Executive Vice President Samantha Kleier Forbes graduated with honors from Horace Mann and continued her education at the University of Pennsylvania where she graduated cum laude with a BA in English. She is still active at both of her alma maters - at Horace Mann she serves on the Alumni Council Board, and at Penn she interviews prospective students, and is a Friend of the Kelly Writers House.

Samantha was born and raised on the Upper East Side in Carnegie Hill, where she still resides with her husband JP and her three year old Chase, who is at the Horace Mann Nursery School. She is a dog lover who supports multiple animal charities such as the ASPCA, Bide A Wee, Stray From the Heart, and The Humane Society. She is also a member of the Central Park Zoo Conservancy, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Natural History and the Food Allergy Initiative (FAI).

Samantha is currently writing a real estate roman a clef with her mother Michele and sister Sabrina for Harper Collins.

A native New Yorker, her clients come predominantly through referrals from clients and friends, many of whom she has known since nursery school. She has brokered deals all over Manhattan in both Cooperatives and Condominiums. She is a member of REBNY and is the “broker specialist” on many Gumley Haft buildings including 923 Fifth Avenue and the Metropolitan, at 181 East 90th Street.

She started her career at the entertainment public relations firm Susan Blond Inc, where she was the youngest Vice President in the company’s history, working with luxury and celebrity clients including Reebok Sports Club/NY, Britney Spears, and Luther Vandross and managing a staff of over 25 employees.

Samantha is frequently quoted in the New York Times, New York Magazine, the New York Post and The Real Deal  as a real estate expert.

She got her start in real estate at age 2, being carried around to appointments by her mother, President Michele Kleier, who taught her the word Coop along with the ABCs. Her family motto is “There is no place like home” – She is so happy to be part of that special universe of the family business.