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Mia Banks joins Coldwell Banker

Mia Banks has joined Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage as a sales associate in its Menlo Park-El Camino office. She will specialize in residential sales in Portola Valley, Menlo Park, Atherton, Woodside and Palo Alto.

Prior to joining Coldwell Banker, she was a real estate agent with Cowperthwaite & Co. She also has worked in management consulting for BCG, CSC/Index, and Andersen Consulting/Accenture, and has worked with several start-up companies in Silicon Valley.

Ms. Banks has lived in Menlo Park, Palo Alto and Portola Valley, and has raised her children in the local public and private schools.

She says she enjoys volunteering at her children's schools (Sacred Heart and Menlo School), hiking the Portola Valley hills, and playing tennis at Alpine Hills Tennis & Swimming Club with her husband and two teenage boys.

Ms. Banks received her bachelor's degree in biology from Brown University, and then earned her master's degree from the UCLA Anderson School of Management, with an emphasis on marketing and strategy.

"Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage has been rapidly growing on the Peninsula, and we need high caliber agents to help us meet the increasing needs of our clients," said Wendy McPherson, manager of the company's Menlo Park-El Camino office.