Sharon Karaffa is the Vice Chairman, Co-Head of Production of Newmark’s Multifamily Capital Markets division. She is responsible for driving revenue through the integration of Debt and Structured Finance and Investment Sales, with a focus on business development, strategic initiatives, marketing, and reporting and analytics. Sharon’s leadership of the integration of the multifamily investment sales and debt platforms at Newmark resulted in triple-digit growth of sales to debt conversion rates. She was named as one of the Connect CRE’s Washington, DC 2021 Women in Real Estate Award winners. Karaffa received a B.S. in Finance from the Smeal College of Business Administration at the Pennsylvania State University.