15 Things You Need to Know This Morning

Title: SVP and Director of Management Services, Virginia, Transwestern.
Photo: On ferry to Bainbridge Island in Puget Sound, attending 2015 CREW National Convention.
Job: Responsible for over 7M SF of office, industrial, flex and retail in NoVa; expert in value-add renovation. 
Years on the job: 15.
Memorable project: On the team that developed and opened Randolph Square in Shirlington–190k SF office building leased to Patent & Trademark Office. Intense coordination between several owners, GSA and PTO to move over 600 employees. Included installation of “black” wire, a secure communications line used only by government. 
Current project: Almost done moving Transwestern's Virginia office to new location at Tysons One Place. Creating a re-energized image for Transwestern in mid-Atlantic.
Grew up: Oyster Bay, NY.
Current home: Annandale.
School: Trinity University–studied political science.
First job: Meat wrapper in butcher department of A&P. 
Job in another life: Bed & breakfast owner and writer.
Daily habit: 35 minutes on treadmill, breakfast with husband and read Bisnow and The Skimm. 
Favorite app: Waze.
Favorite TV series: Sex and the City.
Favorite restaurants: Bleu Provence in Naples, FL and L’ilot Vache in Paris.
Favorite music: The Eagles and Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band.
Favorite vacation spots: Naples, FL and Nags Head, NC.
Guilty pleasure: Vanilla ice cream with chocolate sauce.
Bucket list: Live in a small town in France for one summer to cook, travel and drink wine. 
Family: Married to Chris Spitz 11 years; blended family of two girls, two boys and daughter-in-law.
Hobbies: Reading, travel, cooking, wine and golf.
Startling fact: On a mission to visit every state, with five left to go: Alaska, Oklahoma, Alabama, North and South Dakota.