Top Connecticut Agent Evangela Brock Stays Grounded in Greenwich
by ELLIMAN INSIDER TEAM
April 2025
Perhaps the most tired of truisms in real estate is that being a successful agent comes down to forging lasting relationships. But when you listen to Douglas Elliman’s Evangela Brock talk about what she values most about her career as a residential agent, it’s evident that connecting genuinely with others is truly what drives her—not just in work and life, but also in spirit.
A longtime practitioner of meditation and positive visualization, the Greenwich, Connecticut, native approaches her work—with clients and colleagues alike—with a deep sense of mindfulness, intention, and dedication. Beyond cultivating the clarity that enables her to formulate sound strategies and marketing plans, it also helps her to navigate the challenges that can creep into real estate transactions.
“It’s a huge part of how I work and how I live my life every day,” Evangela says of her practice. “I start my day and position myself with a very specific, intentional, positive mindset.”
Not one to take herself too seriously, she acknowledges with a laugh how this might sound a little New Age to some people. But when it comes to the work itself, Evangela is unmistakably serious.
“If you go through my reviews, everyone comments on the fact that I’m an expert negotiator, that I know the market thoroughly, and that I know and do my job well,” she says. “I really work every day at being a great agent.”
That seriousness and dedication to perfecting her craft as an agent have propelled her success at Elliman, which recently named her the brokerage’s No. 1 individual agent in Connecticut for its annual Ellie Awards.
Going back to Greenwich
Evangela started her career in residential real estate 27 years ago, after working as an actor in New York and Los Angeles. Along with embarking on a new professional journey, she moved back to her hometown to raise her twin children, Gabriel and Domna. In 2017, with her kids off to college, she moved down to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., where she was impressed with the professionalism she saw in Elliman’s South Florida operations. She joined the firm the following year and, before long, felt the pull of Greenwich.
Since she moved back in 2020, Evangela’s devotion to Greenwich has only deepened. Apart from its low property taxes (relative to other desirable communities like New Canaan, Darien, and Westport) and convenient location just over the New York border, she says, the amenities are exceptional, from the access to beautiful parks, golf courses, and beaches—which she visits almost daily with her beloved 12-year-old Havanese, Sasha, during winter off-leash months—to the great restaurants and shops along Greenwich Avenue to the Free Music Fridays summer series, where she has volunteered over the years. She also is a contributor to and publishes regular articles about real estate for the Greenwich Time newspaper.
It all helps preserve the genuine smalltown feel of Greenwich, where Evangela’s roots run deep.
“I’ve actually known the First Selectman, Fred Camillo, since we were teenagers,” she says. “I know all the agents. I know all the streets—I am a human navigation system!”
Making real connections
An avid traveler and pickleball player, Evangela also has cultivated deep roots at Elliman, where she engages fully with the company’s culture of continuous learning and connection. She regularly participates in and facilitates role-play training exercises that have enabled her to meet and befriend fellow agents from around the country.
“The role plays can be about everything from discussing a price reduction to having a conversation about commissions to speaking with a for-sale-by-owner,” Evangela says. “So, when situations come up, you’ve rehearsed it and worked on it so many times that you can you just flow with knowledge and authority in a confident manner.”
Whether it’s through role plays or company gatherings and networking events, she values the opportunities to make “real connections” with her colleagues.
“That’s what’s meaningful to me,” she says. “It’s about a real connection, and I believe that makes the company stronger.”
After all, she says, “real estate can be a lonely business.” These kinds of connections can “make it feel less lonely and more like a family.”
If that makes her an unabashed booster for Douglas Elliman, then so be it.
“When I get calls from people trying to poach me, I tell them I’ve drunk the Kool-Aid,” she jokes. “I’ve got the red around my lips, and I’m good with it!”
As she surveys the current residential real estate landscape, Evangela says that now, more than ever, agents need to know their value and be able to express that to buyers and sellers.
“During COVID, when real estate was just flying off the shelves, you really didn’t have to prove yourself,” she says. “Now, you really have to be on your game. And it can’t just be about social media. It’s a one-on-one, relationship-based business.”
“At the end of the day,” she adds, “it’s about making real connections with people.”
Evangela Brock
Real Estate Salesperson
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