{"id":330497,"date":"2026-06-10T11:12:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T11:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/330497\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T11:12:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T11:12:18","slug":"29-dallas-fort-worth-women-cre-leaders-to-be-honored-this-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/330497\/","title":{"rendered":"29 Dallas-Fort Worth Women CRE Leaders To Be Honored This Summer"},"content":{"rendered":"

As the status of Dallas-Fort Worth\u2019s commercial real estate<\/a> landscape\u00a0rises with the region\u2019s\u00a0growing profile<\/a>, industry leaders have been\u00a0called upon to take on new challenges and work alongside international players.\u00a0<\/p>\n

More than two dozen of those leaders will be honored in August at Bisnow’s DFW Women Leading Real Estate Awards<\/a>. The Aug. 5 event will be the fifth annual awards ceremony honoring the trailblazing women who lead by example and drive exceptional results for their teams.<\/p>\n

The event\u00a0will include an awards ceremony, a keynote address, a panel discussion and ample opportunities for networking. Most of all, it celebrates the talent, mentorship and diversity of this year\u2019s honorees, shining a spotlight on those setting the mark for the next generation in what remains a male-dominated industry.<\/p>\n

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\n The DFW Women Leading Real Estate Awards will take place on Aug. 5, 2026.\n <\/p>\n

Women made incremental gains<\/a> in representation throughout the industry last year despite companies facing political pushback for promoting initiatives related to diversity, equity and inclusion<\/a>. Bisnow’s annual analysis found that across the 100 largest CRE<\/a> companies in 2025, women held nearly 28% of C-suite jobs and almost a third of board seats, up from 27.3% and 31.8%, respectively, last year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s event will recognize DFW women from across the CRE ecosystem, including development, construction, brokerage, property management<\/a>, design, operations and investment.<\/p>\n

The 29 honorees were divided into four categories based on their role and experience level: Leader of the Year, Dealmaker of the Year, Innovator of the Year and Rising Star.<\/p>\n

Attendees will hear a keynote address from Elaine Agather, global vice chair for the Dallas region at JPMorgan Chase<\/a>. Agather will talk about how to build influence, own the table and lead terms.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The honorees for each category will be announced at the event, which will also feature a panel of women discussing the outlook for DFW commercial real estate.<\/p>\n

This year’s honorees are listed below by category.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Leader of the Year<\/p>\n

Taryn Anderson, founding partner at Rebees<\/a>
\nKristine Gray, chief financial officer at JNT Construction
\nKiesha Kay, founder and CEO of Mission Ridge Consultant
\nTorrey Littlejohn<\/a>, North Texas broker lead at JLL<\/a>
\nJessica Navarro, senior vice president at WSP<\/a>
\nRhonda Pratt, co-developer at Women Breaking Ground
\nChelby Sanders<\/a>, managing principal at Cresa<\/a>
\nPatricia Zelayandia, business development officer at Texas First Bank<\/a><\/p>\n

Dealmaker of the Year<\/p>\n

Jordyn Allen, leasing director at Crescent Real Estate<\/a>
\nSara Bodzy, senior associate and strategic partnerships director at OTJ Architects<\/a>
\nMichelle Caplan<\/a>, executive vice president at Weitzman<\/a>
\nAllison Elko, partner at Bell Nunnally & Martin LLP
\nHolly Magliolo, co-chair of the leasing and asset management practice group at Winstead PC<\/a> and a member of the real estate development and investments practice group
\nChristy Pennington, member at Clark Hill Law
\nNajdi Rafaty, founder and broker at LiNC Commercial Realty<\/p>\n

Innovator of the Year<\/p>\n

Rising Star<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As the status of Dallas-Fort Worth\u2019s commercial real estate landscape\u00a0rises with the region\u2019s\u00a0growing profile, industry leaders have been\u00a0called…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":330498,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[88612,52906,118124,23345,116,118,117,45698,118121,20308,21689,19790,101313,73480,113071,118120,118123,118122,13225],"class_list":["post-330497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-cresa","tag-crescent-real-estate","tag-dfw-women-leading-real-estate","tag-elaine-agather","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news","tag-gensler","tag-hitt-contracting","tag-hok","tag-jll","tag-jpmorgan-chase","tag-kairoi-residential","tag-kirksey-architecture","tag-mckinney-edc","tag-otj-architects","tag-rebees","tag-texas-first-bank","tag-weitzman"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=330497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330497\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/330498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=330497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=330497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=330497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}