Monika Bolkun-Robert
Schaefer Enterprises, a division of Patriot Growth Insurance Services

My favorite quote that defines my career and aspira-tions and my operating principle better than any words I could conjure myself: ‘If your dreams don’t scare, it means you are not dreaming big enough,’” says Monika Bolkun-Robert, COO of Schaefer Enterprises. By this maxim, Bolkun-Robert has become a leading insurance producer in the construction industry in New York City, the most competitive and aggressive market in the US.

Bolkun-Robert joined Schaefer Enterprises in 2010, facilitating the exponential growth of the firm as a partner, vice president and now COO. She has insured more than 20 multimillion-dollar real estate developments in New York and New Jersey, and has expertise with companies in the construction, engineering, real estate, pharmaceutical and hospitality industries. She has been named to IBA’s Elite Women list and is a member of the Professional Women in Construction national association. Recently, she was recognized as an Outstanding Woman for 2021 by the Women Builders Council.

“I can influence people to work hard, join together and be the best they can be at what they do,” Bolkun-Robert says. “In a client situation, sometimes this means creating relationships where none existed and where other people might find it difficult or impossible to break through.”