An architect by training, Jean won the Chairman’s Award for designing web platforms to streamline construction worldwide in her role in Global Architecture at Coach, the handbag company. After a challenging renovation of her own Brooklyn townhouse, she realized the need for a FREE service to match renovators to the best general contractors, providing support from start to finish. Sweeten (as in “home, sweet home”) launched in 2011 and established new standards for contractors, allowing homeowners to renovate fearlessly. The company’s been called “The Renovation Game-Changer” by Domino magazine, and Jean is hailed as The Contractor Whisperer” in the current issue of New York Magazine’s Design Hunting.