One firm, one team, built around your business.
Partnering with CORY means working with senior operators who lead every engagement end-to-end — across executive search, fractional leadership, career advisory, and the operations behind it all. No handoffs. No volume play. Just the people who'll actually be in the room with you.
Kelsi Cory
Kelsi Cory is the driving force behind a new era in real estate executive recruiting. With a passion for real estate talent and an unwavering commitment to people, she has become a top-choice confidant and trusted advisor for executive leaders across multifamily, commercial real estate, PropTech, and every asset class nationwide.
In 2018, she founded CORY Executive Recruiting with one mission: to redefine real estate recruitment and transform how companies connect with exceptional executive talent — centered on cultural fit, operator understanding, and long-term relationships.
Andrea leads executive search engagements at the Senior Director, Regional, VP, and SVP level across CORY's nine real estate verticals — with selective reach into C-suite roles where the operating-layer relationship has built the trust. Her specialty is the hires that determine whether a portfolio performs: Regional VPs, SVPs of Operations, VPs of Asset Management, Senior Directors of Acquisitions. Based near Lake Champlain.
Tara sits at the intersection of two sides of the CORY Ecosystem — candidate career advisory through Leaders On Deck, and member vetting and experience for Fractionals On Deck. She works with Directors, VPs, and senior operators on what comes next, and leads intake and reference vetting for FOD members. Neither is a job board. Both are relationship businesses built on trust.
Alecsa partners on real estate executive search engagements at the Senior Director, Regional, VP, and SVP layer across CORY's nine verticals. She specializes in the long-term relationship side of search — showing up for operators at every stage of their career, not just when they're ready to move. She also hosts CORY Collective: Courtside, the firm's invitation-only pickleball networking event for real estate leaders.
Amie is the connective tissue of the CORY Ecosystem — the person making sure every member, candidate, and partner feels the brand as much as they see it. She brings a rare blend to the role: a degree in Public Relations and Advertising from American University paired with years inside executive search. She knows how talent decisions actually get made, and she knows how to make a brand feel human while doing it. At CORY, she owns marketing, brand, and member experience across CES, LOD, and FOD. Warm, detail-obsessed, and quietly relentless about getting it right.
Jake handles CORY's critical back-office operations — compliance, onboarding, and the day-to-day systems that keep the firm running smoothly. As Co-Owner, he steps in across the business wherever needed, bringing structure, accountability, and follow-through to every layer of the operation. Quietly indispensable, he's the operator behind the operators. Outside of work, Jake enjoys the great outdoors, building projects, and spending quality time with his family.