WX New York Women Executives in Real Estate (WX) held its 2017 Annual Woman of the Year Gala honoring Sara B. Queen was held on Thursday, November 16, 2017 at The Pierre in New York City. The gala raised over $600,000 in support of the WX Scholarship Program, in a record-breaking fundraising year for the organization.
Marjorie Tsang, Visiting Scholar with the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies and current Vice President of the WX Charitable Fund Board of Directors, introduced this year’s WX Woman of the Year honoree, Sara Queen, stating “Sara was always on the scene and a superstar prodigy from the beginning.”
During the evening, WX also paid tribute to longtime WX member and 2003 Woman of the Year honoree Alice Connell, who passed away earlier this year. Alice, an active member of WX, was a trailblazer for women in the real estate industry, and a mentor both personally and professionally to many women and men in the real estate industry. Carmen Bowser, former Managing Vice President at Capital One Bank, introduced the tribute video, featuring WX members who highlighted Alice’s many accomplishments throughout her career and with WX.
Sara Queen has been an active member of WX for many years, participating in multiple WX committees, including the WX Scholarship committee, and previously serving as co-chair of the WX Gala. Sara currently sits on the WX Charitable Fund Board of Directors, and is a past WX Inc. board member. While leading the asset management team Brookfield Properties, Sara also took on a broader executive role, guiding strategic planning and representing Brookfield with co-investors throughout the United States. She teaches classes in leasing and asset management as an adjunct professor at Columbia University’s Master of Science of Real Estate Development Program.
Proceeds from the record-breaking fundraising event support the WX scholarship, internship and mentoring programs which aid talented young women in their pursuit of careers in the real estate industry. Contributions to the event also support WX’s other charitable initiatives including Nontraditional Employment for Women (NEW), Young Women’s Leadership School and Habitat for Humanity.
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