Making Moves
For such a tight-knit industry, real estate has a lot of players, and we’re keeping track of them in our Making Moves feature. Stay up to date on your colleagues in the industry, where they’ve been and where they’re going.

Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty adding the Gia Chicago Team and solo agent, Daniela Pagani, to its roster. The company also named Bessie Pope as its new chief financial officer.

Coldwell Banker Realty has added two new agents in the Chicago suburbs: Jessie Cobb and Jennifer Hawbaker.

Koleno’s real estate experience covers Illinois, Florida, Georgia, Texas and North Carolina.

Option Realty Group has launched a new brokerage, Option Premier, led by Drew Stoffer as managing broker.

The KlopasStratton Team has joined Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty. It’s led by sister-and-brother duo Sophia Klopas and Jason Stratton.

Two new agents have joined Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty (JSIR): Mike Larson and Colby Price.

Alison “Ali” Swedenberg-Suarez has joined Kale Realty as the new assistant managing broker. She has nearly a decade of experience in the real estate industry.

Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED) has appointed Charles El-Moussa to the position of general counsel, effective immediately.

Industry veteran Tripti Kasal has joined the Chicago-based Leading Real Estate Companies of the World® (LeadingRE) in a newly created position: senior vice president, member engagement. In this role, Kasal will head LeadingRE’s U.S. membership services team, increasing member

Agent duo Anna Fiascone and Natalie Ryan have affiliated with COMPASS. They joined forces at BHHS Chicago in 2020, forming AFNR Homes.

Wacksman joined Zillow from Microsoft in 2009.

Dave Szymendera has joined Coldwell Banker Realty as an agent; he will operate in the western suburbs.

Madrid will lead expansion of the company’s national builder joint-venture division.

Joe Stacy has joined COMPASS as head of agent development. He has over three decades of real estate experience.

Roberto “Beto” Montaño is now an advisor with Engel & Völkers (E&V) Chicago. Most recently, Montaño was a managing broker with RE/MAX and, before that, he spent more than a decade working in politics.

Phoenix agent Lisa Zaklan is expanding her services to Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty in Chicago.