“My mission in life is to do what I love and the rest comes naturally… Real Estate has been a passion of mine for the past 30 years buying, renovating and selling 12 of my own homes throughout Fairfield and New Haven counties. No matter where you are in the process… I have walked in your shoes.. Allow me to share my knowledge and help you to find the shortest distance between two points!”

Penny, a multi-million dollar top producer returns to Team AFA after 5 years in the luxury home market in Florida. During her 17 years of experience she has been sought after by clients from Singapore, London, Spain, France and Argentina, many of whom hailed from Wall Street, Broadway and the NY financial world, seeking luxury real estate investments in the tony hamlets of Connecticut. Former President of the Premier Homes Collection and former Senior Vice President of Sales for Al Filippone Associates/Wm Raveis, Penny says, “It’s a joy and a privilege to be back home once again working with Wall Street Journal’s #1 ranked team in New England”.

Penny and her husband met as children at the local ballroom dance studio and danced competitively for 13 years becoming the United States Ballroom Dance Champions in high school. Penny & Jim, a plastic surgeon with a 30 year Westport practice, moved to Fairfield County in 1988 where they raised their three, now married, children in Fairfield and Westport. She was an active member of the parent organizations at Greens Farms Academy, Fairfield Country Day School, Hopkins School and Kent School and member of the Fairfield County Hunt Club and Saugatuck Rowing Club. She is extremely knowledgeable about real estate, as she has bought, renovated and sold twelve of her own homes.

A former RN, Penny’s elite nursing career spanned positions in ICU, open-heart surgery, cardiac catheterization, nursing management as a head nurse and hospital supervisor, and in nursing education as a clinical teacher. She has worked at some of the nation’s most coveted medical centers: the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Georgetown University Medical Center in DC and UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles.

A Lifestyle expert and Influencer, she is founder of LYONSLIFESTYLE (www.Lyonslifestyle.com), a successful website and blog on home, entertaining, table design and luxury living. She has been a Lifestyle Guest Speaker at the Four Seasons Hotel in Washington DC to benefit Children’s National Medical Center and has been featured in New England Fine Living Magazine, DC Magazine, Tampa Magazine, Nantucket Magazine, Modern Luxury DateBook. She has also been a guest on Own Your Truth with Laura T and Martha Stewart Living Radio shows.

Hard work and determination has been the foundation for her accomplishments as a dance competitor and for her successful careers in nursing and real estate. She is grace under pressure, affable with colleagues and clients, steady in mind and steadfast in nature. She is an effectively aggressive, motivated leader known for her positive energy, impeccable professionalism, her HIPPA-honed privacy settings and streamlined, no-muss, no-fuss approach to real estate. Her mantra: “Find the shortest distance between two points and get it done!”

Designations & Professional Memberships:
NAR National Association of Realtors
CTR Connecticut Realtors
Mid-Fairfield County Board of Realtors
ABRR Accredited Buyer Representative
REBAC Real Estate Buyers Agent Council
Member of The Institute of Luxury Home Marketing
CLHMSTM Certified Luxury Home Marketing Specialist

Education:
Albertus Magnus College, BA English Language and Literature
Stamford Hospital School of Nursing/University of Connecticut ~ RN

Licensed:
Connecticut
Florida