Agent Profile

Ginny & Joe Kavanaugh

are a top producing, mother and son real estate team with 35 years of experience between them. They rank amongst the top 1% of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage agents in Northern California, top 5% nationwide, and are members of the International President’s Premier. Ginny and Joe consistently rank as the top producing team in the company’s Portola Valley office. As longtime residents of Portola Valley, the Kavanaughs are intimately familiar with the surrounding area and are Previews Property Specialists for Woodside, Portola Valley, Atherton, Menlo Park, Palo Alto, Los Altos and Los Altos Hills. Joe, who was born in Portola Valley, grew up attending local schools. He went on to attend Villanova University before returning to the area to work alongside Ginny in 2002.

Ginny's Personal Background

Born in Chicago, Illinois
Resident of Portola Valley since 1973

Bachelor of Music '63 Manhattanville College, Purchase, New York
Master of Music '64 Pius XII Institute, Florence, Italy
Husband, Jack and family, Joe, John and Michele and daughter, Caitlyn, Bob and Laura and their daughters Kate and Eve

Ginny's Professional Experience

Real Estate Sales since May, 1985
Previews Property Specialist for Woodside, Portola Valley, Atherton, Menlo Park, Palo Alto, Los Altos, and Los Altos Hills

Nationally ranked in the Top 5% of all Coldwell Banker Agents
Top 1% Sales Associate for Coldwell Banker Northern California
#1 Producing Agent - Coldwell Banker Office, Portola Valley 1994-2010
 Relocation - Referral Benefits Specialist for Coldwell Banker
Active Virtual Tour Agent

Ginny & Joe's Community Involvement

 We are proud to be active members of our community and to have contributed through volunteerism to several local groups and organizations. Ginny is a member of the Advisory Board to the Portola Valley Schools Foundation, has served on the 21st Century Fund Committee, and as past co-president of the executive board for Portola Valley Schools Foundation. She has served on the board of trustees for Woodside Priority and is a past member of the Foundation Board of Summit Prep Charter High School. We are also members of the Peninsula Children’s Center Charter Auxiliary, contributors to Habitat for Humanity, and are on the Catholic Charities CYO fundraising committee.

Professional Affiliations

Silicon Valley Association of Realtors:
Member of the California Association of Realtors
Member of the National Association of Realtors
Member of the Advisory Board to the Portola Valley Schools Foundation
Member of the Board of Trustees, Woodside Priory
Past Volunteer Member of the 21st Century Fund Committee for the Portola Valley Schools
Past Co-President of Executive Board of Portola Valley Schools Foundation 1994-1995
Member of Peninsula Children's Center Charter Auxillary