Teaster Honored with TWIN Award for Corporate Achievement
October 29, 2009
COLUMBIA, SC – October 29, 2009 – Mary Winter Teaster, Managing Director and Broker-In-Charge at CB Richard Ellis/Columbia (CBRE/Columbia) was awarded with Palmetto Center for Women’s (PCW) Tribute to Women and Industry (TWIN) award for Corporate at a luncheon held Sep. 24.
The TWIN awards have recognized over 480 women for their business and personal contributions evidenced in their careers and community activities since its inception in 1980. The Corporate award is presented to a woman that demonstrates excellence as an employee of a business or industry located in the Midlands. The recipient is selected by a committee of PCW board members.
All of the committee members felt that Mary Winter’s contributions to her profession and to the community were outstanding and beneficial to all those around her, said Dana Snyder, Branch Exectuive Director of Palmetto Center for Women at YMCA Columbia. She is perceived as a consumate professional and strives to ensure women are represented in her profession.
Teaster was named a partner/principal of CBRE/Columbia in December of 2007. She is responsible for oversight of all sales and leasing activity for the Columbia office in addition to overall business development and the company’s community/civic activity.
Teaster has been in business development and sales for over 25 years in the Midlands area. For the past ten years she has been involved in multiple office building sales and lease transactions represesenting multiple entities and companies. Prior to her commerical real estate career, she was senior commercial lender and business development officer for the banking/financial industry.
Teaster has also been very active in community and civic organizations during her career. She serves as Board President of the Mental Illness Recovery Center (MIRCI) and was appointed to the Planning Commission for the City of Columbia in Dec. 2008. Teaster is a member of the Committee of 100, Central SC Economic Alliance, the Columbia Rotary Club and the Greater Columbia Chamber of Commerce. She is a lifetime member of the Circle of Excellence for commercial real estate sales/leasing achievement awarded by the CCRA. She was also recently named the recipient of the Community Impact Award for the United Way of the Midlands and the President’s Excellence in Performance Award of the Central Carolina Realtors Association.
About CB Richard Ellis/Columbia
CB Richard Ellis/Columbia is a CB Richard Ellis partner office serving South Carolina. The firm assists real estate owners, investors, and occupiers by offering strategic advice and execution for property leasing and sales; property, facilities and project management; corporate services, investment management; research and investment strategy and consulting.
About CB Richard Ellis
CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc. (NYSE:CBG), a Fortune 500 and S&P 500 company headquartered in Los Angeles, is the world’s largest commercial real estate services firm (in terms of 2008 revenue). The Company has approximately 30,000 employees (excluding affiliates), and serves real estate owners, investors and occupiers through more than 300 offices (excluding affiliates) worldwide. CB Richard Ellis offers strategic advice and execution for property sales and leasing; corporate services; property, facilities and project management; mortgage banking; appraisal and valuation; development services; investment management; and research and consulting. CB Richard Ellis has been named a BusinessWeek 50 “best in class” company three years in a row and a Fortune 100 fastest growing company two years in a row. Please visit our Web site at www.cbre.com.
