CREATE Fellow Alum Named Mentor of the Year

Alexis Escaranio, CREATE Fellow Alum and Tenant Rep Associate with CBRE, was named Mentor of the Year, for her exemplary mentorship in the annual Mentor Match program. CREATE is supported by its Alliance Partners that provide additional resources to expose students to the CRE industry and build their networks. BOMA San Francisco’s Careers Committee hosts this annual program which matches current Fellows at SFSU and Merritt College with both a seasoned and an emerging professional.

As described by her mentee Michael Apolonio (SFSU), ” Alexis went above and beyond her minimum responsibility as my mentor. I checked in with Alexis multiple times a week to seek advice on resume building, networking, and professional development. She pushed me out of my comfort zone and made me realize my potential and capability to succeed. Her hard work and dedication along with the willingness to assist multiple CREATE students in the Mentor Match Program is why she should receive Mentor of The Year.”

Congratulations, Alexis and thank you for giving back to the next generation of CRE professionals.

If you would like to participate as a mentor, please contact info@createworkforce.org. The program runs for 8 weeks between March and April each year.

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Glenn Good, Glenn Good Group

I’ve been so impressed with the quality of interns our company has sourced through CREATE's training program; we’ve now hired several of them as full-time employees!
Rick Buziak, Swift Real Estate Partners

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Cameron Maharaj, CREATE CRE Certificate Holder, JLL

It's hard to come up with something that would make CREATE better. I truly believe they give you everything you need to get the most out of the program.
Cameron Newcomb, CREATE Fellows Graduate 2021, employed by JLL

Keep on looking to CREATE for a talent pipeline because that right there brings so much value to your company.
Christine Mann, Rockhill Management

CREATE completely surpassed all of my expectations. Everything I was able to learn in CREATE I'm actually able to put to work everyday. It's not just property management, its leasing, its design and more.
Alexis Escaranio, CREATE Fellows Graduate 2021, employed by Resource Commercial Real Estate

Our biggest asset in commercial real estate is our people. Bringing in students from diverse backgrounds will help us ask the right questions and evolve our business to provide an even better product for our clients.
Mark Kelly, ABM

The amount of success I've had through CREATE has been incredible. The network that I built through the CREATE program created the pathway to my new position.
Kaitlyn Klinger, CREATE Fellows Graduate 2020, employed by VTS

We're on the right track with this program. It's fantastic.
Linda Foster, LPC RiverRock

The CREATE program gave me that framework to understand how a building operates that I wouldn't have been able to learn without time in the industry.
Marco McCartney, CREATE Fellows Graduate 2021, employed by JLL

We’re not only training a CRE workforce through our partnership with CREATE; we’re highlighting commercial real estate as a career alternative in a highly complex, technology focused Bay Area.
Sandra Boyle, Cushman & Wakefield

The CREATE program prepared me for the job and then also through their job board I was able to find a job.
Jered Baker, CREATE Fellows Graduate 2020, employed by Swift Real Estate Partners

CREATE's commercial real estate fellows classes support our industry’s growing employment needs.
Tawni Sullivan, Board Chair, Consultant, JNT Solutions

The best way to get an employee that's eager and hungry to learn more is definitely through the CREATE program.
Amy La, CREATE Fellows Graduate 2021, Employed by JLL