Cresa, North America’s largest tenant representation firm, has hired Margaret Wigglesworth as senior vice president of operations.

Wigglesworth, formerly president and CEO of Colliers USA, will lead the firm’s specialty services groups, including corporate services, capital markets, lease administration, consulting, facility management, and industrial services. She will also oversee the firm’s investments and develop and lead the firm’s practice groups.

Her decade-long leadership helped to fuel growth at the USA arm of Colliers, a global network of 40 independently-owned commercial real estate firms. During her tenure, Wigglesworth served on the board of directors and successfully led a strategic restructuring of the company to expand its national and international service platform.

Most recently, Wigglesworth was executive director of the Boston Society of Architects. Previously, Wigglesworth was executive director of the Coalition of Service Industries, a Washington, D.C.-based organization aimed at stimulating dialogue and developing partnerships among Fortune 50 corporations and policymakers in the U.S. and abroad. Prior to that she was assistant director of national affairs for National Public Radio and earlier served as a staffer for the United States Senate.

"We are extremely fortunate to have someone with Margaret’s depth of experience," said Bill Goade, Cresa CEO. "Her leadership and management skills, which were instrumental in Colliers’ growth during her tenure, will prove invaluable to Cresa."