2025 Women in Real Estate (Sample) by Discover Luxury Homes Magazine

WOMEN IN REAL ESTATE

Laura Roche & Shana Spitzer

Eliisa Stowell

Janelle File

Rebecca Anderson

Cammie Boehm

Jody Chapman

Stephanie Peterson

Brenda McCroskey

Adrienne Brandes

WOMEN IN REAL ESTATE

Alison McCormick

Katie Machoskie

Leslie Thompson

Pam Spruce

Tara McNabb

Carol Lee

Stephanie Lowe

Jennifer Thomas

Heather Kidder

WOMEN IN REAL ESTATE

Kristin Halton

Kim Bibb

Laurie Eastman

Cammie Boehm

Janice Arrigo & Patty Presson

Denine Kerns

Maryam Samini

Jenna Downes

Ann Ackerman

WOMEN IN REAL ESTATE

This is our 5th Anniversary issue of Women in Real Estate. It is by far our most popular issue. Most of the women paticipating in this issue have done so every year for the last five years.

Why Advertise in the Women in Real Estate Issue?

Advertising in the Women in Real Estate special issue is a unique opportunity to position yourself as a standout professional in your local market. This edition highlights accomplished women in the industry, connecting you with readers who value female-led expertise in real estate. By featuring your profile, you not only

Beautiful Layouts

Women in Real Estate offers professional layouts designed to strengthen your brand and appeal to affluent buyers.

Distribution

Women in Real Estate is direct-mailed to some of the most affluent home homeowners in Orange County. Every participant receives two copies. You may receive 10 copies for $20

enhance your credibility but also align with a respected movement of women excelling in the field. Direct-mailed, this magazine places your name and brand before potential clients, fostering trust and creating a lasting impression. It’s an effective, strategic way to grow and strengthen your brand.

Interactive Digital Copy

When the magazine is printed you will receive a free interactive digital copy for your personl use. This copy will be linked to your website, Faceboo, Instagram, Linlkedin and “X.“ This will be a .pdf file that you can email to your clients and other interrested persons. You will also receive a jpeg file of the cover and your profile inside for posting to any social media that you wish. Please tag us when you post.

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I have advertised several times in the Women in Real Estate issue. It is very professional and I received a lot of response from my profile. I would highly recommend this publication. - Leslie Thompson, Compass

Distribution of Covers

We publish (3) different versions of our covers. This will give 27 participants the opportunity to be on the cover of the magazine. The covers are then mailed to different areas, including Lido Isle, Port Streets, Newport Coast, Crystal Cove, Corona Del Mar, Balboa Penninsula and Emerald Bay. Although the covers are different your profile inside the magazine will be in every issue we distribute. You may purchase placement one or multiple covers. There is a discount for multiple cover placements.

Reasonable Pricing

Pages 2 & 3: (2-page spread only)

Pages 4 to 9: (2-page spread only)

The Importance of Client Relations

We have been publishing Discover Magazine since 2019. We could not have done this without the support of our regular and steady clients. We treat everyone with respect and many of our clients have now become friends. We say this to let you know that we realize the fact that, without our clients, there is no us. Accordingly, we will do whatever we can to make you happy and take of your needs.

Janelle File

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Janelle File is the principal agent at The File Group at Compass and a trusted real estate advisor with over 20 years of experience. Leading The File Group with her husband, Brandon Goethals, Janelle has worked hard to establish The File Group as one of the highest-producing teams in the area, renowned for providing unparalleled client service and a luxury experience that exceeds expectations. Janelle’s honesty, integrity, and relationship-driven approach to client service ensure complete satisfaction and immaculate results.

With a background in business and marketing, Janelle brings a wealth of expertise to her real estate career. Her decades of experience include roles as Director of Special Events at Fashion Island and Director of Sales and Marketing at the Irvine Spectrum Center, where she used her marketing expertise to increase center-wide sales by over 150%. Prior to real estate sales, she developed a successful real estate appraisal firm, earning a stellar reputation for her appraisal skills and working with major lending corporations across Southern California.

Having surpassed half a billion dollars in team sales, The File Group now operates from their own office (aptly named “Sea Diem”) in Corona del Mar. Janelle and Brandon are proud to be deeply integrated in the CdM community, where they work, live, raise their children, and actively support local schools, businesses, and events. Like the team’s devotion to supporting the local community, Janelle’s dedication to her clients is a testament to her unwavering commitment to excellence in real estate and

Shana Spitzer Laura Roche

Shana Spitzer and Laura Roche are a dynamic duo that partnered over 12 years ago to form the Spitzer Roche Team. With over 32 years of combined real estate experience, Spitzer’s background in interior design combined with Roche’s commercial real estate savvy makes them a force to be reckoned with in the residential marketplace.

Selling coastal properties at all price points from Newport Beach to Corona del Mar, Newport Coast, Laguna Beach, Huntington Beach, Costa Mesa and beyond, Spitzer and Roche treat each client as if they were their only client. As a team, clients have the tireless work of two agents strategizing, marketing, and positioning their properties to achieve maximum value. When it comes to working with their buyers, they leave no stone unturned finding their clients the perfect home, not only looking for properties on the market, but those off market with the extensive relationships they have built with fellow real estate agents. From identifying homes, to negotiations and follow through even past closing day, buyers are 100 percent taken care of by the Spitzer Roche Team. This is why 95% of their business consists of referrals and repeat clients.

“Now more than ever, buyers and sellers need an experienced agent working for them to navigate our low inventory marketplace and multiple offers—they need an advocate,” says Spitzer.

They always advise potential new clients to visit their website to review their client testimonials. “Hearing the words of past client experiences is the best compliment we strive to achieve and a testament to who we are,” says Roche.

WORDS FROM THE PUBLISHER

You have now decided to sell your home. The memories are deep, the kids probably grew up there, and it is never an easy thing to do. Now all you have to do is find the perfect Realtor to guide you through the process of getting the house ready to sell, placing it on the market at the right time, and in the hands of the right buyer.

With home buyers and sellers having literally thousands of Realtors to choose from in Orange County, how do you begin to find the right agent to handle your home? This is an extremely important decision, maybe even one of the most important ones you will ever make, and you need an agent that knows the market, the local seasonal swings, has great negotiation skills and knows how to price your home just right to make it move. What to do? Don’t stress. The ladies in this Women in Real Estate issue can help.

We have carefully gathered some of the best women Realtors in Orange County to help in your time of need. Each Realtor presented in this issue is a true professional with years, and in some cases, decades of hard-earned experience and, most importantly, countless sales in the local Luxury Real Estate Market. The agents presented here know how and when to sell or buy, they know how to get top dollar for your home, they have files containing potential buyers, great local connections, and an experienced staff to get the job done efficiently and right.

If you are planning to buy or sell a home along the Orange County coastline within the next year, the experienced Realtors in this special issue of our magazine are true professionals worth your serious consideration.

Christopher Scott

CEO & Publisher

REAL ESTATE WOMEN IN

24 | Michelle Q. Linovitz

24 | Brenda McCroskey

24 | Spitzer Roche Team

24 | AJ Olson Whitfield

24 | Alison McCormick

24 | Kimberlee Drake 24

Leslie Thompson

24 | Jody Chapman

24 | Rebecca Anderson

24 | Katie Machoskie

24 | Pam Spruce

24 | Eliisa Stowell

Michelle Q. Linovitz

COLDWELL BANKER REALTY

As the founding principal of the Michelle Q. Linovitz Real Estate Group, Michelle is recognized as a trailblazer in luxury real estate and a top agent of the entire Coldwell Banker Newport Beach division. Her team is widely known as some of the most trusted and knowledgeable experts in the area with an unwavering commitment to top-tier service. The team boasts an impeccable track record yielding over $500M in career sales and some of the area’s most exceptional luxury property offerings, including some of the highest sale records for Newport Coast and Newport Beach.

Michelle is a Newport Beach native and is considered a specialist on the area. Her clients have come to depend on her signature brand of personalized service, marketplace knowledge, as well as her remarkable ability to negotiate record-setting outcomes. Michelle works diligently to prioritize her clients’ longterm satisfaction, recognizing that her services could leave an impact far beyond the scope of any one transaction. Her genuine concern for her clients’ most important objectives has created lasting relationships with extraordinary trust. On many occasions, Michelle has privately

negotiated transactions involving properties not offered on the open market.

Above all else, Michelle and her team are determined to facilitate an experience as successful and memorable as it is rewarding for the parties involved, no matter how ambitious the goal at hand. Whether you are thinking of buying or selling, or simply have questions regarding the market, Michelle would love the opportunity to sit down with you and discuss how she and her team can support you and deliver the results you deserve.

AJ Olson Whitfield

EQTY | FORBES GLOBAL PROPERTIES

AJ Olson Whitfield, a prominent figure in Orange County’s real estate market, distinguishes herself not only with an impressive sales track record, surpassing $200 million in career transactions, but also by offering clients a distinctive value proposition rooted in her construction expertise. Commencing her career in 2009, AJ has built a sterling reputation for delivering unmatched client service, demonstrating extensive market knowledge, fostering an elite network, and consistently achieving top-tier results for her clientele.

Beyond her triumphs in sales, AJ actively engages in various new construction ventures, collaboratively completing four projects with her husband. This hands-on involvement provides her with invaluable insights into planning, construction, and design. AJ’s comprehension of the building process positions her as a strategic advisor, guiding clients to enhance property values.

AJ’s commitment to value addition extends beyond mere sales transactions. Whether offering advice on design elements for heightened aesthetic appeal or insights

into cost-effective renovations, her construction and design expertise tailors solutions aligned with clients’ objectives. Residing in Eastside Costa Mesa with her family, AJ is not merely a real estate expert but an engaged community member, actively participating in the Newport Harbor Yacht Club and the Big Canyon Country Club. AJ’s fusion of real estate acumen with construction proficiency establishes her as a versatile professional, setting the gold standard for service and success in Orange County’s fiercely competitive real estate market.

Kristin Halton

DOUGLAS ELLIMAN

As a resident of Newport Beach and a seasoned real estate leader within the community, Kristin Halton lends more than 23-years of award-winning expertise and impeccable attention to detail to buyers and sellers alike throughout the prestigious coastal communities of Orange County. Her proactive, backto-basics approach, combined with her genuine passion for real estate, has garnered her an impressive portfolio of clients that appreciate her thinkingoutside-of-the-box strategy. “I am a firm believer in excellence in action. In today’s

fast-paced market it’s all about the hustle.” noted Kristin. “Our clients appreciate our local market knowledge and experience. Our team process is upheld to a high level of dedication and communication throughout the home buying and selling process to ensure our cliente receive the finest experience possible. She is ranked among the top-producing agents nationwide and is in the top 1% of agents in Orange County. “Working together, my team is able to find properties for clients when there seems to be nothing available”, added Kristin. “We often sell

properties before they hit the market, and gain the highest net in the shortest amount of time for our sellers”. One thing she’s most proud of is their team’s program, The Halton Heart. After each home sale, a portion of the proceeds is donated to one of 7 local charities, all 7 charities are hand selected by the team and are near and dear to each members heart. To date, The Halton Heart has donated more than $75,000 and during Kristin’s free time she volunteers with many organizations, always remaining committed member in her community.

Maryam Samini

COMPASS

Maryam is an agent of choice for clients seeking expert luxury real estate representation throughout coastal Orange County. Her proven track record for successfully navigating even the most complex transactions to her client’s best advantage has earned her an impressive roster of loyal repeat and referral clients, and a sterling reputation in the industry.

Maryam leverages her expertise in law and business to guide her high-net-worth clients seamlessly through the process of buying or selling their homes. In addition

to her exceptional client service and communication skills, she is a skilled and formidable negotiator, with an advanced understanding of contract law and the finer points of property transactions.

Prior to her career in luxury real estate, Maryam enjoyed success as a law professor, department chair, and director of education for a collegiate institution. She also spent years holding high-level positions in executive management, banking, and the legal and financial sectors.

As a Newport Beach resident for over two decades and a mother of two children, Maryam is actively involved in her community and understands the important nuances of her client’s desired locations and the specific qualities of every neighborhood in Coastal Orange County. She is also an active supporter of a wide range of charitable and philanthropic causes, including National Charity League and 360° Miracle For Kids. She has also been recognized by the City of Long Beach for co-founding and directing a pro-bono legal clinic.

Stephanie Lowe Group

COMPASS

For the past two decades, it has been my pleasure to serve as a Realtor in my hometown of Newport Beach, and to help my clients successfully buy and sell properties there and all over coastal Orange County.

I love what I do, and it’s been such a privilege to get to know so many families from near and far, and to earn not only their trust, but their friendship, too.

Over the past few years I’ve assembled a remarkable team of highly dedicated

professionals who share my values and my passion for this business: Shellsy Ashen, Dana Strader, Kim Varenchik, Betsy Gould, and Kate Paulino.

These wonderful women are truly knowledgeable about the neighborhoods and lifestyle here, and are as committed as I am to providing every one of our clients with the focus, integrity and sterling personal service they’ve come to expect. Each of us brings a unique set of skills and experiences to the table, ensuring our clients are in great hands at every turn for a

smooth transaction.

My team members and I are all involved in many of our local community organizations, including Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of Orange County, Patrick’s Purpose Foundation, Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders (UCI MIND), the National League of Young Men, the Segerstorm Center for the Arts, and the Surfrider Foundation. On behalf of all of us here at the Stephanie Lowe Group, thank you!

Katie Machoskie

COMPASS

Katie Machoskie is touring homes with a client when she takes an unexpected turn that saves 10 minutes. “Locals-only lane” she quips. When it comes to buying a home, there’s nothing like local’s-only knowledge. Katie is a native Californian and UCLA graduate, with over 21 years of experience selling over $1.23 billion worth of homes. Recognized as one of Orange County’s most dedicated, straight-talking and ethical real estate professionals, Katie has built a solid team of agents with expertise in new construction, custom builds, investment properties, first time home buyers, sales

due to death or divorce, and professional athlete relocation. Her team members are neighborhood experts for specific OC areas, and many are bilingual, speaking Mandarin, Cantonese, Arabic, Spanish, and Russian.

Katie is the OC representative of The Private Client Network, a national team of Compass agents that sold over $8.4 Billion. She is the founder of KT’s@COMPASS, a networking group of COMPASS agents named Katie. “I’m so proud of this group--it’s an exceptional community of highly successful, intelligent, caring, supportive women.” She is a 6AMER,

a group that promotes mind-body health for agents, and a regular at Retreats, sales meeting panelist. Building relationships with other agents has created a vast referral network where Katie is able to match relocating clients with a local expert.

Fun fact? Katie is a published children’s author! She is active in her community as the president of the CDM Girls Volleyball Foundation, Secretary of an HOA board, and was a soccer coach, a Girl Scout leader and a volunteer for her children’s schools for 19 years.

Cindy Johnson

Luxury Homes Company

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Luxury Homes Company

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Luxury Homes Company

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