Liz Piazza

Fresh out of college, I started at Borden Chemical in New Jersey as the Marketing Director's assistant.  My boss was quite a genius and I was fortunate to work for him and learn so much.  I keep in touch with him to this very day and still owe him for all he taught me about business.  Shortly after he left the company, I, too left the company and went to work for Transamerica. Not so lucky with my manager there!  However, there's always a silver lining.  I had to pick up the ball and run with it.  It taught me alot...and quickly! After being in marketing for a couple of years, I transferred to Sales.  So, I sold and leased tractor trailers in the trucking industry in central and northern NJ...enough said.  When I married, we bought a house that was too far from my office.  (Yes, back in those days, you needed to go into the office to handle paperwork.)  So I left Transamerica and started sales at WMID in Atlantic City.  Once again, I found myself with a mentor who encouraged success and motivated people by his energy and enthusiasm.  It was a great fit for me...until I became pregnant and then nothing fit!  I stayed at home raising our children for the next fifteen years....very happily.

Fast forward fifteen years and I find myself with time on my hands and decide to take a little part time position at a real estate company...Kissinger Bigatel & Brower.  Again, I was blessed with management who wanted me to learn and be better and grow.  Jan Graci's enthusiasm, her years of experience, her creative problem solving, her sense of calm when all around is calamity...priceless!  She's taught me so much about real estate, about business, about 'thinking outside of the box'...my sincere thanks to her.  My other boss, Mark Bigatel is also a terrific mentor.  He also has many years of experience, a keen eye for marketing properties and excellent judgement.  As the market took a turn for the worse in 2008, Mark who is KBB's Managing Broker led this brokerage through the difficult times and we actually increased our market share while others saw their share dwindling.  This success is due to wise management and a serious company-wide dedication to client care.  Working closely with both of these professionals is why my 'little part time postition' has morphed into a 'full time passion'.