Jill Sharif

Jill Sharif serves as Vice President, National Business Development for Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company’s National Commercial Services Division in Boston. As a leading voice in the title insurance industry, Jill has participated on many industry panels and spoken at several university classrooms and career events. In addition to title insurance, she is one of the leading experts on the application of UCC Insurance, Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code, and title insurance for real estate mezzanine transactions. She has worked on numerous complex single and multi-site transactions throughout the country for all asset classes. Jill has been consistently recognized as one of the highest performing members of the sales and escrow teams for commercial real estate transactions throughout the country.

Jill was the president of CREW Boston in 2019-2020. During her time as president, Jill refocused and led the organization through the height of the pandemic and served as the co-chair of CREW Boston’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I) Task Force. In 2018, Jill was among the many participants honored with the CREW Boston Networking Award for her contributions to the One Dalton project in Boston. She served as a CREW Delegate in 2019. She was named the 80th CREW Visionary in 2020, a recognition for charitable giving to advance the careers of women in commercial real estate. In 2021, The Boston Real Estate Times honored Jill as one of 10 Outstanding Women Leaders in Boston commercial real estate. Also in 2021, she was recognized by the GlobeSt.com Women of Influence Awards as a Diversity Champion for her groundbreaking work with CREW Boston on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives. In April 2024, she was honored with the CREW Boston Leadership Award, which recognizes a member who has inspired, motivated, and supported CREW Boston year after year and contributed her time, energy, and talents in leadership roles within the Greater Boston real estate community. She was recently recognized in December 2024, as one of The Top 50 Women Leaders in Boston by Women We Admire. She is currently the 2025 President of REFA, an association formed to bring together the best people, knowledge, and experience to provide informative programs and networking opportunities for commercial real estate finance professionals throughout the Greater Boston area with over 700 members. She is also a member of ICSC, NAIOP (Gavel Member), and ULI (member of the URC Product Council).

Jill is a graduate of the University of Connecticut and resides in Massachusetts with her husband and twin daughters. In her spare time, she enjoys golf, tennis, and pickleball.