We understand that building a team is one thing, but creating a great team and keeping it together for the long haul is another. That is why we invest great time and effort to attract and retain the best real estate talent in the region. Our officers and associates understand we are committed to their success and growth, and that we reward innovation, persistence and achievement. Our culture is built upon hard work, sound knowledge, integrity and commitment to our clients. We do not just hire highly skilled people. We hire highly skilled people who also reflect our core values.
It all starts with our people—their success means great results for our clients and the continued success and growth of the firm. We have assembled a team of real estate experts with tremendous experience, specialized skills and penetrating insight into their geographic markets. Our team lives and plays in the markets they serve-- no real estate team is more intimately connected to the region than ours. And no team is better equipped to achieve your real estate objectives.
Richard O. Samit
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Broker, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania and District of Columbia
rsamit@fraserforbes.com
Richard Samit, our CEO and founder of Virginia based Fraser Forbes Real Estate Services is an award-winning industry leader in the Washington DC region. Samit has been responsible for building the firm into one of the Mid-Atlantic’s leading real estate companies. Since its founding in 1995, Fraser Forbes has sold in excess of $3.75 billion in development sites, including over 475 separate projects encompassing over 35,000 residential lots and land entitled for over 6,000,000 square feet of commercial development. In addition to the companies’ best in class sales capabilities, Samit has created Fraser Forbes Management and Advisory Services Group, which provides local and regional market analysis, valuation underwriting, asset management and development solutions for our clients. His vision to help clients with much needed capital support brought about our Financing Services division which assists in raising real estate project equity and debt . Relationships have been established with institutional investors and high net worth individuals, as well as national, regional, and community banks. Fraser Forbes’ four distinct groups– Land and Investment Sales, Financing Services, Management Services and Advisory Services-- are a direct product of Samit’s strategic vision; and he continues to lead their expansion to meet client needs in the real estate arena. Mr. Samit’s personal subject matter expertise is well known among leaders in Washington Area real estate for sales, development, construction and finance. He has been a frequent presenter on regional real estate panels and has been featured in numerous articles in the Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Washington Business Journal, Bisnow on Business, Globe Street, Smart CEO, Big Builder and Mid-Atlantic Real Estate Journal. He stays abreast of emerging trends and his network of industry-wide relationships built throughout his 24 year regional real estate career has been instrumental to the growth of Fraser Forbes Real Estate Services. Mr. Samit is an active member of the community. He established the Richard O. Samit Charitable Fund of the Montgomery County Charitable Foundation which supports various organizations, is a current member of the US Capital Chapter of Young Presidents Organization and serves on the advisory board of a leading community bank in the Metro area. Mr. Samit holds a Bachelors of Arts in Political Science from the University of Connecticut.
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Bruce C. Winston
Executive Vice President
Associate Broker, District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia
bwinston@fraserforbes.com
With over 50 years in the real estate industry, Bruce Winston offers Fraser Forbes' clients the benefit of extensive experience and successful track record within the development, home building and banking community. Since joining Fraser Forbes in 1999, Winston has been involved in transactions totaling over $1 Billion. He is a key leader of Fraser Forbes in all aspects of our business operations. In his five decades of doing business in the greater Washington DC Metropolitan area, his deep rooted relationships and vast knowledge provides clients with expertise rarely seen in this industry. Winston's real estate career began in the early 1960's with Dorothy K. Winston & Company. From 1974 to 1998, he was a builder and developer involved in the acquisition, development, entitlement, financing and marketing of over 800 single family and town house homes as well as several hundred residential lots in the Washington, DC metropolitan area . Winston also developed an office building in Bethesda, Maryland. Winston served as president of the SMBIA (now MNCBIA) in 1983 and 1984
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Jamie L. Gravino
Director of Operations
jgravino@fraserforbes.com
Jamie L. Gravino serves as the Director of Operations at Fraser Forbes. She is actively involved with the company’s strategic plans ,marketing , staff recruitment, business development, company management and technology enhancements. Mrs. Gravino’s extensive background from previous work experience provides Fraser Forbes with invaluable strengths and resources. Prior to arriving at Fraser Forbes, Mrs. Gravino worked at Heidt and Associates, a civil engineering and land surveying company in Tampa, Florida where she worked as an Executive Assistant to the Director of Land Surveying. After that, Mrs. Gravino was responsible for commercial sales at ADT/Tyco Fire and Securities in Orlando Florida. Her sales volume placed her in the top 5% of producers for the company nationwide. Mrs. Gravino is an active member of the local community where she does volunteer work for both Harbor School in Bethesda, Maryland and Greenacres School in Rockville, Maryland. She holds a BS from University of South Florida.
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Aaron J. Lebovitz
Associate
Licensed in Virginia and Maryland
alebovitz@fraserforbes.com
Aaron Lebovitz started at Fraser Forbes as an analyst providing research and analytical support to the Land Sales , Financing ,Management, and Advisory groups. He joined Fraser Forbes while enrolled in the Global MBA program at the George Washington University with a concentration in Finance and Real Estate Development. Aaron’s previous work experience is in the automotive industry where he worked for Nissan North America, Inc. in the Mid-Atlantic Regional office in Herndon, Virginia. Aaron spent his time at Nissan as a field sales representative covering three Mid-Atlantic markets in succession before returning to the office for management rotations. Aaron brings analytical skills and creativity gained through his MBA along with sales operations skills acquired during his time in the automotive industry to add value to Fraser Forbes and its clients. Aaron serves the markets of Maryland and Virginia.
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Janie Bjork
Associate
Licensed in Virginia, Maryland and District of Columbia
jbjork@fraserforbes.com
Janie offers expertise in senior housing, mixed-use, office, retail and land sales. Prior to joining Fraser Forbes, Janie provided exceptional performance through draft and execution of buy-sell-lease-hold strategies, driving maximum value on behalf of her client's properties. Janie spent the last 9 years at Marcus & Millichap Investment Services where she structured, negotiated and closed real property transactions, ranging in value from $1M to more than $40M, totaling in excess of $200,000,000. Further, Janie led teams in acquisitions and finance at several senior housing organizations, including Summerville Senior Living and ManorCare. Additionally, Janie worked for Citigroup where she managed consumer finance and real estate loan portfolios and developed complex financial models for evaluation of company performance and effectiveness of marketing programs. Janie holds a Master of Science in finance and a Bachelors of Business Administration from Loyola University. Janie is excited to bring her exemplary client relationship skills, strong work ethic and proven leadership to continue to achieve successes for both the clients and Fraser Forbes. She is active in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia.
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James M. Fraser
Associate
jfraser@fraserforbes.com
Jamie Fraser has been working in the real estate industry for over 15 years. After graduating with a BS in Civil Engineering from Bucknell University in 1997, he practiced land development engineering for six years and became a licensed Professional Engineer. In 2004, he earned his MBA from The University of Texas in Austin with a concentration in Real Estate Finance. For the past eight years, Mr. Fraser has been working as a project management consultant guiding developers through all phases of the development process. Between 2004 and 2008, he was primarily involved in the development of retail centers in Pennsylvania, Virginia, DC and Maryland. Between 2008 and 2010, he was the senior project manager of a $1.2 billion hospital construction project in Abu Dhabi. After returning from Abu Dhabi, he began his own project management consultancy and joined the Fraser Forbes team. Jamie's broad knowledge, relationships and experience in the development industry benefit Fraser Forbes' clients. He’s focused on opportunities in Maryland where his lives with his wife and two children.
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Jason Saunders
Associate
jsaunders@fraserforbes.com
Jason Saunders has earned a Bachelors of Science in Finance from the University of Maryland College Park and holds a Graduate Certificate in Personal Financial Planning from Georgetown University (CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™). Jason started his career as an analyst for a leading management consulting firm that concentrated its expertise in the payments – based areas of financial services. As an analyst, Jason worked on a variety of projects both client specific and industry related, including market research, marketing and business strategy development, financial modeling, and asset valuations.
Over the past 6 years, Jason has worked as a personal financial advisor to individuals and families. During his time he was successful in providing sound fundamental guidance to his clients in the areas of investments, taxation, risk management, retirement, charitable giving, and estate planning. Past success as a personal financial advisor undoubtedly stems from his proven ability to help solve complex problems facing businesses and individuals. Jason has brought these skills to the team at Fraser Forbes in assisting all of it's many valued clients with a primary focus in the Northern Virginia market.
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James Friedman
Associate
jfriedman@fraserforbes.com
James Friedman is currently an undergraduate at George Washington University studying economics and statistics. Since moving to D. C. three years ago, he has fallen in love with the area and taken a keen interest in the local real estate market, both in the District and the surrounding Metropolitan area. As a new face in the industry, he is very excited to be a part of a rapidly developing DC market and to experience the growth of a vibrant Washington culture. He currently provides valuable research and marketing assistance to the sales team on projects in Maryland, Virginia and Washington D.C. James is also looking to obtain his real estate license upon his graduation in the spring of 2012 and embark on a career in real estate sales with Fraser Forbes.
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