actions, including $47 million in the past 12 months. Her goal is
to reach $1 billion in career sales transactions by 2012. “When I
started, I was one of the few women in brokerage,” she recalls. “I
feel my successful career has been a part of breaking the gender
barrier for this industry. I believe women have a lot to offer to
brokerage. They have motivation, intelligence, business instincts
and interpersonal skills, and can read people beyond just their
words.”
KRISTI PROCOPIO
Senior Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer
Bank of Internet USA
San Diego
Procopio has served as senior vice president
and chief marketing officer for the $1.5-bil-
lion Bank of Internet USA since January
2010. In that capacity, she is responsible for
product design and customer segmentation
as well as accountable for the development, management and implementation of marketing programs and materials to
support the bank’s strategic plans and objectives. She assisted in
more than $200 million of small multifamily fundings in 2010; both
multifamily and residential loan production reached record levels
for the bank last year. Bank of Internet joined the Costco mortgage
platform and, in a rare distinction, Procopio was asked to join the
retailer’s marketing board for this platform to assist in all ads,
emails and campaigns.
RHONDA NIEDER
Senior Vice President—Commercial Real
Estate Underwriting and Portfolio
Management
Capital One Bank
Melville, NY
A 31-year veteran of the banking sector,
Nieder lends her time mentoring and developing the careers of the people with whom
she works. To that end, she instructs a weekly
mentoring session for newly hired personnel on commercial real
estate. Nieder also initiated a monthly discussion series. In recognition of her overall contributions to the commercial real estate platform, Capital One awarded Nieder its Most Impactful Person Award.
“The funny thing is that they think that it is a one-sided relationship,
where I am the one giving them my expertise,” she says. “What they
don’t realize is that, as true professionals, we owe it to our colleagues
to share what we’ve learned along the path of or careers and to talk
about the mistakes we’ve made and the victories we’ve earned.”
SHELLEY RADOMSKI
Senior Managing Director, Corporate Projects
& Integration
Cassidy Turley
Washington, DC
Promoted into her current position at the
beginning of 2011, Radomski is a key player
in implementing Cassidy Turley’s strategic
growth for its national platform. Her current
role is to oversee the transition and integration of
