Originally from the New Jersey suburbs, Barbara has lived in Columbia County since 1976. Together, she and her husband Doug have raised four kids in the area three boys and a girl, plus an assortment of dogs and cats and fish in a 1890's farmhouse in rural Red Rock, a hamlet outside the town of Chatham. In 2002, with her boys all grown up, her daughter looking at colleges, and facing an empty nest, Barb decided to turn her volunteer community, school church work into a full-time job. She knew the county, its villages, towns and back roads (and nearly everyone in it), so she decided real estate would be her thing. Today, as an associate broker, Barb handles both residential and commercial real estate as well as separate land deals having closed on more than two deals a per month just this year. She is happy to broker deals on her own, with other brokers in her firm or in conjunction with outside associates. Her specialty is matching people with their dream homes and wonderful neighbors.