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The Last Word: Marc Intermaggio Women Leaders Drive BOMA A guest approached me after our recent annual meeting and remarked how impressed she was by our cadre of women in leadership positions. Used to be that BOMA might have stood for Bald Old Men of America. Not anymore — and surely not at BOMA San Francisco! As more and more women have entered various disciplines of commercial real estate, property and asset management have certainly benefited. So too, has BOMA San Francisco. To wit: Sandra Boyle chairs the board of the BOMA San Francisco Foundation and its newest industry-changing endeavor — to identify, train, recruit and diversify commercial real estate’s future workforce. Sandra also happens to have been BOMA San Francisco’s first woman president, elected in 1995. Other women presidents have included Marsha Ramsey, Lisa Vogel, Kathy Mattes, Kirsten Walraven, Margot Crosman, Anne Hinz, and of course our immediate past president, Sarah MacIntyre. Newly elected president Blake Peterson continues the tradition of women leaders at BOMA San Francisco. Other women presently serving on our board include Elizabeth Trowbridge, Deborah Boyer, and Tawni Sullivan. Tawni is also vice chair of the BOMA San Francisco Foundation.
Other women serving on our Foundation board include Michelle Funkhouser, Marsha Ramsey and Linda Oubre. But wait—there’s more! Kathy Mattes chairs BOMA’s Leadership Development and Nominating Committee. She also chairs BOMA’s Political Action Committee. Nicole Dubee chairs our Careers in Real Estate Committee; Christine Mann chairs our Education Committee, with Amber Miller serving as vice chair of that committee. Our Energy and Environment Committee is chaired by Jenna Hattersley, and is vice-chaired by both Jessica Handy and Laurie Rummelhart. Lynn Tolin is vice chair of our Government Affairs Policy Advisory Committee. Stefanie Medious chairs our Membership Services Committee. Brooke Barnecut now chairs our Young Professionals Committee, and Julie Venegas is vice chair. The immediate past chair of the YP group is Alyssa Freeman, who notably was selected Principal Member of the Year for 2014! Let’s not forget the BOMA Staff— where able women provide stellar service. LaMata Lewis is Director of Accounting, Akiba Davis is Education Coordinator, Tory Brubaker is Member Services Director, and Nicole Cui serves as Office Operations Manager. Look around at any BOMA San Francisco event, and most likely you’ll observe at least half of the participants are women. It should be no surprise that women serve in quite a few leadership roles within our Association. They have undoubtedly enriched BOMA San Francisco’s community of commercial property professionals and have helped keep BOMA San Francisco relevant to the needs of its members! Marc Intermaggio, CAE, is the Executive Vice President of BOMA San Francisco. BOMA women leaders at last year’s BOMA holiday party. From top: Stefanie Medious and Sarah MacIntyre; Michelle Funkhouser; Anne Hinz and Deborah Boyer.