DESIGNATIONS: Green Realtor through the National Association of Realtors (NAR) LICENSED IN: District of Columbia Maryland Virginia MARKET/NEIGHBORHOODS SERVED: All close-in neighborhoods in Northwest DC, Northern VA and Maryland, including: Georgetown, Wesley Heights, Spring Valley, Kent, Massachusetts Avenue Heights, Kalorama and Forest Hills, McLean, Arlington, Alexandria, Bethesda, Chevy Chase, Potomac LANGUAGES: French PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Cynthia Howar is consistently ranked as a top-producing real estate agent in the Washington, DC, area. With more than 30 years of business, legal, sales and strategic marketing experience in several industries, she brings a wealth of resources to any real estate transaction. As a third-generation Washingtonian from a family of DC-based developers, she has a lifetime understanding of the Washington, Virginia and Maryland markets. Prior to becoming a full-time agent in 2004, Cynthia was educated in the healthcare field, worked as a telecommunications attorney and as a consultant in health informatics and telemedicine. She has been an executive in several companies and seamlessly applies this same work ethic to her real estate business, successfully utilizing her management, problem-solving and negotiating skills on behalf her clients. PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS - Member, GCAAR, NAR - Member, California and DC Bar Associations - Past Board of Visitors, Childrens' National Medical Center - Past Member, American Telemedicine Association - Past Member, ASTM - Past Member National Defense Industries Association - Past Member, American Association of Association Executives EDUCATION: - J.D., Georgetown University Law Center - Graduate Center of the City University of New York, Doctoral Studies in Psychology and Environmental Psychology - B.S. Trinity College, Hartford, CT - Graduate of Women in Leadership & Learning (WILL), ,a leadership training program for senior executive women in business - Studies in Fine Art and Architecture: Art League of Alexandria, Corcoran School of Art, University of Iowa, City College of New York, Hunter College COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT PAST AND PRESENT: - President, Hillandale Homeowners Association, 2007-2016 - Washington, DC, Chapter of the Alzheimers' Foundation - Marshall Legacy Foundation - Childrens' Defense Fund - I Have a Dream Foundation OUTSIDE INTERESTS: Tennis, Art, Architecture, Travel and the Culinary Arts Ms. Howar is also an artist, whose watercolor and oil paintings have been in juried shows in the DC metropolitan area.