Douglas Elliman Honors Top-Performing Agents at the Ellies

Douglas Elliman announced the winners of the 2024 Ellie Awards, which honor the firm’s top performing agents throughout the nation for 2023, last Thursday, March 14, and top performers from the Hamptons offices were among the honorees.

“In the face of financial and market headwinds across the industry, Douglas Elliman agents persevered and prevailed, all while demonstrating characteristic resolve, ingenuity and professionalism,” said Howard M. Lorber, the executive chairman of Douglas Elliman. “We could not be prouder of what they have accomplished.”

“Douglas Elliman agents show, time and again, that they are second to none,” said Scott Durkin, the president and CEO of Douglas Elliman Realty. “These best-in-class agents are the ones who trust in their experience and draw on their resourcefulness to thrive in any market.”

Nationwide, 37 Elliman agents and teams closed 47 deals over $25 million, including two top sales in the Hamptons. Kyle Rosko and Marcy Braun of the Eklund | Gomes Team represented the sellers of the waterfront estate at 51 West End Road in East Hampton, for $35 million, and Erica Grossman brought the buyer to the $33.5 million dollar sale at 35 Dune Road in Bridgehampton. Both sales ranked among the 10 most expensive Hamptons home sales of 2023.

The Billion Dollar Club went to The Eklund | Gomes Team as the Mega Team winner. In the Hamptons, the Eklund | Gomes team is led by Kyle Rosko and Marcy Braun.

The Pinnacle Club Award winners from the Hamptons and North Fork, presented to agents and teams who made over $1 million in 2023, included The Atlantic Team, Erica Grossman, Michaela Keszler, The Enzo Morabito Team, and The Tunick Team.

The National Award, presented to the individuals and teams (by size) by gross commission income (GCI) for the entire company nationwide, went to Michaela Keszler (#12 Individual), The Eklund Gomes Team (#1 Mega Team), The Michael Lorber Team (#5 Large Team) and The Steven Cohen Team (#5 Medium Team).

By volume, winners of The National Award included Michaela Keszler (#13 Individual),

The Eklund Gomes Team (#1 Mega Team), The Michael Lorber Team (#5 Large Team), The Steven Cohen Team (#3 Medium Team), and The Enzo Morabito Team (#12 Medium Team).

The coveted award for Hamptons & North Fork Rookie of the Year went to Cleo Ahn of the Bridgehampton office.

In the Hamptons, the top individual prize based on GCI was awarded to Michaela Keszler (#1) from the Southampton office. Additional individuals recognized by GCI were Erica Grossman (#2), Martha Gundersen (#3), Kristy Naddell (#4), Paul Brennan (#5), Brenda Giufurta (#6), Thomas Cavallo (#7), Robert Landsiedel, (#8), Scott Bennett (#9), Maryanne Horwath (#10), Francis Fineo (#11), Lynda Packard (#12), Michael Brennan (#13), Toni Asch (#14), Brian Hagadorn (#15), Elizabeth Capozzoli (#16), Paul Loeb (#17), Joseph Van Asco (#18), David Donohue (#19) and Susan Ceslow (#20).

The Hamptons award for top team by GCI went to The Atlantic Team (#1) of the East Hampton office. Other top 10 teams by GCI in the Hamptons included The Enzo Morabito Team (#2), The Tunick Team (#3), The Terry Thompson Team (#4), The Michael Lorber Team (#5), The Cammarata Team (#6), The Connelly Team (#7), Lord Chapin Team (#8), The Poliwoda Team (#9), The Porto Francavilla Team (#10), Wolff Bender Team (#11), The Pinkwater Metzger Team (#12), The Nigro Team (#13), The James Hogan Team (#14), Mackay Dixon Team (#15), The Piliero Team (#16), The Steven Cohen Team (#17), The Bouckoms Team (#18), Aarons Goodstein Team (#19) and The Adla Team (#20).

The top individual agent in the Hamptons by sales volume was Michaela Keszler (#1). She was followed by Martha Gundersen (#2), Erica Grossman (#3), Paul Brennan (#4), Kristy Naddell (#5), Robert Landsiedel (#6), Thomas Cavallo (#7), Brenda Giufurta (#8), Scott Bennett (#9), Maryanne Horwath (#10), Francis Fineo (#11), Lisa Grenci (#12), Elizabeth Capozzoli (#13), Dolly Schuttinger-Glass (#14), Michael Brennan (#15), Lynda Packard (#16), Brian Hagadorn (#17), Raphael Avigdor (#18), David Donohue (#19) and Paul Loeb (#20).

The top team by sales volume was awarded to The Enzo Morabito Team (#1). Other team winners by volume included The Atlantic Team (#2), The Tunick Team (#3), The Michael Lorber Team (#4), The Cammarata Team (#5), The Terry Thompson Team (#6), The Connelly Team (#7), Lord Chapin Team (#8), The Porto Francavilla Team (#9), The Poliwoda Team (#10), The Nigro Team and The Steven Cohen Team (#11 TIE), The Pinkwater Metzger Team (#12), The Piliero Team (#13), Wolff Bender Team (#14), Mackay Dixon Team (#15), The James Hogan Team (#16), Aarons Goodstein Team (#17), The Bouckoms Team (#18), The Adla Team (#19) and Team Michael Daly (#20).

The top individual prize based on transactions in the Hamptons went to Kristy Naddell (#1) from the Cutchogue office. Other individual winners included Scott Bennett (#2), Robert Landsiedel (#3), Paul Loeb (#4), Andrea Parks (#5), Brenda Giufurta (#6), Melissa Principi (#7), Elizabeth Capozzoli (#8), Michaela Keszler, Thomas Cavallo and Rita Rooney (#9 TIE) and Peter Halpin and Thomas Uhlinger (#10 TIE).

The Atlantic Team (#1) was named the top performing team in the Hamptons by number of Transactions, followed by The Connelly Team (#2), The Enzo Morabito Team (#3), The Cammarata Team (#4), The Porto Francavilla Team and The Terry Thompson Team (#5 tie), The Poliwoda Team (#6), Lord Chapin Team and The Tunick Team (#7 tie), The Michael Lorber Team (#8) The James Hogan Team (#9) and The Piliero Team (#10).

Michaela Keszler was named the No. 1 rental agent in the Hamptons by GCI. Other top rental agents by GCI included Erica Grossman (#2), Dawn Neway (#3), Paulina Keszler (#4), Lynda Packard (#5), Thomas Cavallo (#6), Joseph Van Asco (#7), Marc Aaron Curti (#8), Brenda Giufurta (#9) and Toni Asch (#10).

The Atlantic Team was named the No. 1 rental team in the Hamptons by GCI. Other top rental teams by GCI included Wolff Bender Team (#2) The Enzo Morabito Team (#3), The Terry Thompson Team (#4), Mackay Dixon Team (#5), The Michael Lorber Team (#6), The Poliwoda Team (#7), The Nigro Team (#8), The Bouckoms Team (#9) and Team Michael Daly (#10).

Dawn Neway was named the No. 1 rental agent in the Hamptons by transactions. Other individual winners by transactions included Joseph Van Asco (#2), Brenda Giufurta (#3), Marc Aaron Curti (#4), Michaela Keszler (#5), Erica Grossman (#6), Paulina Keszler (#7), Tania Deighton (#8), Maryanne Horwath and Lynda Packard (# 9 TIE) and Thomas Cavallo (#10).

The Atlantic Team was named the No. 1 rental team in the Hamptons by transactions. Others included The Poliwoda Team (#2), Mackay Dixon Team (#3), The Enzo Morabito Team (#4), Wolff Bender Team (#5), The Bouckoms Team (#6), The Michael Lorber Team (#7), Team Michael Daly (#8), Lord Chapin Team and The Terry Thompson Team (#9 tie) and The Connelly Team (#10).

“Congratulations to our Hamptons and North Fork agents on a truly outstanding year. It is due to their hard work and unwavering dedication that we soared to new heights in 2023, ranking as the No. 1 brokerage in the region,” said Todd Bourgard, Douglas Elliman’s CEO of brokerage for Long Island, the Hamptons and the North Fork. “In a year when real estate was contending with many challenges, our Douglas Elliman team showed notable resilience — growing, expanding, thriving, and garnering new successes. I am beyond proud of this team and their accomplishments, and I look forward to all that 2024 has in store.