Natalie Hedden is an agent and a marketing associate on the McHale-Shafer Team at Compass, a two-year-old residential brokerage based in Manhattans Union Square. Before that, she held a similar role at the much older Corcoran Group.

It was her departure for Compass with the rest of the McHale-Shafer Team in late 2014 that caused a bit of a stir. The exit turned out to be at the time part of a veritable exodus from Corcoran to Compass.

The McHale-Shafer Team, led by Greg McHale and Jesse Shafer, has closed more than 100 deals worth more than $300 million. McHale and Shafer launched the group at the end of 2011 and Hedden joined in 2013.

Before that, the Toronto native spent a lot of time travelingand working while travelingfollowing college at McGill University in Montreal. Hedden earned an MBA from Pace University, with a focus on marketing.

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