Leaders of Influence: Commercial Real Estate Brokers 2022

Custom Content from the Los Angeles Business Journal


Welcome to the 2022 installment of our annual roundup of some of the best and most successful commercial real estate professionals in the region. In these pages, you’ll find profiles describing many of the genuine leading lights in a profession critical to the business arena. These are the experts who routinely put together and lead the most significant and impactful lease and sale transactions in the area. This impressive and talented group have made key contributions to some of the highest-profile developments in L.A. – and have done so during a time of challenge and uncertainty.

Congratulations to the trailblazing professionals who made this list and thank you for your contributions to the local business community’s success.

Methodology: The professionals featured in these pages did not pay to be included. Their profiles were drawn from nomination materials submitted to the Los Angeles Business Journal. Those selected for inclusion were reviewed by the editorial department and chosen based on a demonstration of impact made on the profession and on the Los Angeles community.


Michael Arnold – NAI Capital Commercial
Erica Balin – Lee & Associates
Joshua Berger – Kidder Mathews
Warren Berzack – Lee & Associates – LA North/Ventura
Cheri Blessing – Lee & Associates – LA North/Ventura
Jamie Brooks – CBRE
Ryan Campbell – NAI Capital Commercial
Elizabeth Clark – Douglas Elliman
Mike Condon Jr. – Cushman & Wakefield
Christine Deschaine – Kennedy Wilson Brokerage
David Freitag – DAUM Commercial Real Estate Services
Caitlin Hoffman – Colliers
Alexander Koustas – The Agency
Alex Kozakov – CBRE
Jim Kruse – Kidder Mathews
Patti Kutschko – DAUM Commercial Real Estate Services
Stephen Lim – NAI Capital Commercial
Casey Lins – Kidder Mathews
Carine Mamann – Cushman & Wakefield
Lawson Martin – Cresa
Janet Neman – Kidder Mathews
Ricardo Pacheco – Colliers
George Pino – Commercial Brokers Int.
James Robbins – Cresa
Rob Rubano – Cushman & Wakefield
Jordan Rubinstein – Kennedy Wilson Brokerage
Justin Schultz – CBRE
Lee Shapiro – Kennedy Wilson Brokerage
Dennis Smith – Cresa
Mike Tingus – Lee & Associates – LA North/Ventura
Lorena Tomb – Urbanlime Real Estate
James Travers – Cresa
Patrick Wade – CBRE
David Young – NAI Capital Commercial
Jake Zacuto – Zacuto Group/Commercial Real Estate