NationalAudubonSociety_CushmanTeam

No. 11

ELYSE’S FIRST bird LOVE Y ellow-Crowned A mazon When I was about 3 years old a yellow- crowned Amazon parrot flew into my grandparents’ home in Berbice, Guyana and landed on my father’s shoulder. My cousins fed the parrot and he, of course, refused to leave. My father decided that he would bring the bird back to the United States as a pet for me and my 4 siblings. The parrot repeatedly said “Robert”, which we named him. Whenever we came home from school Robert would greet us at the door singing “Hello, hello, hello”. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS • Associate AIA, American Institute of Architects • AssociateMember, Urban Land Institute • Council Member, Women Build Council of Habitat for Humanity • Member, National Association of Professional Women • BoardMember, 2013, 2014, Association of Real Estate Women PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION • Executive of theMonth | NewYorkReal Estate Journal , July 2017 • WBC’s OutstandingWomen 2014 | WomenBuilders Council, Inc. • TopWomen toWatch in 2014 | SokolMedia • VIPWoman of the Year for 2012–2013 | National Association of ProfessionalWomen • VIPWoman of the Year | TheMannReport , August 2012 • JLL’s Rising Star Dives Right In | Real EstateWeekly July 2012 • Panelist | CoreNETGlobal Part 3: How to SaveMoney on Construction Projects – Implementation andExecution , NewYork, NY, June 2011

EDUCATION • Bachelor of Architecture, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute • Bachelor of Science in Building Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

He would then climb onto my shoulder and watch as I did my homework. Robert was an incredible pet who went everywhere we went, repeated everything at the appropriate time and even did not mind when we dressed him up for Halloween. My love of the yellow-crowned Amazon started with Robert and I hope to own another parrot in the future.