Alison Lewis joined Newmark Knight Frank in 2013 and currently serves as chief administrative officer, based in the New York headquarters. As a member of NKF’s executive leadership team, Ms. Lewis provides guidance and oversight of NKF’s business lines and office operations. She also focuses on national recruiting and strategic acquisitions for the firm. Ms. Lewis works to continually improve support to NKF’s brokers by leveraging technology, bringing operational efficiencies, and employing the firm’s first-in-class marketing, presentations, research and financial analysis materials. In addition, Ms. Lewis supervises the business operations managers across NKF’s national offices.
Previously, Ms. Lewis spent five years at CBRE as the senior managing director of New York Tri-State Region brokerage. In this role, she was responsible for the development, management, recruitment and training of the firm’s New York brokerage staff, as well as all activities relating to the region’s national and global urban retail initiative. Prior to her work at CBRE, Ms. Lewis served as part of the executive management team at Studley for Julien Studley. As senior vice president, she was instrumental in the development and execution of its corporate business strategy to enhance and grow the firm’s brand and market share.
Ms. Lewis earned a bachelor’s degree in international business/foreign careers from Lehigh University.