Douglas Elliman’s government group is including one other acquainted face to its government group.
The agency has employed Jamie Gagliano, a former chief working officer for 2 of the agency’s previously top-performing groups, because the chief working officer of its nationwide brokerage.
Gagliano is re-joining Elliman from Corcoran Group’s Noble Black & Companions group, the place she has served because the chief working officer for the final yr. Gagliano joined Black’s group in 2023 and helped oversee its 2024 combination with another top-performing team earlier than Black and his teammates departed for Corcoran in September 2025 after roughly a decade at Elliman.
Gagliano beforehand served because the COO of the Holly Parker Staff, engaged on the group for almost a decade after 9 years working in operational roles at a hedge fund. Parker departed Elliman after 24 years for Compass in 2024.
Gagliano is the second main rent centered on Elliman’s nationwide brokerage operations this yr after the agency brought on Lena Johnson, the previous chief advertising and marketing officer of One Sotheby’s, in April to function president.
Elliman has lately been touting its transformation into an AI-forward firm, which incorporates an overhaul of its expertise and launching a brand new firm powered by Google Cloud AI. A part of Gagliano’s duties shall be making certain that the corporate’s tech adjustments are available in ways in which make brokers “function extra effectively,” she mentioned.
She mentioned she appreciated Elliman’s lack of debt and its singular model focus, which is available in distinction to opponents like Compass, Corcoran and Sotheby’s Worldwide Realty which are nonetheless navigating consolidation.
CEO Michael Liebowitz famous that Gagliano’s expertise working with brokers and understanding how they use expertise made her a “nice match.” The size of the function is a step up from overseeing groups of some dozen brokers, however Liebowitz mentioned he would “a lot quite have any individual are available in from a smaller function operating groups who understands each facet of how issues work.”
Gagliano is the most recent in a slew of latest faces on Elliman’s government web page, a number of of which have returned after time away.
In December 2025, the corporate introduced on former vice chairman of promoting Natalie Passerini as chief advertising and marketing officer. In February 2026, Caitlin Chagan returned after less than a year to function the president of Douglas Elliman Growth Advertising, the place she had labored for a decade earlier than departing for a growth startup.
Elliman additionally employed Chris Reyes from Brown Harris Stevens to function chief expertise officer in November 2025.
Final month, the agency employed a director of AI enablement, Nick Patino, to push the adoption of AI instruments throughout the agency through its new data arm, Elius. Sharon Milz, the chief data officer of Time, can also be slated to hitch the agency as its head of AI expertise transformation.
Adjustments on the brokerage’s government stage have additionally included exits from the agency and new titles for brokerage veterans.
Richard Ferrari introduced final month that he would be stepping down from his function as head of brokerage in New York Metropolis to function a senior government advisor to the agency. In June, former Chief Technique Officer Wendy Purvey, who had been employed lower than a yr prior, left the agency, in line with LinkedIn, and long-time head of residential leasing Hal Gavzie and the agency additionally parted methods in January.
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