2025 Impact Award Winners

Rising Star Award:  

Jolinda Anderson, Owner Shapes and Colors

This year’s Rising Star joined CREW Richmond last year and became a very active member of the Communications and Sponsorship Committees. She helped in multiple other ways including designing our new Why CREW Richmond Flyer. Finally, you will usually see her with a camera in hand, photographing our events.

The Rising Star Award honors a CREW Member who, in their first two years of membership, has most embraced the CREW Richmond mission and core values through chapter and committee involvement, member to member business, and/or career development.

Member to Member Business Award: 

Amy Broderick, SVP Cushman & Wakefield

This year’s winner joined CREW in 2019 and has been making an impact ever since. She’s enthusiastic about CREW, making connections and deals with other CREW members and putting CREW members first. She enjoys building relationships with both local and national CREW members.

The Member-to-Member Business Award honors a CREW member who thinks of CREW members first for business and demonstrates a commitment to assembling member talent resulting in measurable business for other members

The Committee of the Year Award: 

Programs Committee*
*Claire C. O'Connor, Rachel Pest, Alina Suyama, Ashley Bitner, Karla Knight, Sarah Sadler, Susan Maddox, Karen Cohen, Loretta Cataldi, Kara Abbott, Liz Steele, Kristy Geiger, Wendy Miller, Caroline Poma, Rebekah Holcombe, Raina Nitsch, Monique Johnson, Conley Burns, Ashley Renz, Angela Dunham, Jodi Dubyoski, Jessie Ewald, MC Evans, Gillian Richmond

This year’s committee of the year has made an impactful difference to the chapter by delivering best-in-class events—several of them sold out with waiting lists! The topics were fantastic: from informative panels to fun supplemental programs like a Zumba class and a day at King Family Vineyard, and professional development sessions like Mastering Conversations That Shape Your Career.

The Committee of the Year Award honors an outstanding committee that has gone above and beyond in adding value for members of our chapter by demonstrating efforts to influence the success of women in CRE fields.

The Collaboration of the Year Award: 

Carmax Park*
*CREW Richmond members noted as being involved in the project include, but not limited to, Rachel Pest, Laura Anderson, Kaelyn Davis, Emma Walsh and Rebekah Holcombe. 

The Collaboration of the Year award honors a particularly impressive deal transacted or project that involved two or more CREW Members this year

The Circle of Excellence Award:

 Debbie Wake

This year’s winner has been a CREW member for over 30 years and has contributed and volunteered in countless ways over the years, including serving as a past board member. She fully supports our mission and is always willing to help another CREW member. Beyond her involvement with CREW, she is a true leader who has excelled in her commercial real estate career, setting an incredible example of professionalism and success for all of us. On a personal note, she was one of the first members to welcome me to CREW Richmond, always greeting me with a warm smile and asking how I’m doing. Her kindness and leadership truly embody what CREW is all about.

The Circle of Excellence Award honors a CREW member who consistently embodies CREW Richmond’s mission and core values related to Leadership, Excellence, Influence, Advancement, and Community. This is a one-time award to honor a tenured member who has significantly contributed to CREW Richmond. Former winners of this category are Debbie Reading, Brenda Karp, Renee Shepperson, Liz Steele, and Patrica Miller.