Carolyn Spake-Leeper, SIOR joined Bradley Company in August of 2024 as the Senior Broker & Managing Director of Northeastern Indiana Advisory & Brokerage Services. With nearly two decades of experience and recently named Indiana Commercial Realtor of the Year, Spake-Leeper brings unparalleled expertise to Bradley Company Fort Wayne. Drawing on her extensive experience, Carolyn leads brokerage initiatives in northeastern Indiana, focusing on team development, client relations, and portfolio expansion while continuing to deliver value and support to her longstanding clients.
Spake-Leeper’s impressive career spans a diverse portfolio including office, land, industrial, and medical opportunities in northeastern Indiana. In 2023, she became the first female commercial broker to be honored as Indiana’s Commercial Realtor of the Year and was named the Co-Star Leasing Power Broker for northeast Indiana. Her track record includes securing enough office transactions to fill the six largest office buildings in Fort Wayne/Allen County. Formerly a Senior Broker at BND Commercial and Associate Broker at CBRE, Spake-Leeper is recognized for her prowess and dedication to advancing the industry locally.
Carolyn earned a BA from Ball State University in Marketing and Public Relations. She is a member of the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR), which is the highest designation to be awarded to an industrial or office commercial realtor and of which only a small percentage are women. Currently she serves as the IN SIOR Chapter Secretary and on a women’s mentoring/leadership committee for SIOR nationwide. She is the past President of the Indiana Commercial Board of REALTORS® (ICBR/CREA), former secretary of the Risk Management Association, and is still an active member of both organizations. She is also an active member of WOW net and former president of the group. In 2023, Carolyn was honored as Indiana’s Commercial Realtor of the Year, marking her as the first female commercial broker to attain this distinction. She was also named the 2023 Co-Star Leasing Power Broker for northeast Indiana and is currently celebrating her 20th year in real estate.
Carolyn is a Fort Wayne native who remains passionate about serving her community through various non-profit boards and committees, including such organizations as SCAN, Fort Wayne Women’s Bureau, Junior Achievement, East Wayne Street Center, Mental Health of America, American Heart Association, Big Brothers, Big Sisters, and the local Alzheimer’s Association. She has been a YWCA Tribute to Women recipient as well as a Future 40 honoree.
Carolyn has an extended family of five children and one grandchild. They enjoy sports, traveling and lake activities as a family.
Achievements amp; Accreditation
- 2023 Indiana’s Commercial Realtor of the Year (ICBR/CREA)
- 2023 Co-Star® Leasing Power Broker for Northeast Indiana
- YWCA Tribute to Women
- Future 40
Memberships & Associations
- Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR), Designee
- SIOR Indiana Chapter – Secretary
- SIOR U.S.A. – Women’s Mentoring/Leadership Committee
- WOW Net – Member
Business & Charitable Organizations
- Junior Achievement of Northern Indiana
- SCAN
- Fort Wayne Women’s Bureau
- East Wayne Street Center
- Mental Health of America
- the American Heart Association
- Big Brothers Big Sisters