Connceticut/Westchester chapter board member Sandra Johnson,joined a Connecticut and Massachusetts contingent in Amsterdam to mark Northwest Airlines’ July 1 inaugural flight from Connecticut’s Bradley International Airport to Amsterdam Schiphol Airport.  The event united senior CoreNet Global members from the Connecticut/Westchester and Benelux chapters.  The latter comprises corporate real estate leaders from Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.

            Business, academic and government leaders made up the 75-member U.S. delegation, which included Connecticut Lieutenant Governor Michael Fedele and Massachusetts Congressman Richard Neal.  The group spent three days meeting with business leaders from the Netherlands. 

            “These meetings were an important first step in forging relationships and exploring opportunities that could benefit both regions,” said Johnson, who is Vice President and Business Development Officer, MetroHartford Alliance. 

Back, left to right, Michael Graney, Western Massachusetts Economic Development Council;

Ludos Seegers, Advantage; Sandra Johnson, MetroHartford Alliance and CoreNet Connecticut/

Westchester board member; Kim Burt, Director, Design, Construction & Workplace Innovation, Phillips, and CoreNet Benelux board member; John Shemo, MetroHartford Alliance; Susan Winkler,

Executive Director, Connecticut Insurance and Financial Services Cluster; Alan Blair, Western Massachusetts Economic Development Council.  Front, left to right, Flip Werwaaijen, TNT; Frank Hendriksen, Chairman, CoreNet Benelux Chapter and President and COO, KFN; Massachusetts Congressman Richard Neal.

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Pitney Bowes' Maureen Fahy

Named Chapter Co-Chair

            The Connecticut/Westchester chapter has named Maureen Fahy chapter Co-chair, effective August 1.  Maureen is Vice President, Global Real Estate, for Stamford-based Pitney Bowes.

Maureen succeeds Rich Guralnick, Senior Broker at H. Pearce Commercial Group in North Haven.  Rich has served as chapter Co-chair since 2004 and has been a member of the chapter’s executive committee since 2002.  Karen Odlum, Real Estate Strategist at Aetna in Hartford, will remain the chapter’s other Co-chair. 

            Maureen’s service as chapter Co-chair brings a second end-user executive to the chapter’s leadership team.  She manages a 10 million-square-foot global real estate portfolio and is responsible for real estate acquisition and disposition, facility management and food services. 

            With that perspective, Maureen will add another end-user point of view to the chapter’s program planning and membership recruitment.  Moreover, since she is based in Stamford, Maureen will also help to heighten the chapter’s presence and support our efforts to add new members, sponsors and Real Advantage partners in Fairfield and Westchester Counties.

            “This is a great opportunity for me personally and I am honored to be asked to serve in this capacity,” said Maureen, who has been a CoreNet Global member since 1997 (and a chapter member since 2004).  “Our chapter has accomplished a great deal over the past few years, and I want to do my part to make it even more of a strategic resource for our members.”

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