Kidder Mathews’ Janet Neman and Karen Benoit have been recognized nationally as Women of Influence by GlobeSt. Real Estate Forum. Women in commercial real estate were selected based on their career achievements, community outreach, and mentorship within the industry.
Janet Neman is an executive vice president and shareholder with Kidder Mathews in the firm’s West Los Angeles office. She is recognized in the Broker-Investment Sales category.
Neman has been in the commercial real estate industry for over 30 years. She specializes in the analysis, marketing, and sales of commercial investment properties. During her career, Neman has sold more than $1.6 billion in assets. She has played a significant role in changing the dynamics of the male-dominated commercial real estate industry. She gives back to both her community and the industry through her volunteerism and mentorship of the next generation of real estate professionals.
Consistently a top-ranking broker, Neman continues to set and exceed performance standards within the commercial real estate industry. Some of her industry awards include Women of Influence Hall of Fame and So-Cal’s Most Powerful Women in Commercial Real Estate by GlobeSt. Real Estate Forum, Connect Media’s Women in Real Estate, NAR National Commercial Award from the National Association of Realtors, Women of Achievement Award from the Century City Chamber of Commerce, Women of Diversity at the Comerica Bank & the Los Angeles Lakers’ Best of LA Women’s Business Awards, Los Angeles Business Journal’s Broker of the Year: Best Multifamily Sale, and she was awarded finalist at the 2017 Los Angeles Business Journal Women’s Summit, celebrating dynamic women in Los Angeles.
Karen Benoit is the senior vice president of corporate marketing and a shareholder at Kidder Mathews. She is nationally recognized in the Women of Influence Awards in the Marketing/Communications Professional category.
Benoit is a tenured executive and a shareholder in the firm who is responsible for directing all aspects of Kidder Mathews corporate marketing, brand strategy, and communications. During her extensive career with Kidder Mathews, she has significantly enhanced the firm’s market presence, built an industry-leading marketing team of over 70 professionals, and she has helped strategically expand the firm from four to 22 offices and 900 professionals to become the largest privately held CRE firm on the West Coast. While serving on the company’s executive team and strategic planning committee, she has earned kidder Mathews over 400 awards and accolades during her career.
This is Benoit’s third honor by GlobeSt. Real Estate Forum in recent months. She was nationally recognized in June for her leadership as one of CRE’s Best Bosses of 2020, and she was honored nationally in December 2019 as a Top Influencer in CRE Marketing & Communications for her impact in creating a renowned brand reputation for Kidder Mathews.
About Kidder Mathews
Kidder Mathews is the largest independently owned commercial real estate firm on the West Coast, with 900 real estate professionals and staff in 22 offices in Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, and Arizona. Kidder Mathews offers a complete range of brokerage, appraisal, property management, consulting, project & construction management, and debt & equity finance services for all property types. The firm performs $9.6 billion in transactions, manages over 70 million square feet of space, and conducts over 1,680 appraisals annually. For more information, visit kidder.com.
