Woman of the Year
WX honors a woman in New York commercial real estate who has a breadth of accomplishments in and a long-standing commitment to the industry. The WX Woman of the Year is honored at WX’s Annual Gala, held in October each year.
2024
Peggy DaSilva
Chief Executive Officer, America, PIMCO Prime Real Estate
2023
Yvonne Nelson
Former Head of Real Estate,
Office of the New York City Comptroller,
Bureau of Asset Management
2022
Ellen Baer
Hudson Square Business Improvement District
2021
Elise Wagner
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel
2020
WX 2020 Virtual Woman of the Year Gala
Honoring WX, its mission and its Members – Past, Present and Future
2019
Paula Schaefer
Clarion Partners
2018
Cheryl Boyer
Fulcrum Hospitality LLC
2017
Sara B. Queen
Mapletree Investments
2016
Wendy Rowden
Building for the Arts
2015
Carmen Bowser
2014
Susan Swanezy
Hodes Weill & Associates
2013
Marjorie Tsang
New York State Common Retirement Fund
2012
Joanne Podell
Cushman & Wakefield
2011
Cia Buckley
Dune Real Estate Partners
2010
Margaret S. Blakey
URDANG Capital Management
Zainab Salbi
Women for Women International
2009
Meredith Kane
Paul, Weiss, Rifkin, Wharton & Garrison LLP
2008
Jeanne Giordano
Jeanne Giordano, Ltd.
2007
MaryAnne Gilmartin
Forest City Ratner Companies
2006
Aine Brazil
Thornton Tomasetti, Inc.
2005
Tara I. Stacom
Cushman & Wakefield
2004
Debra C. Allee, AICP
Allee King Rosen and Fleming, Inc.
2003
Alice M. Connell
TIAA-CREF
2002
Dale Ann Reiss
Ernst & Young
2001
Mary Ann Tighe
CBRE
2000
Veronica Hackett
The Clarett Group
1999
Susan Rahm
Kaye Scholer
1998
Marilyn J. Taylor
SOM
1997
Lizanne Galbreath
1996
Leanne Lachman
1995
Patricia Goldstein
Emigrant Bank
1994
Deborah B. Beck