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Meet 30 professionals who embody the modern concept of leadership. Each has vision and passion, and each is innovative and collaborative. Learn how these women are transforming old business models and making their workplaces better.
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Cindy Pettinaro Wilkinson
Verino Pettinaro started the Pettinaro real estate development company in 1967. His daughter Cindy Pettinaro Wilkinson founded Pettinaro Relocation in 1996. Since its inception, Pettinaro Relocation has built and managed five properties that offer hundreds of short-term apartments, condominiums and town homes. Wilkinson beefed up the business in 1999, when she included law firms and insurance companies as clients. Working alongside sales director Nancy Rochford, Wilkinson created a business that became known among builders and real estate brokers by housing hundreds of corporate executives, individuals and families from the United States and abroad. Wilkinson sweated the small stuff, offering amenities such as large bathrooms and gourmet kitchens. “We wanted to make life for customers better, at least for the short term,” she says.
THE FUN BEGAN In the late 1990s.Wilkinson provided housing to Bruce Willis while the actor and his crew were in Wilmington to make a film by native Delawarean Joe Feury in 1997.
HER PASSION Volunteering. Wilkinson works with Governor Jack Markell and Carla Markell on the Better Delaware initiative to increase volunteerism.
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