Membership Spotlight October 2020: Mary Shaughnessy

Mary Shaughnessy is a Senior Project Manager at JLL. Mary’s formal training and work experience in architecture, urban planning and project management have produced a hybrid skill set that enables her to understand all aspects of the project, from both the client and service side.

Membership Spotlight September 2020: Emer Byrne

Emer Byrne is the expert behind marketing and community engagement at UBC Properties Trust. In this multi-faceted role, Emer manages communication and marketing initiatives such as “Live at UBC”, the launch and marketing of new residential/commercial projects at UBC. In this Membership Spotlight, Emer provides insight into her role, tips and advice she has learnt along the way, and how CREW is playing an active role in her career.

Scholarship Opportunities Available

To help offset the costs, and allow members and students to experience the benefits of a CREW Network event, Vancouver CREW is pleased to announce that we will award 2 lucky Vancouver CREW members and 1 student a scholarship to be used for conference registration. The scholarship will be paid as a reimbursable expense to the recipient, upon submission of expenses, after attending the Convention.

Membership Spotlight September 2020: Diana Pan

As a Senior Consultant in Property Tax at Altus Group, Diana helps her clients by managing assessment and property transfer tax appeals, advising on tax-saving opportunities and strategies, conducting due diligence studies related to property tax, and generating tax projections. Diana got her bachelor’s degree from UBC with a specialization in real estate and is a big supporter of the CREW Student Mingler event, where she was first introduced to CREW. Diana is also a former CREW Vancouver volunteer and a piece of advice she stands by is ‘don’t be afraid to admit that you don’t know something’.

Membership Spotlight August 2020: Layla Vera

As a Senior Associate at Marcus & Millichap primarily working on new project leasing and the repositioning of existing retail assets, Layla is highly experienced in project planning from the initial stages of tenant mix planning all the way through the lease-up of the project.