Professional Profile: Natalie Wessel - 2003

Name: Natalie Wessel - 2003

Title: Director of Communications

Company: HLW International

Location: New York, with offices in LA, San Francisco, Chicago, London, Shanghai and Seoul

Birthplace: Ridgewood, NJ; 1976

Family: Mother in NJ, father in Martha’s Vineyard, and sister finishing college in Georgia College: Rutgers College First job outside of real estate: Simultaneously worked as house manager at Rutgers Arts Center; side mounter for the Rutgers archives and manager at The Gap. First job in real estate or allied field: Worked for my favorite architectural history professor as a marketing coordinator at The RBA Group. What do you do now and what are your plans for the future? While the firm has been concentrating on sustaining its core markets in response to the slower pace of the “new normal” economy, we are also pushing off our recent successes in several new markets like design/build, education, and new construction projects in Shanghai and overseas. Hobbies: Professional: director of membership for SMPS-NY; Personal: running, road racing and playing the cello Person you most admire (outside of family): Margaret Thatcher Key to success: If you want to get involved in something new, take a risk and volunteer to lead the effort. Recruit good people to help you. If you were forced to choose another vocation what would it be? Translator for the Japanese Embassy