Congratulations to Walter & Shuffain shareholder, Angela Parziale, who has been made Chair of the MA Board of Public Accountancy for 2021! The Board ensures accountants follow Massachusetts requirements rules, and regulations as well as provide guidance to its licensees and protection to consumers. We can't think of a better chairperson for this important role.

Hackett Feinberg P.C. is proud to announce that Kimberly Martin-Epstein has been named Co-Managing Partner. Kim joined the firm in 2005 as an associate and became a partner at the end of 2014. Kim has built a reputation as an experienced attorney in affordable housing finance and development among other things, and brings to the firm an innovative management style.

RFS Engineering – an 85-person consulting engineering firm with offices in Boston, MA, Laconia, NH, and Portland, ME – announced that Rebecca Maloney, CPSM, LEED AP, has joined the firm as Director of Marketing and Business Development. In this role, Rebecca is responsible for firm-wide marketing and business development strategy and implementation, with a focus on supporting new business pursuits, increasing the RFS brand, strengthening existing and fostering new relationships, and positioning the firm for continued success and growth.

Boston Real Estate Times announced its list of the 10 Outstanding Women of 2021 in Commercial Real Estate. They will be honored on Feb. 17, 2021 during a virtual award ceremony and in a special print edition of the Times. Congratulations to Cappy Daume of The Davis Companies, Elizabeth Lowrey of Elkus Manfredi Architects, Jill Sharif of First American Title - NCS and Elizabeth von Goeler of Sasaki.

Office Resources is excited to announce the hiring of Holyn Nickerson as Executive Vice President of Business Development & Marketing. With over 20 years of industry experience, Holyn will be responsible for driving the ORI’s strategic business development initiatives in Boston, NYC, Portland and Portsmouth. She will work with the team to further expand the ORI brand across the A&D, Commercial Real Estate, Project Management and General Contracting sectors. Learn more about her new role at www.ori.com/news/holyn-nickerson.

Elizabeth Berthelette with Newmark Knight Frank, Kristin Blount with Colliers International, Dianne Crocker with LightBox and Lauren O'Neil with JLL have been recognized as 2020 Women in Real Estate by Connect Media for their achievements, influence and leadership in the commercial real estate industry. More than 450 women were nominated, and 10 leaders were selected industry wide from the California, Texas, New York, Chicago, Atlanta, Boston, Florida and Seattle regions, plus 10 national winners covering the United States.

Mary Kate Daly, EIT joined RND Consultants, Inc. as Director of Real Estate & Transportation Development, focusing on Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) consulting and engineering for agencies, municipalities, and developers. Learn more about RND Consultants at https://www.rndconsultants.net/

The RMR Group Inc. (Nasdaq: RMR) today announced the promotion of Jennifer F. Francis to Executive Vice President, effective immediately. Ms. Francis will now be leading the entire asset management division of RMR, adding the senior living and hotel segments to her previous responsibilities of overseeing asset management for the office, industrial and retail segments and serving as President and Chief Operating Officer of Diversified Healthcare Trust (Nasdaq: DHC). Additionally, with the promotion of Ms. Francis, The RMR Group now has six Executive Vice Presidents, including two women.

Karen Hurd has joined AEI Consultants as Senior Business Development Manager | National Accounts. Ms. Hurd will focus on expanding strategic partnerships in New England and Nationally through facilitating the successful completion and delivery of environmental consulting and due diligence services, site assessments, debt and equity property condition assessments, construction monitoring, industrial hygiene, long term site mitigation, renewable energy services and capital planning for all types of commercial real estate properties.

To better serve our clients with projects in Rhode Island, RBLA, a landscape architecture and site planning firm bringing broad design background and experience with all phases of development to commercial, assisted living, multifamily and affordable housing, and institutional design teams, has been certified as a Women-Owned Business Enterprise with the RI Office of Diversity, Equity & Opportunity. Women Business Enterprises (WBEs) are entities that are at least 51% owned and/or controlled by women. Registered to practice in Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island, RBLA Design LLC works throughout the region providing feasibility studies, site planning, design, and construction administration services for commercial property owners and managers, private schools, and municipalities.