She's WILD

In this episode of She's Wild, Nancy Surak interviews Anne Pollack on her 23+ year career in land use and real estate law that has spanned California and Florida. Anne takes us on her journey from environmental law to becoming a leading commercial real estate attorney in Tampa Bay. Tune in to hear captivating stories from her notable projects, including challenging variance approvals and navigatin...

Amber Erickson-Hurdle, CEO of Employer Brand Central and the #4 Top Ranked Branding Expert in the World joined Nancy Surak's podcast "She's Wild" to discuss the intersection of personal, employer and business branding. Amber shared insights from helping professionals and organizations define and position their value. Key topics included the need for emotional connections in today's landscape, alig...

In this episode of She's Wild, host Nancy Surak sits down with Emily Franklin and Natalia Goldenberg, two up-and-coming developers at DeBartolo Development in Tampa, Florida. Emily and Natalia share their educational backgrounds and career paths that led them to real estate development. They provide insights into their day-to-day work developing projects from acquisition and underwriting to constr...

In this episode of "She's Wild," host Nancy Surak interviews Melissa Zornitta, Executive Director of Hillsborough County City-County Planning Commission. Melissa discusses her planning career, emphasizing the evolving nature of plans and the challenges in balancing redevelopment with suburban growth. As the head of long-range planning for Hillsborough County, she oversees comprehensive planning fo...

This week’s episode features the incredible Vicky Lee, Senior Vice President of Development at FOCUS. Tune in as Vicky takes us on a captivating journey through career and shares what it’s like to lead FOCUS's expansion into diverse markets across the Southeast region. Discover what inspired her transition from architecture to development and gain insights into the challenges and triumphs along th...

Welcome back to She's Wild, my guest today is Emily Rogers, founder and CEO of Emily Rogers Consulting + Coaching. Emily is passionate about living life with purpose and helps leaders and their teams grow and realize their full potential. In this episode, Emily discusses the importance of finding one's purpose and why we should all focus on legacy leadership. She offers advice on investing in exec...

Welcome back She’s Wild, the Podcast for Women in Land & Development. Today's guest is Ashley Gurbal Kritzer. Ashley is the real estate editor at the Tampa Bay Business Journal and a Bookstagrammer (@ashleykritzer).  In this episode, Ashley and I discuss her career as a real estate market reporter in the Tampa Bay Region and how she’s covered some of the area’s biggest breaking news stories in the...

Welcome back to the third season of She’s Wild, the Podcast for Women in Land & Development. In this episode Tathiana Novaes, Brazilian Photographer, Art Director and Owner of Daydream Fotografia joins us to discuss why all of us should be investing in personal branding photography. She shares what it’s like to work with amazingly accomplished professional women helping them discover their best se...

Welcome back to the third season of She’s Wild, the Podcast for Women in Land & Development.  In this episode of She's Wild, the Podcast for Women in Land & Development, Eva Rose Daniel, the Founder and Owner of The Speak Shop, is the featured guest. Eva is a public speaking consultant who provides one-on-one and group coaching to help CEOs, professionals, and speakers improve their delivery and c...

Welcome back to She's WILD, today's guest is Debra Koehler, President of Sage Partners, a real estate development company based in Tampa, Florida.  In this episode, Debra and I discuss her company's mission to offer innovative approaches to affordable housing and her 35-year career in real estate development. Debra has successfully developed over 2.5 million square feet of office and hotel space a...

Welcome back to She's Wild, today's guest is Nancy Phaneuf Manning. Nancy is a retired as a commercial real estate developer and broker and served as been president of Nancy Phaneuf Commercial Realty & Development from 1996-2021. NPR thrived in good times and outlasted tougher times in the real estate market. Nancy had over 35 years’ experience in exclusively commercial real estate services, provi...

Welcome to She’s Wild, the Podcast for Women in Land & Development. Today's guest is Heather Reading, the Conservation Division leader at Land Advisors Organization. With over 20 years of experience in land and water conservation, Heather is skilled in developing tailored strategies that benefit landowners while solving resource challenges, protecting drinking water supplies, and improving recreat...

In the 50th episode of She's Wild, Nancy Surak reflects on the past year of her podcast, which collects stories of professional women in the land development and commercial real estate industry. She shares three key lessons she has learned from interviewing over 50 women, including the importance of sharing success stories and championing oneself and other women. Nancy emphasizes that 83% of women...

This episode is a rebroadcast of The Business of Life Masterclass Podcast, where I was recently interviewed by Barb Zant and Debbie Lundberg. In every interview these ladies ask their guests 4 key questions to uncover how they live their lives. I'm sharing this interview because I think it's just another way for you to get to know me a little bit better and for you to learn how I actually live my...

Welcome back to the second season of She’s Wild, the Podcast for Women in Land & Development. Today's guest is Dawn Dodge, PE, Shareholder at Kimley-Horn. Dawn is Kimley-Horn's St. Pete Office Lead and a Professional Engineer with over 16 years of experience. Her experience in both commercial and municipal land development makes her a knowledgeable and adept project manager with a complete underst...

Welcome back to the second season of She’s Wild, the Podcast for Women in Land & Development. Today's guest is Rebecca Frantz is a licensed real estate salesperson with Hertz Farm Management in Iowa. Rebecca has been serving clients in the land industry for three years but has been a licensed salesperson for four years. She is a graduate of Iowa State University where she earned a bachelor’s degre...

Today's episode is all about how attorneys & brokers become power duos on deals. In this show, Nancy shares a story about a contract she recently received from a buyer that was a major risk for her seller and why she believes every seller needs a broker and attorney on land deals. Connect with Nancy: Instagram: https://instagram.com/nancysurak LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/nancysurak/ Web...

Welcome back to the second season of She’s Wild, the Podcast for Women in Land & Development. Today's guest is Lauren Campbell, Principal of Lauren Campbell LLC an emerging developer in Tampa, FL.  Lauren is currently working on  her first ground up development project as well as adaptive re-use and redevelopment opportunities with investment partners. She's worked alongside owners and developers...

Welcome back to the second season of She’s Wild, the Podcast for Women in Land & Development. Today's guest is Kelli Lawrence, the CEO of Onyx+East.  As CEO, Kelli leads the strategic vision and growth efforts for Onyx+East, including determination of new markets and business lines, development of teams to execute the business, capital relationships and structuring to achieve goals and leading cor...

This week's guest on She's Wild, the podcast for women in land and development is Tara Hernandez, President of JCH Development in New Orleans. JCH is an urban development company whose mission is “to develop Great Urban Places which are sustainable and positively impact the quality of life of its users and their communities”. At JCH, Tara oversees the real estate development activities of the comp...

Today's guest on She's Wild, is Alissa Sieben, a third generation Tampa native, Alissa has always had a passion for real estate and entrepreneurship.  With an experienced grandfather who shared his interests with her, she committed herself to learning the business through a legal lens. After earning her JD and working in land use straight out of law school, Alissa felt the need to make a change an...

Welcome back to the second season of She’s Wild, the Podcast for Women in Land & Development. Today's guest is Beth Azor, ‘The Canvassing Queen®’. Beth is the founder and CEO of Azor Advisory Services (AAS), a leading commercial real estate advisory and investment firm based in Weston, Florida. Beth currently owns and manages five shopping centers in Florida valued at over $80 million. She travels...

Welcome to the second season of She’s Wild, the Podcast for Women in Land & Development. Today's guest is Michelle DiFebo Freeman, the owner and CEO of the Carl M. Freeman Companies, a Real Estate company established in 1947, that specializes in land acquisition, land planning, development and redevelopment, and the management of award-winning, amenity-rich residential communities, neighborhood sh...

Welcome back to the She’s Wild Podcast. Today's guest is Jessica Abramson, Senior Development Manager at Stiles Corporation. Jessica is an owner representative on retail real estate development projects. She focuses on project planning and coordination, due diligence, obtaining government approvals, budgeting, and scheduling. She’s worked with numerous clients including Publix, The Fresh Market, T...

Welcome back to the She’s Wild Podcast. Today's episode is an interview with Cait Donovan,  Host of Fried, The Burnout Podcast. Cait is also the author of The Bouncebackability Factor where you can learn how to end burnout, gain resilience, and change the world. Her book and podcast is for everyone who has ever felt FRIED with a special focus on the female entrepreneur. In a world where women are...