Ware Malcomb, an award-winning international design firm, on Mar. 7 announced Jimena Fernandez Navarra in the firm’s Mexico City office has been named President of the newly established Mexico City chapter of Commercial Real Estate Women Network (CREW Mexico City), which was launched at the association’s recent leadership conference in Fort Worth, TX.
In addition to her role as Director, Interior Architecture & Design for Ware Malcomb, Fernandez Navarra has been a major force in opening the chapter over the past year and will be responsible for its overall strategy, including structuring and establishing its committees.
“It is such an honor to serve as the first president of this new chapter and help lead its launch,” she said. “It is great to have an amazing group of women working together to make an impact in the industry.” She explained that CREW Mexico City’s goals are like that of other chapters industrywide, with an added focus of reinforcing relationships between Mexico, Canada, and the United States.
Fernandez Navarra joined Ware Malcomb in 2021 and brings more than 20 years of experience to her role overseeing all interiors projects for the Mexico City office. Her project resume includes architectural design, and interior design for numerous corporate, residential, commercial, education and hospitality projects. She earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in architectural design from Universidad Anáhuac, and Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, respectively.
CREW Network is a global organization that advances all women in commercial real estate through business networking, industry research, leadership development, and career outreach. CREW Network is committed to strengthening and expanding diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) throughout our global organization. Overall, CREW Network has more than 14,000 members in over 80 major markets worldwide.
Ware Malcomb professionals have been actively involved with CREW Network for more than 20 years and, in that time, several firm leaders have served on CREW chapter committees and boards. The firm regularly sponsors the association at the national level as well as more than a dozen regional CREW chapters and events. Erica Godun, Director, Sustainability, Ware Malcomb was recently named President of the CREW New Jersey Chapter for 2024.
About Ware Malcomb (waremalcomb.com)
Established in 1972, Ware Malcomb is a contemporary and expanding full-service design firm providing professional architecture, planning, interior design, civil engineering, branding and building measurement services to corporate, commercial/residential developer and public/institutional clients throughout the world. With office locations throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico and Brazil, the firm specializes in the design of office, industrial, science & technology, healthcare, multifamily, retail, and public/institutional projects. Ware Malcomb is recognized as an Inc. 5000 fastest-growing private company and a Hot Firm by Zweig Group. The firm is also ranked among the top 15 architecture/engineering firms in Engineering News-Record’s Top 500 Design Firms and the top 25 interior design firms in Interior Design magazine’s Top 100 Giants. For more information, visit waremalcomb.com.
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