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Bo Menkiti Recognized as a RisMedia Real Estate Newsmaker

RISMedia has announced it has chosen Bo Menkiti as a member of the Class of 2019 Real Estate Newsmakers, which will be revealed in the December 2018 issue of RISMedia’s Real Estate magazine, and featured online at RISMedia.com.

RISMedia’s Real Estate Newsmakers is an exclusive group of industry luminaries who have contributed in newsworthy ways to real estate.  The 2019 Class was chosen by RISMedia editors for headline-making initiatives and successes, including, but not limited to:

  • Advancing the industry
  • Impacting change
  • Technology achievements
  • Diversity and inclusion
  • Business accomplishments and growth
  • Humanitarian efforts
  • Industry activism and support
  • Thought leadership and influence
  • Excellence in customer service
  • Creativity and innovation

“RISMedia’s Real Estate Newsmaker Awards honor the industry’s real newsmakers—the people who are positively affecting our industry and the millions of consumers we serve,” says John Featherston, CEO and president of RISMedia. “Our industry promotes and provides consumers with a pathway to responsible homeownership. Over the past three-plus decades, RISMedia has covered, chronicled and celebrated the professionals making news in real estate, and we are honored to continue to formalize these honors with the 2019 annual RISMedia Real Estate Newsmaker Awards.”

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Kymber Lovett-Menkiti Recognized as a Washington Business Journal 2018 40 Under 40 Honoree

Wednesday, June 27, 2018: WASHINGTON, DC – It was announced last night that Kymber Lovett-Menkiti, Regional Director for the Maryland/DC region for Keller Williams Realty International, and President of Sales for The Menkiti Group and for

Keller Williams Capital Properties (KWCP), has been named to the Washington Business Journal 2018 40 Under 40 list of honorees, a group of the greater Washington, DC region’s brightest and best young business leaders under age 40.

“I am thrilled and humbled to be recognized among an incredible group of business leaders in the Washington, DC region, and among standout women in particular,” said Lovett-Menkiti. “When I reflect on my journey to this point, I’m proud to say I have built my career in doing what I love most – in doing good while doing well, succeeding in business while serving the community. I’m fortunate to have many talented people around me that challenge and inspire me each day to transforming lives, careers, and communities through real estate,” she added.

Since the founding of The Menkiti Group in 2004, and subsequent founding of KWCP in 2006, Kymber has demonstrated outstanding performance as a sales driver for the two companies and helped to generate significant revenue growth. Both entities have been consistently recognized on the INC. 500/5000 list of fastest-growing privately-held companies for a collective 14 times and have also been recognized by the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City as fastest growing inner-city businesses in the United States for a combined seven times.

In January 2018, Kymber accepted the role of Regional Director for the Maryland/District of Columbia Region of KWRI, directing growth for 19 Market Center offices, with close to 5,000 real estate professionals, and is the first African American woman to hold as high a position in the company. Washingtonian Magazine has named Kymber a Top Real Estate Agent multiple years, and in 2015, she was recognized by Washington SmartCEO as a 2015 Brava award winner for distinguished achievement as a member of Greater Washington’s top women business leaders.

Kymber is a charter member and Board Chair of the CPMG Foundation, a joint project of The Menkiti Group and Keller Williams Capital Properties created to support the housing, education, and entrepreneurship needs in the DC Metro area, Kymber is also a founding member of the board for DC WISE, (Women in Solidarity for Empowerment), a Washington, DC non-profit organization established to support organizations that serve women and children. To date, the organization has contributed more than $650,000 to the communities in which it serves.

Magna cum laude graduate of James Madison University with a degree in Social Work, Kymber also holds two Master’s Degrees in Social Work, and Law and Social Policy from Bryn Mawr College. An Associate Broker and licensed REALTOR® in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia, she has been a long-time resident of the District of Columbia and enjoys celebrating the culture and big city luxuries of the urban setting while appreciating the small-town comforts of its neighborhoods and communities with her husband and three active boys.

BO MENKITI NAMED MID-ATLANTIC FINALIST FOR EY ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR® AWARD

Founder & CEO of The Menkiti Group and Keller Williams Capital Properties included with 30 other regional finalists from an array of different industries and business sectors.

EY has announced that Bo Menkiti, Founder, and CEO of The Menkiti Group and Keller Williams Capital Properties, is a finalist for the Entrepreneur Of The Year® Award in the Mid-Atlantic region. The awards program recognizes entrepreneurs who are excelling in areas such as innovation, financial performance and personal commitment to their businesses and communities. Menkiti was selected by a panel of independent judges; award winners will be announced at a gala event on June 15, 2017, at the Ritz-Carlton, Tysons Corner, VA.

Bo Menkiti, Founder & CEO of The Menkiti Group and Keller Williams Capital Properties

“I’m honored to have been named a finalist for the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year Award, and to be included with such an amazing group of business leaders and innovators,” said Bo Menkiti. “This recognition is an affirmation that entrepreneurs can operate a mission-oriented double-bottom-line company like ours and be successful at scale.”

Founded in 2004, The Menkiti Group is an integrated real estate services firm dedicated to transforming lives, careers, and communities through real estate. The company has established a reputation for its creative and productive deployment of capital and the cultivation of relationships across economic and cultural divides that have historically hindered the development of urban neighborhoods.

To date, The Menkiti Group has invested over $160 million into DC’s emerging neighborhoods, with 1.5 M square feet of property currently in its development pipeline, and has helped more than 2,000 families purchase and sell homes. The Menkiti Group also owns and operates Keller Williams Capital Properties, one of the fastest growing franchises of Keller Williams Realty, with seven offices, nearly 1,000 agents, and more than $2 billion in transactions in 2016. Together, through their joint foundation, The Menkiti Group and Keller Williams Capital Properties have donated over $500,000 to organizations in the DC, Maryland, and Virginia communities where they do business.

See here for Mr. Menkiti’s full biography.

About Entrepreneur Of The Year Entrepreneur Of The Year®, founded by EY, is the world’s most prestigious business awards program for entrepreneurs, chosen from an independent panel of judges including entrepreneurs and prominent business leaders from business, finance, and the local community. The program makes a difference through the way it encourages entrepreneurial activity among those with potential and recognizes the contribution of people who inspire others with their vision, leadership, and achievement. As the first and only truly global awards program of its kind, Entrepreneur Of The Year celebrates those who are building and leading successful, growing and dynamic businesses, recognizing them through regional, national and global awards programs in over 145 cities and more than 60 countries. Ey.com/eoy

About The Menkiti Group & Keller Williams Capital Properties Headquartered in Washington, DC, The Menkiti Group is a real estate services company dedicated to enhancing the fabric of life in America’s urban neighborhoods through the strategic development, management, and sale of residential and commercial property. The Menkiti Group has in development or in its pipeline more than 1.5 million square feet of property; has invested over $160 million in DC’s emerging neighborhoods, and has assisted over 2,000 families in purchasing and selling homes. The Menkiti Group also owns and operates Keller Williams Capital Properties, a fastest-growing franchise of Keller Williams Realty International, with seven offices and nearly 1,000 agents. menkitigroup.com kwcapitalproperties.com