The Jenn Smira Group: A Profile
Jenn Smira & Co. is one of the most established luxury real estate teams serving the greater Washington, D.C. area — including McLean, Northern Virginia’s most prestigious address. While the team’s brokerage office sits at 1313 14th St NW in DC under Compass, McLean is core territory: the group is consistently ranked among the top 10 real estate teams in multiple Northern Virginia zip codes, and McLean deals — from Chain Bridge Road estates to Tysons-area condos — are a regular part of their business.
Jenn herself made an unusual pivot into real estate, transitioning from a career in the technology sector before building what has become a billion-dollar-producing team, with over $2 billion in career sales. Her group has been recognized as the #2 Compass team in the DMV in 2018 and ranked #83 among large teams nationally by the Wall Street Journal in 2024, with the #1 Compass Team designation in the Capital Region in 2019, 2020, and 2022. More recently, the team notched a #80 national ranking from the Wall Street Journal among large teams in 2025, and has sold more than 2,000 homes for roughly 5,000 clients.
The Team
What sets Jenn Smira & Co. apart from a typical single-agent operation is scale. This is a full roster team, not a solo agent with a support staff bolted on. Beyond Jenn as Founder & CEO, the group includes Senior Vice President Kaushik Rath alongside a large bench of REALTORS — Erica Breaux, Alysa Francis, Isabella Pinto, Erin Mullan, Lauren Rondeau, Douglas Morningstar, Jessica Bachay, Alex Guckenberger, Leslie Dembinski, Don Bunuan, Morgan Russell, Sarah Bradley, Whitney Cooper, Henderson Hunter III, Patrick Emad, and Shelley Stuart.
Behind the agents sits a dedicated operations layer: Marc Ross as Director of Listings and Growth, Ashley Cobb as Transactions Manager, Katie Filling as Director of Marketing, Darius Navidi as Director of Operations, and additional client-facing assistants. That structure lets the team run marketing, PR, negotiating, staging, and listing management in-house rather than farming it out — which matters in McLean’s high-end market, where presentation and speed of execution often decide who wins a deal.
The group is a founding agent team at Compass in DC, giving it access to Compass’s technology and national referral network, and Jenn is also part of Compass Sports & Entertainment, a hand-selected network of about 170 agents across 75 markets built to serve high-profile clients.
Services
The team positions itself as a one-stop operation covering:
- Selling — market analysis, pricing strategy, staging guidance, professional photography, and multi-channel digital/print marketing campaigns
- Buying — representation for first-time buyers up through relocation and luxury purchases
- Commercial services — a separate practice line beyond residential
- New development / builder relationships — working with developers on new construction and condo projects across the region
- Sports & Entertainment concierge services — white-glove service for high-profile and relocating clients
- Home valuation and consultation tools available directly through their site
The team also emphasizes its exclusive vendor relationships with preferred pricing on staging, professional photography, and contractors — a real advantage in a market like McLean, where a home’s first impression on a listing photo can be the difference between a bidding war and sitting on market.
Testimonials & Reviews
The team markets a 100% five-star client satisfaction rating across Google, Zillow, Trulia, and other platforms, drawn from more than 300 reviews, and reports that over 80% of their business comes from referrals and repeat clients — a strong signal in a relationship-driven business like real estate.
Client feedback specific to McLean stands out. One reviewer described how the team developed a relocation strategy from DC to Virginia, found the client a home in McLean, structured a winning offer, and sold their DC rowhouse in two weeks during the pandemic, above their target price. Others praised individual agents by name — Lauren Rondeau for her confidence, professionalism, and responsiveness across two transactions, and Shelley Gold for expertly managing an out-of-state estate sale, including identifying the scope of work, locating a contractor, negotiating terms, and monitoring the project. Another client credited Jenn directly with talking them out of a house that later proved to be a lemon and timing their purchase to catch the 2021 market upswing.
Listings of Note
The team’s current and past listings skew toward architecturally distinctive properties rather than cookie-cutter inventory. A recent example is The Gaslight District in DC’s Logan Circle — a collection of residences carved out of a Victorian row home and its original carriage houses dating to 1874, blending 19th-century bones with modern luxury finishes. While much of their marketed inventory sits in DC proper, the team’s McLean and broader Northern Virginia book runs through Bright MLS and its own IDX search tool, giving buyers access to active and off-market listings across the corridor — including the kind of Chain Bridge Road and Tysons-adjacent properties that define McLean’s luxury tier.
The bottom line for a McLean buyer or seller
Jenn Smira & Co. brings DC-caliber marketing infrastructure and a large, specialized team to a hyper-local, high-stakes market — a combination that has kept them among the top-producing groups in the region for over a decade.
