Elliman’s Elly Pateras Named REBNY’s Management Executive of the Year

Elly Pateras, Executive Managing Director of Douglas Elliman Property Management, was presented with The George M. Brooker Management Executive of the Year Award by the Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY) at its 127th Annual Banquet, held Thursday, April 20, at the Glasshouse in NYC.

Named for its first recipient, in 1976, the award recognizes “exceptional career accomplishments as well as service to the profession and the broader community.” Pateras, who has served on REBNY for 19 years, previously received the award in 2008.

At Douglas Elliman Property Management, Pateras oversees a team of account executives responsible for managing more than 60 of the finest buildings in New York City, including many notable addresses on Fifth and Park Avenues.

In the past year Pateras represented Douglas Elliman while working with the Realty Advisory Board on the contract negotiations with Local 32BJ of the Service Employees International Union.

Before joining Douglas Elliman in 1999, Pateras was vice president and director of management of R.A. Cohen & Associates Inc., where she was responsible for developing the company’s co-op and condominium business and supervising the management of the ownership’s real estate holdings.