Meet the Team
Peggy Ferris
Team Leader/Partner
Licensed in DC + MD + VA
Peggy is a recognized leader in DC real estate, with 40 years of experience. She is a co-founder of the Compass Chevy Chase office, where she is known for her deep understanding of how the housing market moves. She has a large network of devoted and repeat clients, often multiple generations in a family.
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Peggy Murdock Ferris is a recognized leader in DC real estate, with 40 years of experience. She is a co-founder of the Compass Chevy Chase office, where she is known for excellent timing and negotiation skills, pricing acumen, tasteful staging and a deep understanding of how the housing market moves.
Peggy has a large network of devoted clients, often multiple generations in a family. She works almost entirely on referrals, a testament to her high quality of service and tireless efforts to meet the needs of buyers and sellers in the Washington area.
When researching potential agents, prospective buyers and sellers typically hear that Peggy's personal touch transforms a transaction into a positive experience. They hear: "she's available 24 hours a day", "she listens and hears my needs and priorities", "I knew that Peggy acted in my best interests", "she treats me like a dear friend", "my kids love her". Those are also the reasons why other Compass agents look to her as a mentor and adviser on tough issues.
Before her real estate career, Peggy taught art and photography in Montgomery County and DC public schools. She holds a masters degree and is a sixth-generation Washingtonian. She volunteers regularly at the Interfaith Works Women's Center in Rockville and she supports many local causes.
Amy Chen Scharpf
Team Partner, fluent in Mandarin
Licensed in DC + MD + VA
陳正蓉 Amy is a Chinese American, born in Taiwan, raised in Hawaii, and living in the DC area since her graduation from James Madison University in VA. She purchased her first condo after college and is a true believer that everyone should own/invest in real estate.
Ana Maria Menendez
Team Partner, fluent in Spanish
Licensed in DC + MD + VA
Ana Maria is an Oxford-trained economist with a passion for real estate markets, homes, and people. She enjoys merging her analytical skills and extensive market knowledge to help clients get comfortable and make informed decisions when buying or selling a home or investment property.
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Ana Maria Menendez is an Oxford-trained economist with a passion for real estate markets, homes, and people. She enjoys merging her analytical skills and extensive market knowledge to help clients get comfortable and make informed decisions when buying or selling a home or investment property.
Ana Maria has assisted clients in moving from across the US and the world to the DC area – representing over 35 countries and many many US states. They appreciate her warm and pragmatic approach, wise intuition, and the sharp analysis that she brings to the process. Ana Maria is a native Spanish speaker.
Ana Maria is professional and honest to a fault, always seeking the best results for her clients. She enjoys the immense trust of a personal client base that has grown significantly over the years. Over 95 percent of her clientele comes from referrals from friends and past clients.
Ana Maria lives in Bethesda with her husband, their dog, and "her" cat! Prior to working in real estate, she spent more than seven years at The World Bank. She raised her family in the DC area and is still loving her real estate career after more than 15 years.
Allison Scuriatti
Team Partner, fluent in French
Licensed in DC + MD
Allison has called several DC neighborhoods home since 1996. She is a former executive, born in Canada, educated in Europe, and in love with DC! She is a resourceful professional who enjoys helping clients navigate the real estate journey, from research to home renovations to contracts and bid strategy.
Suzanne Parmet
Team Partner
Licensed in DC + MD + VA
Suzanne brings a unique and deep skill-set to every client relationship, with her legal background and her training in architecture. She has a knack for simplifying things and is known for her wonderful design sensibility, particularly when it comes to mid-century modern!
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Suzanne Parmet is the epitome of a “full-service” agent. She listens attentively, acts proactively, and takes a pragmatic and hands-on approach in all matters. She will take on nearly any challenge to ensure a project is completed efficiently and effectively.
With 30+ years of real estate industry experience in a broad range of capacities, and related degrees and certifications, Suzanne brings a unique and deep skill-set to each transaction – including expert negotiating acumen, creative design sensibilities, keen problem-identification and resolution abilities, and excellent organizational and communication skills.
She is passionate about enhancing modern design elements, improving the functionality of space, and utilizing sustainable practices, equipment and materials.
Suzanne primarily serves DC and Southern Montgomery County with a particular focus on B-CC, Walt Whitman, Walter Johnson and Albert Einstein cluster neighborhoods. Originally from New York, Suzanne has lived in the Washington metropolitan area for 30 years.
She lives with her husband, son, beagle, and cat in the Town of Chevy Chase.
Rochelle Ruffin
Operations Director for Peggy Ferris
Licensed in DC + MD
Rochelle is an experienced sales agent who also works as operations director for Peggy Ferris. Among other things, she handles the many details of the contract-to-close process for Peggy’s buyer and seller clients, from tracking critical contract deadlines to managing inspection and closing schedules.
