Name: Dawn Jones
Company: Weichert Realtors
Address: 1355 Beverly Road, McLean, VA 22101
Phone: 703/893-1500, Ext. 190
Fax: 703/442-8923
E-mail: dawnjones@weichert.com
Web site: dawnjones.realtor.com
Year started: 1987
How did you get started in real estate? I was encouraged by my broker, Arlis Simmons
How long with the current company? Since 1987
License and designation: Virginia real estate sales, accredited buyer representative (ABR)
Associations: Northern Virginia Association of Realtors
Awards: No. 2 agent at Weichert’s McLean central office for last five years
Greatest accomplishment in the past 12 months: Hosting my TV show on Channel 10, “Business Beat,” featuring current events and real estate. In this show I am able to feature the homes that I have for sale as well as local politicians. I really loved doing a piece on the McLean Orchestra when we went to a private home and the orchestra played. The whole evening was magical.
What is your area of specialty? McLean and Great Falls
Highest-priced home sold: $2.13 million
Most memorable house: Tudor home on Georgetown Pike.
Worst experience: Being chased all around the house by one gentleman visitor during an open house, and then being rescued by a lovely family to whom I told my plight. They made sure he was gone before departing the house.
Family: Married; three children; five grandchildren
Education: Undergraduate at Essex College in England, majoring in English; graduate studies in linguistics at University of Virginia
Community service: Missions committee of St. John’s Episcopal Church; collected, packaged and sent 28 boxes of clothes for AIDS orphans in Kenya.
Last book read: “Pride and Prejudice,” by Jane Austen
Last movie seen: “Under the Tuscan Sun”
What kind of car do you drive? Mercedes
What is your personal dream house? A beautiful cottage on a cliff overlooking the sea.
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