User talk:Kristinhurd

Kristin Hurd
Kristin Hurd was born in Cleveland, OH on October 25, 1972 to Jean Hurd & Joy S Hurd III.

She went to college in Erie, PA at Mercyhurst College. There she played Varsity soccer and held the Student Government Vice-President position for two years. After graduation in 1995, she moved to the New York City area with the Jesuit Volunteer Corp and worked with people living with HIV and AIDS.

After completing a two year term with JVC, she went on to work in the dot.com industry during the boom at The Gay Financials Network & 24/7 Real Media. After riding out the boom, she moved to the Real Estate industry in 2003.

She comes from a long lineage of real estate entrepreneurs. In the 1950s, her grandfather, Thomas Hurd, started one of the the largest and most successful real estate firm in Cleveland, Ohio.

She started with Weichert Realtors, where she managed multiple offices and large teams of Real Estate agents She has also repeatedly been in the top 1% of Weichet Realtors, a 70 billion dollar a year company, and has received some of the most most prestigious broker awards, including Rookie of the Year and Manager of the Year. Her talent for selling and managing new developments has allowed her to work one-on-one with international investment banks, hedge funds, and some of New York and New Jersey's largest real estate developers. Kristin attributes her success to hard work and always putting her clients' needs first. "I believe that when a client hires me, they are trusting me with not only one of their largest assets, but the place they call home. I stay conscious of that the entire time I am working with them. I am there to be of service and nothing else." She believes that a team approach is what always leads to the greatest achievements. "The more support I can gain from my colleagues, the better chance I have to achieve my clients' goals."

In 2010 she started to work in New York City with the Heddings Property Group, where is a top producing agent and Managing Director.

Kristin is on the board of directors of EUVA, a non-profit organization that runs its highly successful Energy Up! health and wellness program in the New York City public school system. Kristin also serves on the advisory board for the Hudson Union Society. She is also a Federal Club member of the Human Rights Campaign. For fun, Kristin loves to snowboard, skydive, scuba dive and spend quality time with friends and family.

She currently lives in New York City with her wife, Lisa Roberts Lehan and poodle Lulu. Kristinhurd (talk) 01:26, 22 June 2012 (UTC)