NeAnna is a third-generation Real Estate professional licensed in Maryland and the District of Columbia. She developed her appreciation for service, as well as rich textures and aesthetics growing up in her Father's print shop. She later built a strong background in advocacy and negotiation, after a ten-year tenure with the NAACP, National Headquarters as manager of estates and high-end donors in the office of Development. NeAnna currently serves as Director at Women's Global Impact Initiative, an Interagency organization founded in 2006 to provide housing and development both internationally and domestically. Additionally, NeAnna is the sole owner and operator at Steely Construction, a full-service construction firm. She lends the benefit of some of her following affiliations to her clients: DC Council for Humanities; East Baltimore Development Initiative; Community Development Network of Maryland (Baltimore Committee); the United States Transportation Infrastructure task force, Women in Government Relations; Public Affairs Grass Roots Council, Women In Government Relations; United States Department of State, International Development Stakeholder Global Partner; Order of the Eastern Star; Bush Institute; Obama's Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative; Global Leadership Council, Meridian International; Professional Women in Construction NeAnna is fluent in Spanish and conversationally-fluent in Somali and Yiddish. She is a certified Data Scientist and uses her spare time to teach the same skills to her three sons in addition to reading, volunteering, practicing Yoga, sharpening her Wing Chun Kung Fu practice and taking fun pictures with her hairless Chinese Crested.