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CREW Pittsburgh Annual Golf Outing - September, 2010

Roger Valente is the first male to join CREW Pittsburgh - April 16, 2010

Allegheny County Chief Executive and Current Candidate for Pennsylvania Governor Dan Onorato Speaks at CREW Lunch Program - March 13, 2010

CREW Pittsburgh Announces 2010 Board of Directors - February 4, 2010

CREW Pittsburgh's Economic Forecast Event Features George Cornelius, Secretary of the Commonwealth of PA Department of Community & Economic Development
September 29, 2009

CREW Network is pleased to announce the winners of the 2009 CREW Network Scholarship Program.
The Scholarship Selection Committee was once again faced with the very difficult task of selecting only 10 of the extraordinary women who applied for the 2009 scholarship program. To learn more about the recipients, read the Scholar Overviews.  August 24, 2009.
 
CREW Pittsburgh 7th Annual Golf Classic, August 17, 2009

CREW Pittsburgh Foundation awarded first volunteer with the President's Service Award,
May 20, 2009: More info here 

CREW Pittsburgh 2009 Board of Directors, January 19, 2009
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Christine Dolfi, an attorney with Keevican Weiss Bauerle & Hirsch LLC
Christina Bucciero, an associate with CB Richard Ellis
Lisa Fiumara , an associate with CB Richard Ellis
 


Laura Simon, a Realtor with Coldwell Banker Real Estate Services
Kathryn A. Jolley a Principal with DRS Architects, Inc.

Kristyn Mitchell, a Environmental Project Specialist with Professional Service Industries (PSI)
Diana Lynn, a Broker/Manager with One80 Real Estate Services LLC

Natalie Abel, Vice President of Sales, Energy Savers, Inc. (Energy Services Consultant)
Susan Lesczynski, Broker of Record with Walnut Capital
Jennifer Danquist, dir. of business development for Marco Contractors, Inc.
Patricia Sommers with  First Niagara Bank
Kris Volpatti, Vice President, First Niagara Bank has rejoined CREW
Judy Hannon, Senior Vice President, TriState Capital Bank
Brenda Costa, a Project Geologist with Moody & Associates
 Sara Uhl, a project scientist with KU Resources, Inc.
Rosina Scalamogna, a Property Manager with Washington Plaza
Laura Stone, an Attorney/Shareholder with Babst, Calland, Clements & Zomnir, PC
Roger Valente, a Vice President with The Junkmen (first local male member)

Linda Shaner, a Vice President with S&T Bank

Kristen Storms, an associate with K&L Gates

Krista-Ann Staley, an associate with Babst, Calland, Clements & Zomnir, PC

Erica Steele, an attorney with Babst, Calland, Clements & Zomnir, PC

Carol Wood, a sales rep with McCarls Services
Cindy Hawk, Director of Real Estate with Thorp, Reed & Armstrong, LLP
Meagan Moore, a leasing manager at Gateway Center
Dani Kazienko, a senior advisor at CresaPartners
Kristine Ritter Wilhelm, a marketing associate with The Rubinoff Company

 

CREW Pittsburgh and CREW Pittsburgh Foundation Agree to Dissolve Formal Ties (January, 2010)
 

CREW Pittsburgh and CREW Pittsburgh Foundation have mutually agreed to end their seven-year association. The Foundation’s proposal to separate was unanimously approved by the Board of Directors of CREW Pittsburgh at a November meeting. The decision became effective on January 1, 2010. The announcement was made at CREW Pittsburgh's Annual Holiday party by Foundation Outreach Coordinator, Eileen Iorio (pictured at the left with CREW Pittsburgh president, Maureen Ford). 

The Foundation will now be known as the Satchels of Caring Foundation.

"The strength of the Foundation has been the commitment of CREW members both physical and financial," said Heather J. Knuth, Outreach Director of the Foundation. "We want all CREW members to know how important their participation has been, and we encourage their ongoing involvement."

The approval by the CREW Pittsburgh Board is based in part on the results of a recent survey of the membership concerning the strategic goals and future direction of the chapter.

The separation will enable the Satchels of Caring Foundation to broaden its management team by reaching out to committed individuals who are not CREW Pittsburgh members and who have loyally supported the Foundation over the years. It will also enable CREW Pittsburgh to focus on its core mission of advancing and empowering women within the commercial real estate industry, and to concentrate its efforts and resources on programs like UCREW and CREW Careers.

To stay in touch with the Satchels of Caring Foundation and our new venture, please check out our new website at www.satchelsofcaring.org for updates or call 412/201-2664.  Also note that our new Satchels of Caring Foundation mailing address is PO Box 644 Bridgeville, PA 15017.
 


CREW Pittsburgh President-elect Cynthia Kamin, CB Richard Ellis, wrote an article regarding the Apartment market in Pittsburgh that was recently published in the Apartment Housing Finance Magazine.  Click here to read the article.  (posted 11/2010)

CREW Member Rose Bauman, a sales consultant with Continental Office Environments, is proud to announce the grand opening of Office Furniture Closeouts, October 11th-15th at 700 E. Waterfront Dr. in Homestead. The new facility will be open M-F from 8am-5pm and feature both new and used office furniture at the lowest closeout prices. Call 412/368-4114 to learn more.

Through her involvement with the local chapter of the National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC), CREW Member Maureen Sweeney, a partner with Blumling & Gusky, LLP, is helping to coordinate the local NAWIC Annual BLOCK KIDS 2010 contest on November 7th. During the event, which is open to all children in grades 1-6, each child will have one hour to build a construction industry related project with only 100 mega blocks and up to three of the following: a rock, piece of string, piece of aluminum foil or a piece of paper. The local winner’s project will be submitted to a regional competition by March 2nd, and regional winners will later be judged in a national competition on April 30, 2011. For more information on contest applications or volunteer opportunities, please contact Maureen at 412/227-2500 or msweeney@blumlinggusky.com. (posted 10/2010)

Pepper Real Estate Team Joins Reed Smith. Reed Smith welcomes a prestigious team of Real Estate lawyers and paralegals to its Pittsburgh office. The four partners, three associates and four paralegals come to Reed Smith from the Pittsburgh office of Pepper Hamilton.

The group is led by Dusty Elias Kirk, who served on Pepper’s Executive Committee and co-chaired its real estate practice. With more than 160 real estate lawyers in 22 offices worldwide, Reed Smith offers a full-service real estate practice for clients. Members of the group advise on all types of real estate transactions, and are recognized for their experience in acting on behalf of investors, developers, lenders and corporate clients.

Please update your contact info for these CREW Pittsburgh members on the team:

Dusty Elias Kirk, Partner – 412 288 5720; dkirk@reedsmith.com
Sharon F. DiPaolo, Partner – 412 288 5723; sdipaolo@reedsmith.com
Michelle L. Cindrich, Paralegal – 412 288 3012; mcindrich@reedsmith.com

Reed Smith LLP · Reed Smith Centre · 225 Fifth Avenue · Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Kristen B. Pleasants, Vice President in Investment Real Estate Lending, First National Bank, was selected as one of CPE’s Stars to Watch: Rising CRE Leaders 25 by Commercial Property Executive Magazine. CPE evaluated rising leaders from around the industry and selected 10 top performers— investors, developers, financiers, brokers and others aged 40 and under—that are already making important contributions, with promise of more to come.

Kristen’s advice to others: Work hard, be smart, build networks and play on your strengths. "In most cases, you get out far more than you put in." Read more in the April 2010 issue of CPE.

Congratulations to CREW Member Peggy L. Carpenter, president and owner of CP Environmental Group, Inc. (CPEG), on being named one of Pittsburgh’s top Women in Business.  This is the second year of the Pittsburgh Business Times’ Awards celebrating 25 outstanding women who have each made extraordinary contributions to our community. Read more in our newsletter.

One of CREW Pittsburgh's newest members, Kristen Pleasants, a vice president with Wachovia Corporation was recently featured in CP Executive as one of CREW Network's 20 Under 40 women from throughout the commercial real estate industry as part of the 20th anniversary celebration at the Convention & Market Place in Boston. Read More here. (Kristen has recently relocated to Pittsburgh and is now working as a vice president at First National Bank).

CREW Member Jessica Jarosz, an associate with NAI Pittsburgh Commercial, is proud to work at the the number one best place to work in Western Pennsylvania.  According to an online study of employee satisfaction conducted by The Pittsburgh Business Times in order to identify the 72 Best Places to Work, NAI Pittsburgh Commercial not only received the rating of the number one (#1) Best Places to Work in the small company division (the largest of the three categories), but they were also the number one (#1) of the overall Best Places to Work in Western Pennsylvania. PBT Subscribers can read more here.