco. Fun fact: I have also sold more office condominiums (both vacant and investment) than any other broker in San Francisco.

 

 2.  What’s your latest best practice tip that you can share?

Putting into practice the ideas generated from the R.A.M.P. Challenge educational course. I found the course useful a few years ago. As a result of this year’s course, I’ve already made plans for organizing a March CCIM Broker Forum in San Francisco as well as my first investor forum for local building owners and bank asset managers.

 

3.  What’s been the biggest change over on how you run your business in the past decade?

Moving from institutional investment portfolio work in the United Kingdom to the US in 2001 was the biggest culture shock. In the UK, the senior partners bring in the business and the rest of the company executes. Of course everyone is on a salary plus bonus so it is a very different environment. The US model seems to involve both more risk (and stress) but more reward for the broker. The biggest change for me over the last decade has been moving from being a generalist to my current focus on the disposition of commercial buildings (mainly office and industrial). I’m still surprised at how many people call me asking for help looking to lease their building or find space to lease.

 

4.  What business book do you like to recommend to your colleagues?

This may be really old school but I really do recommend The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Steven Covey to colleagues and even random strangers.

 

5.  What’s a fun fact that not everyone knows about you?

I’m a drummer in a local rock band playing 70’s, 80’s, and 90’s cover songs, as well as the occasional original. I’m also a Chartered Surveyor and the Northern California Chair of the RICS (the largest global international commercial real estate organization; www.ricsamericas.org) which comes in handy when dealing with clients from Asia or Europe.

 

*All Sperry Van Ness® offices are independently owned and operated.