KATYA SHABANOVA Cushman & Wakefield Toronto, ON
As vice-president of office leasing in the downtown office of Cushman & Wakefield, Katya Shabanova’s attention to detail, business awareness and hands-on strategic consulting approach allow her to provide valuable real estate services while building long-term client relationships. In 2017 and 2018, Shabanova was named one of Cushman & Wakefield’s top 50 producers across Canada and qualified for the President’s Round Table both years. She also received the SIOR Young Professional of the Year Award in 2017 based on her transactional experience, industry reputation and community involvement. Shabanova is an active member of Cushman & Wakefield’s Future Leaders Collaboration Committee and its Junior Achievement program. She is also a chair of Women Behaving Boldly, an annual event that supports the Peel Children’s Aid Foundation.
MARTA SPONDER
KAREN COX
Oakville, ON
Grey Highlands, ON
Marta Sponder has been working behind the scenes at the Oakville, Milton and District Real Estate Board for an incredible 42 years. As the board’s executive officer, Sponder calls on her expertise to help agents in one of Ontario’s most competitive and exclusive regions give their clients the most ethical and informative service they can.
A pillar of the real estate community for more than 25 years, Karen Cox is currently pulling double duty as the owner/broker of record at Sea &Ski Realty and as president of the Ontario Real Estate Association, a position that sees her interacting with the provincial government and other high-level decision-makers to raise the industry’s professional standards and build stronger communities across Ontario. Cox has a deep history with OREA – she won the group’s Volunteer of the Year Award in 2011, has been on its board of directors since 2015 and served as chair of its finance/audit committee for 2016–2017. While Cox is proud of the number of women in the industry, she says both the commercial sector and organized real estate would benefit from more female representation, noting that women “bring a different skill set to the table. They bring compassion and an understanding when assisting buyers and sellers in one of the largest financial decisions of their lives.”
Oakville, Milton and District Real Estate Board
NATALKA FALCOMER Groundworks Realty Services Toronto, ON
With the founding of Groundworks Realty Services, Natalka Falcomer combined her legal and entrepreneurial background with her passion for social justice to change the delivery of legal services in the commercial and residential leasing space. Her innovation in the field, tireless volunteer work and role as host of Rogers TV’s Toronto Speaks Legal Advice have brought Falcomer no shortage of acclaim. She has received the Real Estate Institute of Canada’s Education Award, the Bentall Kennedy Literary Award, the Patrick J. Harvey Memorial Award and the QuadReal Literary Award. A current REIC instructor, Falcomer was appointed the organization’s national director in 2019. She also serves in an executive development role with Chestnut Park Real Estate.
OREA/Sea & Ski Realty
www.repmag.ca
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