Melissa Johnson Serves as the CEO, Managing Member for MJ Commercial Advisors LLC and is the Northwest Regional Ambassador at KW Commercial, Bellevue WA. Ms. Johnson has extensive expertise in commercial real estate, where she specializes in Seller and Buyer representation for both Tenant and Landlord representation. Melissa serves clients across diverse asset classes such as, industrial, office, retail, land, multi-family, hospitality and mixed use for large residential master plan developments. Melissa also provides brokerage services for investors. Prior to KW Commercial, Melissa gained valuable experience working with industry leading firms while at the Microsoft Corporation, where she lead the Corporate Worldwide Real Estate for the CEO and several Presidents sitting on their Executive Staff. From there she also served as the Director and Chief of Staff reporting to the Chief Technology Officer at Century Link, helping to build their Cloud technology division. Ms. Johnson also serves as the Planning Commissioner "Chair" for the City Of Arlington. Whether clients are looking to revive their business's, promote communities by having Melissa bring in developers/builders and retailers, or even buying, selling, investing or leasing, Melissa's experience combined with her partnerships with other commercial real estate brokers outside of KW Commercial provides clients with top-tier services. As you can read, Melissa has a broad range of experience spanning 15 years putting clients first. Professional Designations: COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE WOMEN: CREW Washington Chapter – Member, 2018 to present WOMEN’S COUNCIL OF REALTORS: Member, 2021 to present NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® – Member, 2009 to present WASHINGTON ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® – Member, 2009 to present Focus/Brief Background: 1. Giving back by doing pro bono work to show that she can help bring growth to communities or businesses looking to expand. 2. Branding by leading the efforts to enlarge the brand for KW Commercial and building onto the KWC portfolio for Washington State. 3. Building client relationships and networking business development opportunities into successful deals. 4. Microsoft Alumni who for 10+ Years worked on the Executive staff of two (2) Presidents at the Microsoft Corporation running their Corporate/Commercial Real Estate Divisions worldwide. 5. Award Winning Leader as seen in Seattle Magazine Awarded by her clients for successfully building and establishing long term relationships with them, city leaders, their staff, and the community by stepping in to help strategize & develop long term plans that revitalize communities. 6. Fiduciary & People Leader: Managing Multi-Million Dollars sales and maintaining a high performing culture while overseeing and helping to build the Commercial Division for our market center.