Sophisticated, professional, smart, savvy: these are words often used by clients and colleagues to describe Bahar Tavakolian. Her success and loyal client base can be attributed to these qualities, but it's her dedication, integrity, warmth and intelligence that truly set her apart.

Bahar Tavakolian brings to Stribling an in-depth experience and market intelligence that, combined with her vitality and enthusiasm, have made her highly successful as a luxury real estate broker in Manhattan. Bahar has appeared on Bloomberg TV and radio, and has been quoted in the New York Times and the International Herald Tribune, among other publications, discussing Manhattan's residential real estate market. Bahar employs her vast resources and in partnership with her network of the most highly regarded bankers, real estate and tax attorneys, architects, contractors, interior designers and more, provides superior “turn-key” services to her clients.

Before joining Stribling, Ms. Tavakolian was director of the international division at a boutique brokerage firm in Manhattan and has exceptional international experience. Being a native of Iran, she is also fluent in Persian and French.

Bahar holds a doctorate in material science and engineering from Cornell University. She moved to New York in 1997 from Princeton, New Jersey, where she was director at a bio-technology start-up company that went through a successful IPO in 2000. Bahar is currently the President of the Board of Directors of her Condominium and serves on the Board of the Parents Association of Trinity School. She has also been an active patron of various arts organizations in the city including the Asia Society and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Bahar attributes much of her success today to her former careers, which combined creativity, focus and discipline with a strong entrepreneurial drive.