lauren smagacz
After graduating from Bradley University with a degree in Music Business in 2011, Lauren went to work at Kidder Music as the choral music rep for seven years before realizing her career path wasn’t going in the direction she wanted. She left music business and went to work with Realtor Drake Scott, of the Scott Marketing Team. Lauren started out by managing transactions in August of 2020, and went on to become a licensed realtor in May, 2021. She has been working in real estate ever since.
After a few years of working both as an agent, and on the administrative side of real estate transactions, Lauren decided the next stage of her career would be to open her own real estate transaction business. In April 2024, she hung up her license and opened the doors for Pending: Transaction Management, LLC.
Lauren lives in central Illinois with her fiancé, Alex, and their foster fail pittie, Sulley.
Emma Hartzell
Emma joined Pending: Transaction Management, LLC as an administrative assistant in May 2024, after working as a choral music educator for nearly a decade. She remains an active performing musician in the Peoria and Galesburg communities.
Emma holds a Master of Music Education from VanderCook College of Music, and Bachelor of Music Education from Western Illinois University. She lives in Central Illinois with her rescue cat, Phoebe.
