About Us

Lauren Larsen is the Managing Broker at NAI Affinity, specializing in commercial real estate advisory and brokerage services across Northern Colorado. She primarily focuses on development land transactions, as well as retail and industrial properties, representing developers, investors, landlords, and tenants in acquisitions, dispositions, and leasing assignments.

She is a graduate of the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado, where she earned her Bachelor of Business Administration with an emphasis in Real Estate. 

Lauren is actively involved in the commercial real estate community. She serves as President of CREW Northern Colorado and is a graduate of Leadership Northern Colorado. In recognition of her leadership and industry impact, she was honored with the 2024 NAI Global Women’s Alliance Champion Award.

Cheryl has been in the commercial construction industry since 2011, spending the majority of her career in Northern Colorado. She has held various roles across accounting, operations, business development, and marketing, showcasing her versatility and depth of knowledge. Currently serving as a Senior Marketing Manager for Saunders Construction, Cheryl brings expertise in marketing strategy, communications, cross-departmental collaboration, proposal management, and content creation.

Cheryl is passionate about building relationships and connecting others within the CRE and AEC industries. In addition to her professional role, she serves on the board for the Northern Colorado Construction Sector Partnership and is a graduate of Leadership Fort Collins. Cheryl is dedicated to fostering innovation and collaboration in every aspect of her work.

Kim is Vice President Relationship Manager with SouthState Bank where she specializes in working with clients to achieve their business financial strategy. She has 24 years of experience in the financial industry and the last seven years in commercial real estate lending. She brings experience in cash flow management, real estate and asset purchase, and building strong client relationships. Kim manages a portfolio of commercial clients in the Northern Colorado market and is responsible for business development of new commercial relationships. She has experience with several areas of real estate lending such as investment and multi-family, industrial, healthcare, and office properties.

Rachel specializes in the sale and leasing of office, industrial, retail, land, and residential properties throughout Northern Colorado. Rachel has over 16 years of real estate experience. She has extensive experience with real estate contracts, leases, property management, 1031 Exchange real estate investments, land assemblage, water rights acquisitions, industrial and office property sales.

During her early career, Rachel mentored under and worked directly with Craig Hau, Senior Commercial Advisor at The Group, where she managed over $416,000,000.00 in volume and managed over 675 transactions. Along with Rachel’s commercial real estate background, Rachel has over 9 years of residential real estate experience.

Her extensive knowledge of both the commercial real estate and residential real estate market segments sets Rachel apart amongst other industry experts. Having experience and actively selling in both market segments allows Rachel to have a comprehensive understanding of the entire Northern Colorado real estate market.

She takes pride in providing world-class service to her clients and ensures that her clients know that they are always top-priority. Clients have stated that her knowledge of the real estate process & contracts, negotiation skills, combined with her outgoing personality makes for a smooth, easy transaction.

Rachel is a member of the Northern Colorado Commercial Association of Realtors (NCCAR), the Fort Collins Board of Realtors, as well as the National Association of Realtors and the Colorado Association of Realtors. Additionally, she is on the Board of Directors for Partners (formerly, Partners Mentoring Youth) and she is a long-standing member of WomenGive and is active in the Northern Colorado communities.

Since 2004 I have been serving clients in the real estate, lending, and title services industries. Helping my clients utilize tools and strategic marketing to enhance their business. Specializing in relationship-based sales, the ability to negotiate new business and maintain existing accounts with proven results.
With 17 years in the industry, I am proud have been with Fidelity National Title for the last six, helping agents, lenders and commercial brokers with all title needs.

Debby has been in the title insurance industry for 25 years in Northern Colorado and has been a Business Development Manager for First American Title since 2014. She is passionate about building relationships in the commercial real estate industry through working diligently to add value to her client’s business and enjoys working through challenging transactions. Debby has been a proud member of CREW since the inception of the Northern Colorado chapter in 2006 and has served in many roles. CREW NOCO is excited to have her on the board as the chapter’s Membership Chair in 2024.

Dixie Daly, Business/Membership Director for the Loveland Chamber of Commerce. Creating and organizing many groups/events with Chamber, such as leadership Loveland, Early Birds lead group, Business Before & After Hours, Golf Tournaments, Corn Roast & Sweetheart Festival, Lunch Connections, Lunch N Learn, Annual Dinner, Valentine Stamping, Ambassador & Miss Valentine Programs, Plus, shares her expertise in Sponsorships.

Dixie combines her entrepreneurial energy with a lifelong passion for helping others. She generously shares her passion, innovation leadership, intense business savvy and extensive network of contacts to encourage others, both as individuals and as new entrepreneurs.

Marissa is a banking professional serving as Vice President Banking Manager with First Western Trust.  She has been in the banking industry since 2005 where she has worked in numerous different roles.  She has been with First Western Trust since 2016 and in her current role she partners with business owners and high net worth individuals to help achieve their financial goals; specifically, by focusing on treasury management, deposits and lending. Marissa is responsible for managing current client relationships and developing new relationships in Northern Colorado.

Marissa actively engages with philanthropic initiatives such as the NoCo Changemakers, Give Next and the Children’s Museum of Northern Colorado.  She is also involved with CREW and the Town of Severance, and places strong emphasis on the power of philanthropy and meaningful community engagement.

Sarah Sullivan is Community Bank President at ANB Bank in Fort Collins, leading teams across residential, commercial, and construction lending to deliver growth. With 15 years in financial services, she has a diverse background spanning construction lending, underwriting, portfolio management, retail branch operations, and strategic business development. Sarah’s experience includes leading company-wide process implementations, such as new loan origination platforms and multi-state lending programs.

Sarah serves on the boards of CREW Northern Colorado, Habitat for Humanity Fort Collins, the Everitt Real Estate Center, and Junior Achievement Rocky Mountain. She recently joined Leadership Fort Collins and is a committed community leader. She advocates for expanding affordable housing and inclusive economic opportunity across Northern Colorado.

Sarah holds a B.S. in Business Administration from Colorado State University and is pursuing the American Bankers Association Stonier graduate-level banking program.