October - CREW Cleveland

THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF
CLEVELAND’S SUCCESSFUL
WOMEN IN REAL ESTATE
Connections
this issue
Upcoming Events. P.2
Revitalize Fairfax. P.3
Cleveland Comeback. P.4
ISSUE
October 2013
Welcome New Members. P.5
ACE Welcomes CREW Mentors. P.7
2013 Annual
Sponsors.
PATRON
Bock & Clark
Huntington National Bank
3-2-1….Members We Have Lift Off!
by 2013 C R EW C om m unic at ions - C ec ilia Hy un
CREW Cleveland has just launched its new web site at www.crewcleveland.org.
McGladrey LLP
We are so excited to share this great news with all of our members and hope you will
McSteen & Associates
take advantage of all the new features this site has to offer, including:
Ulmer & Berne LLP
•
Fresh, new, modern look
Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease LLP
•
Easy navigation
•
Quick, user-friendly events and calendar information
Ariel Ventures, LLC
•
Photo gallery section
BakerHostetler
•
Chapter “News” feature
First American Title Insurance Co.
•
Highlighted “Sponsorship” section
Novogradac & Company LLC
•
On-line membership directory integrated with CREW Network
PROMOTER
Ostendorf-Morris Company
Tucker Ellis LLP
CREW Cleveland
PO Box 40517
Cleveland OH 44140
p 440.364.0887
f 440.617.0716
[email protected]
www.crewcleveland.org
As always, we welcome your comments and feedback on the new site. Log on
today! See what the site has to offer!
2013
Board
of
Directors.
PRESIDENT
Debbie Feller
UPCOMING EVENTS
“Let’s Make a Deal!”
CREW Cleveland Business Development Event
Tuesday, November 5 @ 5:30-8:00pm
Sterle’s Country House, 1401 East 55th Street
"Lets Make a Deal" is a CREW Cleveland Business Develop-
PRESIDENT-ELECT
Diana Golob
ment event and will include a CREW Network Board Visit. During our meal, Cindy Wozny-Carl, current CREW Network
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
(National) Board Member, will share her experiences generating
Kathleen Nitschke, Esq.
business through CREW and specifically CREWBiz, her person-
DIRECTOR OF FINANCE
al business development strategies, and explain her story from
Kris Cerny
start to landing a spot on the CREW Network Board. The second
component of the program will be comprised of speed networking with the over-
COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR
Bozana Lundberg
arching purpose of the program being fostering member-to-member business.
Visit www.crewcleveland.org for more details. Click here for Cindy’s bio.
MEMBERSHIP DIRECTOR
Rebecca Ward, Esq.
PROGRAMS/PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR
Jennie Church, Esq.
Board
Meetings.
CREW Cleveland
Holiday Party
Open to all CREW members.
11:30 a.m.
Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease LLP
Details to follow soon….
Penton Media Bldg.
Check crewcleveland.org for
monthly meeting dates.
Photo from the 2012 Holiday Party
2013
Committee
Chairs.
Revitalize Fairfax:
Walking Tour & Pocket Park Clean-up
By Ndeda Letson, CREW Cleveland Chapter Champion Co-Chair
On July 13, twenty-five CREW Cleveland
Returning to the pavilion, our volunteers
chapter members, family, and friends helped
worked along side neighborhood residents
clean Francis Jones Pavilion, one of the
and business owners to clear debris, weed,
oldest neighborhood pocket parks in Fairfax
and
located near the Cleveland Clinic downtown
volunteers delivered 40 hanging plants to the
COMMUNICATIONS
campus and Phase One of Opportunity
neighbors surrounding the park.
OPEN
Corridor.
Hosted by Fairfax Renaissance
short few hours, our efforts transformed the
SPONSORSHIP
Kim Campbell
Mary Porter, Esq.
trim.
Culminating
the
clean-up,
In just a
Development Corporation, the project kicked-
once overgrown green space and inspired
PROGRAMS/
off with a short, guided walking-tour of the
the neighborhood to reclaim this gem as well
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
next
as
Deborah Lawrence-Auten
Inter gen er at io na l
CHAPTER CHAMPIONS
Ndeda Letson
Mikel Duffy
NETWORK LIAISON
Jennie Church, Esq.
Model
Block
area,
the
H o us in g
new
commit
to
its
ongoing
(u nder -
maintenance. Thank You to everyone who
construction), Fairfax Urban Garden, the
donated their time, talent and treasures to
Langston Hughes Health Center, Quincy
make this community service project a
Park/Fairfax History Wall and more.
success!
CREW
Cleveland Comeback: CREW Showcase & Clam Bake
Event
On September 19, CREW Cleveland members Development who discussed the development
had the opportunity to network at the brand
of the Flats East Bank project and future
Recap.
new Ernst and Young Tower in the Flats and
development plans. Members learned about
celebrate the return of a CREW Cleveland
the Flats East Bank project, for which our very
tradition – the Clambake. The program
own Irene MacDougall earned a national
featured Jessica Coffey, Senior Finance
CREW award. The event included a raffle to
Consultant at Project Management
raise money for the ACE scholarship fund. The
Consultants, Irene MacDougall, Partner at
event raised over $350. A portion of
Tucker Ellis, LLP and Tracey Nichols, Director, registration fees also went toward the ACE
Economic Development at the City of
scholarship fund.
Cleveland Department of Economic
Madeline McGrane and Phebe Parkin enjoy the festivities and
networking.
CREW Cleveland President, Debbie Feller, welcomes the distinguished
panel of speakers (l to r): Jessica Coffey of Project Management Consultants; Tracey Nichols of The City of Cleveland and Irene MacDougall of
Tucker Ellis.
(l to r) Proud Tucker Ellis representatives Patricia Seifert, Jen Steuber and
Steve Bittence joined Jessica Coffey of Project Management Consultants to
show off their beautiful work space.
Mark Cook of Chicago Title (left) and Lou Radivoyevitch of RAD Graphics
enjoy networking with a fantastic view of Cleveland as the backdrop.
Welcome
John MacFarland is a Business Development Officer at the Stewart Title
New
profession for many years and would like to become involved with the
Members.
Guarantee Company. He has been in the Commercial Real Estate
Program Committee. He can be reached at
[email protected].
Yuliya An is in the Corporate Services Group at Ostendorf-Morris
Company where she assists with managing the global property database
and process management. She is finishing up a Master’s Degree at CSU
in the Urban Studies program. She is interested in joining the
Communications and Sponsorship Committees. She can be reached at
[email protected].
Elise McCoy is a Project Manager for Jones Lang LaSalle and is involved
with office and industrial space build out in the greater Cleveland area.
Before relocating back to Cleveland, Elise lived in NYC for many years,
working in commercial real estate in construction and design. She is very
interested in networking with other commercial real estate professionals.
She can be reached at 216-937-4383 or [email protected].
Tracy Ols was a long time CREW member who has reapplied for
membership. Tracy is Vice President of Property Accounting for
Ostendorf-Morris Company and has worked in asset/property
management in this position for 25 years. She can be reached at
[email protected].
Join a CREW Cleveland Committee!
Are you interested in becoming more involved? We have something for everyone.
Please consider joining one of our committees:
Join our group
on
Membership (contact Rebecca Ward at [email protected])
Programs & Professional Development (contact Jennie Church at
[email protected])
Community Outreach (contact Ndeda Letson at [email protected]
or Mikel Duffy at [email protected].
Sponsorship (contact Mary Porter at [email protected])
Communications (contact Bozana Lundberg at [email protected])
In the News.
Josephine (Jo) Wisniewski has a new job as Senior Commercial Portfolio Manager, Vice
President, in Institutional Commercial Real Estate at Huntington National Bank. Her new
contact info is [email protected] or 216-515-6278.
Madeline T. McGrane is now an associate at Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP in
their Real Estate & Environmental Practice Group. She can be reached at
[email protected] or 216.363.4419. Madeline is involved with our Chapter’s
Communications Committee including designing and managing event invitations.
CREW Cleveland Past Presidents donated $410 to CREW Network Foundation. CREW
Network Foundation is the only foundation dedicating its resources solely towards advancing
women in the commercial real estate industry. CREW Network Foundation is committed to
bringing more women into commercial real estate with programs that educate women and
girls about the career opportunities available to them and creating mentoring relationships for
those new to the industry.
CREW Cleveland Past President, Cyndie O’Bryon, was featured in the July 2003 issue of
CBC Magazine. Click here to read the feature.
CREW
Network.
ACE Welcomes CREW Mentors
By Ev e M os s, C R EW C lev eland M em ber
With more girls expressing an interest in ACE, local organizers are excited about the
participation of CREW members Debbie Feller, Lisa Averyhart and Eve Moss for the
2013-2014 school year. Several members are assigned to the James Ford Rhodes High
School where there are 42 participating students – approximately 50% female!
Founded in 1994, ACE (Architecture, Construction and Engineering) has reached more
than 60,000 students and awarded over $12 million in scholarships.
ACE has a
presence in more than 200 cities and is considered the industry's fastest-growing high
school mentoring program, reaching over 8,000 students annually. Many students
remain active alumni through scholarships, mentor relationships and employment
opportunities.
This year ACE Cleveland awarded $63,000 in scholarships to fourteen students at five
participating schools. Listen to how the ACE Mentor Program works:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yP2xSWHklvU
If you are interested in learning more,
please contact Eve Moss at [email protected] or visit the ACE website
www.acementor.org.
CREW Buzz.
Cyndie O'Bryon is now at NAI Daus where she will work as Senior VP, Office Division. For more information, see the announcement in the Herald Online.
http://bit.ly/176tVgZ
August
Lunch Dine Arounds
Executive Vice President at First Interstate Properties, Ltd. On August 13,
members could meet at Chinato in
In August, our chapter organized three
events in and around Cleveland to give
members the opportunity to network at
different locations. The program was
sponsored by CREW member, Sandy
R. Cameron Co., LPA. On August 7,
2013, members could meet at Hunan by
the Falls in Chagrin Falls and the program featured Chris A. Goodrich, P.E.,
downtown Cleveland and see Michael
Deemer, VP of Business Development
& Legal Services for Downtown Cleveland Alliance speak. On August 23,
members met at Mavis Winkles at
Crown Centre in Independence which
featured Jennifer Baus, Director of Development Project Management at NRP
Group LLC, as a speaker.