Pearson has led one of the nation’s largest woman-owned brokerages, California-based brokerage BHHS Drysdale Properties, since its formation in 2014. She has over three decades of real estate experience including as chief operating officer for Prudential Realty in California, Nevada and Texas. Gretchen has earned the Woman Entrepreneur of the Year Award for Contra Costa County and was voted Bay Area’s Most Influential Women in Business by the San Francisco Business Times.