The Dealmaker Award recognizes a CREW Upstate member who is a proven producer, connector, manager, or trailblazer. This individual demonstrates star quality in their field via transaction volume, groundbreaking deal size, or other industry achievement. The award honors the professional who exhibits excellence, resourcefulness, collaboration, and industry best practices.
The Career Advancement for Women Impact Award honors a CREW Upstate member who consistently exemplifies CREW Network’s commitment to elevating the status of women in commercial real estate by working to advance the careers of other women. This award is presented to a member whose actions had a significant impact on one or more women, giving them the skills or confidence to pursue and succeed in new opportunities.
The Rising Star Award honors a CREW Upstate member who has achieved a unique career success or milestone as the result of taking a risk. This person is often ambitious and is willing to step outside the box to create something new or different. Nominee must be under the age of 35. They provide services, develop products, or improve practices by organizing, developing, or deploying available resources in an innovative way, either within their own company or a larger organization. This person is someone to watch!
Real estate projects can transform the built environment and have the power to transform and revitalize a community, often beyond the boundaries of the project. The Development Impact Awards honor recent projects that have had a significant and measurable positive impact on the community and fits within one of the following four categories: Office, Retail, Industrial, Multifamily
Rising Star Award
Lindsey Myers, McCallum Sweeny Consulting
Significant Achievement
Michelle Gaillard, SunTrust Bank
Best Interiors Project
McMillan Pazdan Smith and CBI Millennium Cancer Treatment Center for Bon Secours St. Francis Health System
Leadership / Career Advancement for Women – Individual
Debbie McDonough, Cherry Bekeart
Leadership / Career Advancement for Women – Company
McCallum Sweeney Consulting
Rising Star Award
Courtney Warren and Kay Hill
Outstanding Leadership Individual Award
Meg Scoopmire
Outstanding Leadership Organization Award
Sage Valuation
Most Significant Transaction
Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer
Best Interiors
GHS HQ- Cely Construction, McMillan Pazdan Smith, Young Office
Rising Star Award
Kacie Jackson, ECS Carolinas, LLP
Outstanding Leadership Individual Award
Maggie Kleger, Britt, Peters & Associates, Inc.
Outstanding Leadership Organization Award
Wyche, PA
Rising Star Award
Tara Brenton Hile, Newfound Studio, Architecture + Design
Outstanding Leadership Award
Hope Tz Schmalzl, Prudential C. Dan Joyner Commercial
Outstanding Leadership Organization Award
Clemson University’s Richard H. Pennell Center for
Real Estate Development
Significant Achievement Award
Sally Sarratt, Mcmillan Pazdan Smith
Lifetime Achievement Award
Nancy Whitworth, City of Greenville, Economic Development
Rising Star Award
Mary Douglas Hirsch, Downtown Development Manager and Tracy Ramseur, Development Coordinator, City of Greenville Economic Development
Outstanding Sponsor Award
Elliot Davis, LLC
2010 Founding Board Members
Maurie Lawrence, Wyche Burgess Freeman & Parham, P.A.
Debbie McDonough, Elliott Davis, LLC
Tara Hile, Newfound Studios, LLC
Anna O’Brien, Cogdell Spencer
Karla Kelley, Complete Commercial Solutions
Hope Tz Schmalzl, Prudential C. Dan Joyner
Megan O’Neill, Wyche Burgess Freeman & Parham, P.A.
Hillary Andren-Wise, McMillan Pazdan Smith
Renee Dunlap, NAI Earle Furman
Patty Wilhoit, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC
Donna Millard, Elliott Davis, LLC; and
Kathryn “Kitty” Allen, Coldwell Banker Caine.
Lifetime Achievement Award
Anne S. Ellefson, Managing Director, Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.
CREW Impact Award
Lisa Lanni, Principal, McMillan Pazdan Smith