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2021 CREWMates Mentorship Program Mentor Bios We are thrilled to announce some of the committed mentors for 2021 CREWMates Mentorship Program. Please check out their bios below!
Amy Bradac, AIA, LEED AP
Amy Bradac founded Bradac Co in 2013 as a full-
service real estate construction management firm.
As the CEO, she is responsible for the daily
operations of the company, building new business
relationships, and ensuring our team delivers high
quality, high value service to all of our clients. Amy’s
20+ years of experience as an architect and
contractor give her the unique perspective of having
viewed the industry from every angle, which makes
her particularly adept at facilitating communication
and moving projects forward on time and on budget.
Ginger Bryant is a Chief Operating Officer and Chief
Financial Officer at Sares Regis Group of Northern
California. She entered the real estate world in 1985 and
Ginger Bryant spent 8 years at Prometheus Real Estate. She joined Sares
Regis Group of Northern California in 1993, where she is
responsible for Finance, Accounting, IT, Asset Management
for one of the Bay Area’s most active development
companies. She also sits on the company’s Investment
Committee and the Investment Committee for the Sares
Regis Multifamily Value Add Funds. Ginger is an equity
partner and a C-suite executive. She has been heavily
involved in the local and national CREW groups for more
than 25 years. In 2018, she received the CREW San
Francisco Chapter MVP award, in honor of her long-time
service and commitment to the organization. She is a past
president of CREW San Francisco (2000) and CREW
Network (2005).
Ginger earned a degree in accounting (CPA) from University
of Missouri- Columbia.
Jenny Forrest is a Director of Construction
Management at Hudson Pacific Properties. Jenny
Jenny Forest leads a team of ten professionals to manage
construction projects at 9 million sq.ft. of office and
retail properties in the Bay Area. Hudson Pacific
Properties is a REIT, with a focus on innovation, ESG,
and building great spaces for our tenants. She is an
effective and motivated leader with over 20 years of
experience in design, construction, and commercial
real estate. She’s not only passionate about
collaboration, construction, and sustainability, but also
a creative and strategic thinker, with a strong practice
of process improvement. Jenny is dedicated to
professional growth and development, and she hopes
to give back to aspiring professionals and make a
meaningful contribution.
Jenny earned her bachelor’s degree from University of
California, Berkeley.
Suman Gera is a managing director, real estate
portfolio manager focusing on executing investment
Suman Gera, CPA, CCIM strategies for clients at Aegon Asset Management.
Prior to joining the organization, Suman was senior
advisor at Atlanta Housing Authority for about a year.
Prior to that she spent 10 years at TIAA-
CREF/Nuveen, at first as director of ground-up real
estate developments, then as an international portfolio
manager and then as managing director, head of real
estate asset management. Previously, she was a
separate account portfolio manager for over ten years
at Lend Lease Real Estate (formerly Equitable Real
Estate). Suman has over 30 years of industry
experience.
She received her BBA in accounting from Georgia
State University, earned a Certified Commercial
Investment Member (CCIM) designation from the
CCIM Institute and is a CPA® charter holder.
Lada Kocherovsky is 2021 CREW SF President. As a
Principal at Page & Turnbull, Lada has led
numerous rehabilitations, adaptive reuse and new
Lada Kocherovsky construction projects in the Bay Area. She also is in
charge of financial management of the 40+ person
architecture, planning, and historic preservation firm’s
finances. She is an architect with a passion for
integrating new contemporary design in existing and
historic environments. Lada’s projects range from major
commercial and institutional rehabilitations to feasibility
studies, programming and planning analyses, and
design of commercial interiors.
Noted for her ability to lead innovative integration of
new architecture into existing structures and settings,
Lada excels in creating communicative and integrated
teams, with powerful results proven by numerous multi-
disciplinary projects, including the Martial Cottle Park
Visitor Center in San Jose, the Social Hall and Crocker
Dining Hall at Asilomar State Park in Pacific Grove, and
the $110 million Walt Disney Family Museum in the
Presidio of San Francisco, among others.
Mary Kay Kennedy is an Area Manager and
Counsel at First American Title – National
Mary Kay Kennedy Commercial Services, where she manages the
escrow team, underwriters, and sales
representatives. Prior to working at First
American Title, she was the National Operations
Manager of First American Exchange. Mary Kay
has been a real estate attorney for over 25
years, both in private practice and as in-house
counsel. She is a member of the American
College of Real Estate Lawyers and CREW San
Francisco, and is a former Chair of the Real
Property Law Section of the State Bar of
California. Mary Kay received her
undergraduate degree in Anthropology from
University of Illinois and her J.D. from the
University of California, Hastings College of the
Law.
Samantha S. Low, LEED AP (BD+C) is a tenant real
estate advisor at Cushman & Wakefield and a co-
founder of TenantSee (www.tenantsee.co), a technology
that empowers tenants with knowledge on what goes on
behind the CRE transaction curtain, which provides
Samantha Low, LEED AP (BD+C) transparency and efficiency from site selections to
moving into a new space. TenantSee won an award at
the CRE Tech Conference in December 2018. She is the
2020 CREW SF President; whose mission is to develop
and advance women as leaders in the CRE industry.
She was recognized by Bisnow as one of the Bay Area
Power Women in 2019 and the 2019 CREW SF MVP in
the Elevate hosted by The Registry. She is also the
Industry Outreach chair of the Cushman & Wakefield
WIN (Women Integrated Network) SF Chapter, the West
Region co-chair of C&W ASPIRE (Asian and Pacific
Islanders Professionals in Real Estate), and a prominent
diversity & inclusion advocator. She lives in SF with her
husband and three daughters. When not tirelessly
supporting her family and purposes, she can easily
spend an entire day at the museum or watch Game of
Thornes.
Samantha earned a degree in Architectural Electrical
Engineering from University of Kansas.
Jennifer Raike is Vice President – Senior Account Executive for Old
Republic Title Company in San Francisco. She has been with the
company since 1990 and works with real estate brokers, attorneys,
lenders, developers, buyers and sellers as a “go-to” person for title,
escrow and property information needs essential to the successful
closing of transactions of all types and sizes. Jennifer grew up in the
Jennifer F. Raike world of commercial real estate. Prior to 1990, she sold and leased
commercial/ industrial properties for Damon Raike & Company in San
Francisco (now Cushman & Wakefield).
In addition to her “day job” with Old Republic Title, Jennifer has been
very active in CREW-SF (Commercial Real Estate Women) as a Past
President (2002). She has been an adviser to the Sponsorship and
Programs Committees and has worked to help develop a Mentorship
Program. In addition, Jennifer was one of the founding members of
The Leading Edge (a Mentorship program spearheaded by Monica
Finnegan). Jennifer is also a member of Lambda Alpha International
and SPUR. Jennifer sits on the Board of Governors of The City Club
and is a former board member of TMC Development and Ohlhoff
Recovery Programs. In her “spare” time, she enjoys travel… especially
abroad. She is an avid reader and loves to walk the hills in her
neighborhood as well as Crissy Field. Jennifer enjoys the San
Francisco Symphony and the San Francisco ballet in addition to the
other wonderful programs and events that our first-class city has to
offer.
A fourth generation San Franciscan, Jennifer received her Bachelor of
Arts degree with Honors in English from the University of California at
Santa Barbara.
Susan Spielman is a Senior Sales Executive at
Pivot Interiors. She has been a top achiever in the
Bay Area in commercial furniture sales (Herman
Susan Spielman Miller dealerships) for many years. With high-
profile clients in the Legal, Venture Capital,
Financial Services, and Technology sectors,
Susan specializes in creating workspaces that
mean business. Her specialty includes highly
complex design projects with close collaboration
with architects, project managers, clients, general
contractors, building owners, etc. Susan loves
crossword puzzles and other word and number
games. She is always looking for ways to raise
the bar, for herself and for her team. That’s what
makes all the hard work and long hours
worthwhile.
Susan earned a degree in Political Science from
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