Melissa Rutland, 38

President, Rutland Florida Gulf Group LLC

  • By Business Observer Staff
  • | 2:30 p.m. October 13, 2017
  • Class of 2017
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Melissa Rutland is proud of the “CCIM” acronym that follows her name. It stands for certified commercial investment member, and only about 16,000 people nationwide have achieved that designation. Furthermore, just 1% of CCIMs are women, she says.

 

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