Ana Erickson, 24

Unlike many of her peers, Ana Erickson has no family background in real estate. Her path into the industry evolved not from familial ties, but from a love of eyelash extensions.

“I’ve always loved lash extensions, so I started my own lash extension business,” said Erickson, who graduated from Barnard College with a bachelor’s degree in political science. “I loved taking that love and sharing it with the world, and building relationships with my clients.”

Erickson decided to blend her interest in developing deeper client relationships with her interest in New York City. She joined Savills in September 2022, after being chosen for the firm’s Junior Broker Development Program.

Erickson works on the brokerage team of Savills Tri-State Brokerage CEO Mitti Liebersohn, which has been an all-encompassing learning experience.

“A lot of my position is working on transactions for our various office clients,” said Erickson. “My position is unique in that Mitti is also in leadership, so I get a taste for his different responsibilities when it comes to supporting Savills Tri-State and creating a lot of great culture here in New York.”

Erickson worked on the March 2025 lease renewal for Santander Bank’s 192,000-square-foot U.S. headquarters at 437 Madison Avenue, and also on the April 2024 American Eagle Outfitters’ relocation to 338,085 square feet of space at 63 Madison Avenue. 

This is the kind of work she hopes to continue on a deeper level moving forward.

“I will always think of the American Eagle transaction as the deal that launched my career, because it was the first deal I really saw from ‘I’m pitching this client’ to ‘The deal has closed,’ ” said Erickson. “It was a very complicated deal during COVID, and dealt with different kinds of financing. But what made it special was seeing over the two-year period it took to do the deal how close you got with those clients. Those are people I still interact with.”