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COMMITTEE
FUNCTIONS
Communications - External
- Goal: "External" reporters
- communicators with the press
- In order to: obtain publicity
for CREW Washington DC (our brand) and its members to the real
estate community
- Strategies include:
- Obtain publicity (for the monthly programs)
- Search out and get publicity for our members in the news
- Search out and get articles written by our members
- Obtain publicity for the National convention and attendees
- Identify issues, organizations or developments in DC that
our members need to be aware of or participate in
Winona Leaman, Chair
GPI/Greenman-Pedersen, Inc.
Phone: 240-268-1846
E-mail: wleaman@gpinet.com

Communications - Internal
- Goal: "Internal" reporters
- communicators with the members
- In order to: create avenues of
communication that inform our members of what is going on with
CREW, and the networking happening among the members
- Strategies include:
- Oversee news
- Manage web site - utilize technology to communicate with our
members
- Search out and publicize/report on business opportunities
and networking stories among our members
- Search out and publicize CREW members who are "in the
news"
Pam Zandy, Chair
Monument Realty
Phone: 202-777-2013
E-mail: pzandy@monumentrealty.com

Community Action
- Goal: Outreach to our affiliated
charitable organizations that CREW supports
- In order to: plan, promote and
execute our charitable donations and events
- Strategies include:
- Identify charities that are in need of our support
- Coordinate activities to provide support to those organizations
- Publicize and promote our charities and charitable events
Caroline Kettering, Chair
Bond Beebe
Phone: 301-272-6000
E-mail: Kettering@bbcpa.com

Delegate
- Goal: Local liaison to CREW Network
- In order to: promote CREW Network
and its benefits and services on a local level
- Strategies include:
- Publicize strategic direction and benefits of CREW Network
on a local level
- Inform on issues and direction other chapters are taking
- Encourage cross communication and benefits between chapters
- Analyze CREW Network's resources and its benefits on a local
level
- Attend annual convention and delegate meetings to gather information
Bethany Allen
Monument Realty
Phone: 202-777-2026
E-mail: ballen@monumentrealty.com

Finance
- Goal: To protect CREW DC's financial
position
- In order to: To report to the
Treasurer and Board of Directors
- Strategies include:
- Preparing and monitoring the annual budget
- Reviewing and reporting CREW DC's financial position
- Paying bills
- Strategizing on investments and other ad hoc issues
- In keeping with our presidents 2010 theme of "Sharpening
Your Tools," we invite new members to join and glean from
and enhance our core body of purpose.
Michelle Miller, Chair
Tel: 202-752-0319
michelle_f_miller@fanniemae.com

Member Services/Networking
- Goal: Resource of services for
our members/ Provide "members only" business and educational
opportunities
- In order to: provide information
and services for our members to enhance the benefits of membership
in CREW/ create and promote opportunities for members to network
with one another in a more exclusive and smaller setting
- Strategies include:
- Create and monitor job bank- locally and nationally
- Provide data to the Committees on the "pulse" of
the membership through surveys, performance reviews and analyzation
- Promote and assemble CREW tables at major real estate events
- Study creating a mentoring program for our members
- Monthly networking events
- Dine arounds at restaurants and dinners at members' homes
- Roundtable discussions with senior industry leaders
- Building tours and social events
Anne B. Vinh, Co-Chair
Cassidy Turley
Phone: 202-463-1134
E-mail: Anne.Vinh@cassidyturley.com
Jenna Kirkpatrick Howard, Co-Chair
Lockton Companies, LLC
Phone : 202-414-2607
E-mail: jkhoward@lockton.com

Membership
- Goal: Outreach to prospective
members and new members to enhance the diversity of our membership
- In order to: attract and recruit
prospective, desirable members in the real estate community, and
to ensure that new members are welcomed and informed
- Goals include:
- Create and implement a targeted plan to reach out to prospective
new members (ensuring a cross section of the industry)
- Sell the features and benefits to prospective new members
- Ensure new members are continually welcomed and receive orientation
Bonnie Flippin, Chair
WorkSpaces LLC
Phone: 202-232-7460 ext 116
E-mail: flippin@workspacesllc.com

Programs
- Goal: Provide outstanding, cutting
edge and future reaching monthly programs of interest to the real
estate community
- In order to: create and promote
opportunities for members to learn and to network with other real
estate professionals
- Goals include:
- Keep a pulse on the membership and real estate industry for
desired program topics
- Recruit recognized, knowledgeable and charismatic speakers
- Ensure a pleasurable experience for all attendees and that
all the details are taken care of
- Work with Sponsorship committee to help sell program events
to appropriate organizations
Kathy Barlow, Chair
Marsh Inc.
Phone: 202-263-6736
E-mail: kathleen.t.barlow@marsh.com

Special Events
- Goal: Facilitate the annual real
estate awards reception and golf program.
- In order to: promote and recognize
achievements of women in commercial real estate; provide women
with the opportunity to learn and play golf in a stress-free atmosphere,
and to open up additional networking opportunities to our members.
- Strategies include:
- Develop criteria for an annual real estate award program
- Coordinate nominations and select jury for submissions
- Plan and execute a “kickoff event” for the golf program
- Coordinate a series of lessons for CREW members
- Produce the annual golf outing
- With the assistance of the Communications Committee, publicize
all of the events to generate interest and participation
Bari Nichols, Co-Chair
Lincoln Property Company
Phone: 202-513-6700
E-mail: bnichols@lpc.com
Jennifer Bognet, Co-Chair
Bognet Construction Associates, Inc.
Phone: 301-302-1269
Email: Jennifer.bognet@bognet.com

Sponsorship
- Goal: Offer marketing and publicity
opportunities within CREW for the real estate industry organizations
- In order to: raise money for
our organization in exchange for publicity and affiliation with
CREW
- Strategies include:
- Develop and implement yearly sponsorship campaign with MD
and NoVa CREW
- Develop and implement sponsorships of monthly programs
- Develop and implement sponsorships of tombstones in the newsletters
- Continue to look for and actively sell to companies we want
affiliated with CREW
Michelle R. Kilby, Chair
MKAssociates, Inc.
Tel: 540-428-3550
E-Mail: mkilby@mkassociates.com

CREW Foundation
- Goal: To encourage more women
to choose commercial real estate as a career by selecting, planning
and implementing CREW Foundation and CREW Network programs at
the chapter level, including fund-raising activities for the CREW
Foundation and CREW Network Scholarship Fund
- In order to: Educate female students
about the opportunities existingin commercial real estate, and
to introduce them to the networking opportunities available through
CREW as student members
Strategies include:
- Providing on-site UCREW programs at college and graduate
school campuses to introduce students to the career opportunities
in commercial real estate
- Providing formal and informal mentoring opportunities between
existing CREW DC members and students or recent graduate
- Providing information about the CREW Foundation Scholarship
Program and internship opportunities
- Providing information about student memberships within
CREW DC and other CREW Network chapters in their home cities
- Raising funds for the Scholarship Fund and selected other
CREW Foundation initiatives through chapter events
Jen Olson, Chair
K&G Project Management
Tel: 202-330-3993
Email: jennifer@kgpm.com

CREW CEO
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