Sabina Telenska knows grace under pressure—a trait hard earned as a world-class rowing champion in her early years, with two trips to the Olympics with the Czech National Rowing Team and two NCAA titles with the University of Washington. That perseverance has served her well ever since, with a career in Seattle’s finance and tech sectors that led to her work in real estate, where she’s been helping clients buy and sell homes in the Greater Seattle area for 15 years.

“I’m customer obsessed,” she says, which is crucial in the city’s competitive luxury real-estate market. For sellers, that means staying on top of pricing trends with the latest technology; providing honest advice to prepare the home for sale; and negotiating successfully to get top dollar.