Matthew Ferrara & Company News

September 29, 2008

Amy Chorew, Senior National Instructor at Matthew Ferrara & Company, is featured in an article just published in Florida Realtor Magazine titled “Take Your Blog from Blah to Brilliant”. You can read the entire article here courtesy of floridarealtors.org.





Amy Chorew, Senior National Instructor at Matthew Ferrara & Company, has made the Top 50 in Active Rain’s “Top 100 Most Influential Women in Real Estate”.


Here is the article, courtesy of Inman News.


Top 100 Most Influential Women in Real Estate Leadership for 2008
Posted in Real Estate Trends By Stefan Swanepoel, Monday, September 29, 2008.

Nine months ago when the 2008 edition of the Swanepoel Trends Report was published, the demographics that included women, youth and minorities were identified as key drivers in the future of the residential real estate brokerage industry. In the Trend titled “Shattered Glass” it was detailed how many women had reached leadership positions at national levels.

My subsequent blog on ActiveRain lit the match to initiate a nationwide flame in search of the Top 100 Most Influential Women in leadership roles in the Real Estate Industry.

The post attracted 11,000 views and resulted in 3,460 respondents casting 6,099 votes. Wow!!

Here are the Top 25 in alphabetical order:

Ann Defries
Avis Wukasch
Barbara Corcoran
Blanche Evans
Bonnie Mays
Danielle Kennedy
Dorcas Helfant-Browning
Ebby Halliday
Gail Liniger
Helen Hanna-Casey
Joeann Fossland
Judy Ladeur
Kelli Todd
Laurie Janick
Leslie Appleton-Young
Margaret Kelly
Mary Frances Burleson
Mary Tennant
Michael Saunders
Mo Anderson
Niki Rapattoni
Rita Santamaria
Sharon Millett
Susie Hale
Virginia Cook

The Top 50 (in alphabetical order) are:

Adorna Carroll
Amy Chorew
Andy Capelluto
Ann Bailey
Anne Randolph
Barb Schwarz
Bernice Ross
Carla Cross
Cathy Whatley
Darity Wesley
Dianna Kokoszka
Dottie Herman
Frances Flynn Thorsen
Kaira Sturdivant Rouda
Kim Ades
Laurie Moore-Moore
Lenn Harley
Marilyn Wilson
Pam O’Connor
Pat Vredevoogd Combs
Patti Kouri
Shari Chase
Sherry Chris
Terry Murphy
Vicki Cox

Though the survey was not billed as warranting scientific rigidity, the tremendous response rate and distribution of over 6,000 votes speaks to a strength in collective wisdom about the relative placement of the most influential women in the Top 100 list.

Bios and photos of the Top 50 can be viewed here

Congratulations to all.

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