Valerie Fitzgerald, "No is the opening of a conversation", says the star of Selling LA who runs one of the top teams in US on Global Luxury Real Estate Mastermind with Michael Valdes Podcast #139

Valerie Fitzgerald, "No is the opening of a conversation", says the star of Selling LA who runs one of the top teams in the country on Global Luxury Real Estate Mastermind with Michael Valdes Podcast #139 Valerie Fitzgerald is a celebrated author, public speaker, philanthropist and top agent. Her tenacity and single vision for success is a great story of success. She explains how she built her team organically, created her brand and built her culture. Her philanthropic efforts are also exemplary with being the co-founder of "Children Uniting Nations" which helps foster children get adopted. She also sits on the Board of the Women's Guild of Cedars Sinai Hospital.  A wonderful leader in our industry and community. It was a great pleasure to speak to this wonderful human being.   More About Valerie Fitzgerald:  Over the last 20 years, Valerie Fitzgerald has single-handedly managed to build a multi-million dollar real estate business, establish her own charity foundation, speak around the country at numerous business conventions, appear on television shows like “Entertainment Tonight” and MTV’s “Cribs,” rank among Coldwell Banker’s Top 10 agents nationwide, and earn the attention of the Los Angeles Business Journal for the highest sales volume in L.A. County for residential real estate in 2000 (she was also recently nominated for the publication’s 13th annual “Women Making a Difference”).   More About Michael Valdes:  Michael Valdes is the newly named executive vice president of International Expansion at eXp Realty. Previously Michael was the senior vice president of global servicing for Realogy Corporation, one of the world's largest real estate companies and parent to Coldwell Banker, C21 and Sotheby’s. Earlier in his career, Mr. Valdes was Director of Private Banking at Deutsche Bank for just under a decade where he oversaw a book of business of just under $1 billion. He has the distinction of being the first Director in the United States of Latino descent. Mr. Valdes is the Chair of the AREAA Global Advisory Board and co-host of the 2020 AREAA Global Luxury Summit. He is also a current member of the NAHREP Corporate Board of Governors and a member of Forbes' Real Estate Council. Additionally, he is the Executive Chair of the ONE VOZ, Hispanic ERG for the firm and a member of Forbes Real Estate Council. He is a former Board Member of Mount Sinai Hospital in Miami Beach as well as the Shanti Organization in San Francisco. Michael was also a Board Member of Pink & Blue for 2, an organization started by Olivia Newton-John to promote breast and prostate cancer awareness.