Crissy is passionate about innovation and productivity in the workplace; constantly seeking a better way and helping others succeed are a couple of her daily drivers.

Crissy develops and expands marketing and technology platforms for the Houston office and contributes to the Southwest region.

She started as the marketing specialist at the front desk of a boutique commercial real estate firm in 2007,  with her first assignment of building their website. From there learning commercial real estate and bringing the best marketing practices to the CRE realm has been her focus.

In 2010 that boutique firm merged with Colliers' Houston office where Crissy was promoted to marketing director, now chief marketing officer, and has been responsible for the organization's marketing efforts. Crissy designs and conducts in-house training programs to elevate staff knowledge and to enhance new business skills. She organizes and executes company events and recognition programs to support and promote a positive work culture. In January of 2020, she became a principal of the firm.

Some of Crissy's career highlights include being named Colliers U.S. Marketer of the Year, partaking in Fort Bend's Leadership Class program, being recognized as a local Top 40 Under 40, and taking home awards for Best Market Intelligence and Driving Business Efficiencies & Effectiveness.  

Crissy earned the Commercial Property Marketing Certification (CPMC) from Colliers University.  CPMC is the first and only accreditation for commercial real estate marketing professionals. It offers a professional development path to increase strategic and tactical expertise in marketing/research, knowledge of the industry, and capabilities with commercial real estate tools.

Pat is the managing director of brokerage services in Houston for Colliers.  Pat has more than 37 years of experience in commercial real estate as a producing broker, educator, sales manager and managing broker. Pat relocated to Houston from Florida where he served as President of the Colliers offices in Tampa Bay, Orlando and Southwest Florida.

​Pat started his career as Director of Marketing for a real estate data base company where he spent three years interviewing top brokerage houses throughout the United States and assisted in their automation needs as a consultant and instructor.   As President of the Colliers Houston office, he has direct responsibility for recruiting, training and managing the sales and leasing teams, property management and business plan creation and coordination for the company.

Pat was responsible for building and organizing retail service delivery capabilities for Colliers worldwide as chairman of the Colliers Retail Specialty Group (96-2000, 2002-2013).  Pat is also a founding member of the Colliers Oil and Gas practice group.  Among his academic accomplishments, Pat wrote the capstone case study for the CCIM program's final course offering from 1986 - 1998.  The case study combined the marketing and financial concepts taught by CCIM to allow the students to apply the material to a simulated commercial property disposition.

He has been an instructor for NACORE’s (now CORENET) Intermediate Finance Course and was awarded the Top-Rated Faculty Certificate in 2000.  Pat has been quoted in national and regional publications including the Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones, Newsweek, Real Estate Forum, National Real Estate Investor, Globe Street and others.  He has been an expert panelist for NAIOP, Real Share, ICSC and many other real estate organizations.

Pat has served as a member (and Chairman) of the Colliers Managers Steering committee, the Board of Directors for Colliers USA and is the past Chairman of the Colliers USA Board of Advisors.  In 2003, Pat was awarded Colliers Manager of the Year.  In 2004, he was chosen by Colliers as the Tom Richardson Award recipient, an honor based on strength of character. In 2012, Pat was chosen as the recipient of the Colliers USA Pinnacle Award for service excellence.  Pat is the only person in Colliers to win all three of these awards.  He served as an instructor for Colliers University 2010-14.   In 2017 Pat was recognized as a “Best Boss” by Real Estate Forum magazine.

Caroline has been actively involved in the operations of Colliers for over twenty years.  Originally hired by the company as a bookkeeper on a contract basis, she now serves as chief operating officer.  Caroline also serves as Colliers Administrator and MCA Coordinator.  Prior to joining Colliers, Caroline was employed by an independent investor, her duties focusing on accounting and taxes.  In addition, she worked as a special project technical assistant with Aramco Services Company, the American subsidiary of the Saudi national oil company.

Aimee joined the Colliers Houston office in August 2019. With a background in public relations, Aimee quickly shifted to a role with the marketing team as a project coordinator. In this role, she works on special projects and performs various tasks such as auditing and maintaining advisor profiles, and auditing and maintaining master broker list.

Aimee earned both the Commercial Property Marketing Certification (CPMC) and Commercial Property Research Certification (CPRC)  from Colliers University.  CPMC and CPRC are the first and only accreditations for commercial real estate marketing and research professionals. It offers a professional development path to increase strategic and tactical expertise in marketing/research, knowledge of the industry and capabilities with commercial real estate tools.

Chris Pagano joined the marketing department at Colliers in Houston in 2021, bringing more than 10 years of design and marketing experience to the team.

As the Creative Manager, Chris supports the company’s creative needs while maintaining and building upon the Colliers brand. His responsibilities include custom graphics and illustrations, signage, collateral layout and design, custom site plan and floor plan creation, photo editing and touchups, client services overflow support, and all other creative services needed.

Chris also works closely with the Chief Marketing Officer and client service coordinators to assist with daily marketing tasks and to advance our marketing efforts.

Before joining Colliers, Chris spent time at the following companies and organizations:

• Patriot Advertising
• United States Marine Corps
• Jacobs Engineering
• Fidelis Realty Partners