Though not a broker or landlord herself, Rosemary Scanlon has a significant impact on the tristate area’s real estate market and will for years to come. As dean of New York University’s Schack Institute of Real Estate, Ms. Scanlon over-sees three master’s programs, a continuing education program and intensive weeklong summer sessions for flocks of future New York brokers.

Starting her career as an econ-omist, Ms. Scanlon spent years working with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey be-fore serving as New York State deputy comptroller from 1993 to 1997. She joined Schack in 2000 as a professor after two years as a researcher at the London School of Economics, and became dean of the institute in 2011.

As comptroller, Ms. Scanlon learned the ebb and flow of New York’s business cycles and econo-my and gained an understanding of how the real estate industry behaves during those changes. “It is the fiber of New York,” she said of the industry.

At the moment, Ms. Scanlon is bullish about the state of the New York market, given the relatively strong position of the commer-cial, retail and residential sectors. Even during a sluggish economic recovery, the city has found itself healthy, with developments in Midtown West, lower Manhattan and Downtown Brooklyn. “It’s really astounding to see what’s going on, and I think we’ll see a lot more in the Bronx,” she said.

“There are more women in our program than ever before,” Ms.

Scanlon said. New Schack grad-uates are emerging with a lot of confidence, and the women among them are armed with the same expertise as the boys. “I think that the qualifications and the skills will really matter.” —Karsten Strauss

Rosemary Scanlon, New York University Schack InstituteDepartmental Dean

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Jessica LoweryCushman & Wakefield

Director, Corporate Finance and Investment Banking

Year joined: 2005Awarded REBNY’s 2011 Most

Ingenious Deal of the Year for the leasing of 1 World Trade Center.

Danielle MancusoCBRE

Real Estate Event ManagerYear joined: 2010

CBRE’s national events manager, and a recipient of the CBRE Think

Big Award for her work on the 2011 Americas Summit.

Ann Marie LynchStudley

Senior Vice President, Professional Development

Year joined: 2005Member of NYCREW, served on the

CREW National Leadership Education Committee in 2010 and 2011.

Jane MarshallForest City Ratner Companies

Senior Vice President, Commercial and Residential

DevelopmentYear joined: 1995

Oversees the development of 1.6 mil-lion square feet of commercial space.

Katherine MahonCassidy Turley

Vice President, BrokerageYear joined: 2010

Oversees tristate region broker-age operations.

Jamie MasonABS Partners Real Estate LLC

Director of Marketing and Research

Year joined: 2012Has developed diverse set of skills as a marketing and re-

search team member.

Helen McCarthyCushman & Wakefield

Senior Associate, BrokerageYear joined: 2011

Clients include Hearst Corporation, Getty Images and

ULM Holding Corporation.

Kelli MeklesCushman & Wakefield

Director, Strategic Agency Services

Year joined: 2011Handles three buildings for the Malkin

portfolio: 112 West 34th Street, 250 57th Street and 501 Seventh Avenue.

Shawna MenifeeJones Lang LaSalle

Executive Vice PresidentYear joined: 2011

Clients include Black Enterprise magazine, Ariel Capital and the

U.S. Fund for UNICEF.

Veronica MainettiSorgente Group of America

PresidentYear joined: 2004

Came to New York to earn a mas-ter’s in architectural design and stayed on to manage Sorgente’s

U.S. holdings.

Christy MazzolaKasowitz, Benson, Torres &

Friedman LLPLaw Clerk

Year joined: 2012Experienced in joint ventures, in-vestment sales and acquisitions, developments, leasing and real-

estate-related litigation matters.

Patrice MeagherCBRE

First Vice PresidentYear joined: 2007

Represents institutional and entrepreneurial owners in struc-

turing lease transactions and developing real estate strategies.

Jasmine MeleMassey Knakal Realty Services

HR ManagerYear joined: 2005

Received Annual Robert A. Knakal Chairman’s Award in

2010.

Gayle MeredithCassidy Turley

Chief Marketing OfficerYear joined: 2010

Active member of several real estate organizations including

CoreNet Global and CREW.