“I knew it was bad from a percentage standpoint,” she said, “but I’m not great at math. So I pulled out my calculator and realized one out of 14 is around 7%. That’s just unacceptable.”

“The caliber of women on this list is incredibly high,” Weiss noted proudly. “Many are executive leaders or C-suite professionals actively working in the field.”

Imagine this:

You've spent the night at a beautiful hotel with fluffy white robes, piles of soft feather pillows, and a lofty duvet covering luxurious, high-thread-count sheets.

For the first time in weeks, you have slept deeply and awoken refreshed, ready to conquer the day…

“It was a galvanizing moment for me when my good friend DeLea Becker was the only woman speaker out of 14 (~7%) at a one-day CRE conference in Austin.,” Weiss said.

“The excuse I often have heard is that ‘there aren’t enough women’ or ‘we don’t know any women who [fill in the blank],’” Weiss said. But I know it’s not a supply problem – it’s a visibility problem. So Women Speak CRE is a visibility platform.”