YESTERDAY WITH NYCREW, NRC & YREBNY

Lady Liberty inspires, but when Bisnow needs motivation, we seek a room full of women of achievement. We dropped by GE Real Estate yesterday morning to hear Deloitte vice chair of real estate Dorothy Albert address NYCREW at the network’s first of three summer breakfast series on “Leading Ladies of New York Real Estate.”
Dorothy (bottom, center) with NYCREW board members, clockwise: Eurohypo AG’s Jo Hastings, Fidelity National Title’s Isabelle Pullis, GE’s Kathleen Carey, prez-elect Sharon Khurdan, and prez Liz Muskat of Ferzan, Robbins & Associates. In ’82, Dorothy thought the easy part would be graduating and finding a job, not realizing how bad unemployment was (worse than today). At the event, she chronicled her career, from the development team at Jersey City’s Harborside in the late ‘80s to her rise to the top at Deloitte, even after being told she would only be kept for the short-term.
Of course, no good story is without gratuitous roadbumps (well, that’s what Lifetime and Hallmark movies tell us). Her takeaway? Don’t be afraid to take risks and stretch outside your comfort zone; the best time to look for opportunity is when you’re at your peak and not complacent; and, help each other. You need both inside and outside perspectives with your “personal board of directors.”
(More photos)

Continue reading this story with a free account

Log in or register
Sign up for more articles like this
Subscribe to Bisnow's New York Newsletters
Related Stories

Bally's Lines Up $560M Loan For Bronx Casino: The N.Y. Deal Sheet

Data Center Spills 5,000 Gallons Of Fuel Into New Jersey River

Historic Brooklyn Hotel To Be Turned Into Ritz-Carlton-Branded Condos

Downtown Atlanta Improvement Group Picks Food Bank Chief As Next Leader

Trump's DEI Crackdown Is Creating New Risks For Landlords That Lease To The Government

Taconic Partners Sheds Another NYC Life Sciences Property

Oxford Properties' U.S. Investment Head On Why It's Buying Office Again — And Where

Brandon Johnson Seeks Second Term Amid Strained CRE Relationship

25 Years After 9/11, Lower Manhattan Is Finally Firing On All Cylinders

Tishman Speyer Seeks $92M Tax Break For Next Hudson Yards Office Tower

Former CBRE Exec Suing Brokerage Giant Over Age Discrimination, Whistleblower Complaint

D.C. Investor Behind The Stacks Swaps CEO For First Time In 25 Years