Sotheby’s International Realty names Marissa Ghesquiere regional president

Marissa Ghesquiere has been appointed as regional president for the East Coast and Central regions at Sotheby’s International Realty Inc. It’s a newly created role for the firm in which Ghesquiere will oversee brokerage operations across several key markets while continuing to lead the firm’s East Side Manhattan brokerage, the company announced Monday.

In the regional post, Ghesquiere will be responsible for sales, strategy and operations, with a focus on company-owned offices in New York City; the Hamptons, New York; Greenwich, Connecticut; Palm Beach and Wellington, Florida; Cape Cod, Massachusetts; Houston; and Santa Fe, New Mexico.

She will work with sales leadership, sales professionals and operational teams to support business development and client service across the portfolio. Ghesquiere also continues to serve as managing broker of the East Side Manhattan brokerage and holds real estate licenses in New York, Florida and Massachusetts.

A native New Yorker, Ghesquiere brings nearly two decades of combined real estate and legal experience to the role, according to the company. 

Before moving into brokerage leadership, Ghesquiere practiced real estate law in New York and Massachusetts. She later served as corporate counsel for the company-owned brokerage from 2007 to 2016. She remains admitted to the New York and Massachusetts bars.

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