Winter 2024 Chicago REALTOR® Magazine

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CHICAGO REALTORS ® LEADING THE WAY Thank you to those serving in local, state & national leadership positions. We are well represented! NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS ® LEADERSHIP NAR DIRECTORS NAR Directors act as the voice for NAR’s membership. Directors participate, deliberate and vote on issues impacting the real estate industry. FREDERICK CARMEAN TOMMY CHOI ANTJE GEHRKEN DRUSSY HERNANDEZ MARKI LEMONS RYHAL LUTALO McGEE ZEKE MORRIS NYKEA PIPPION McGRIFF AYOUB RABAH VICKY SILVANO MATT SILVER SARAH WARE DEENA ZIMMERMAN NAR CHAIRS/VICE CHAIRS Each year, the incoming president-elect appoints vice chairs for all of NAR's committees, forums and advisory boards, who then move become chairs of their committees the following year. NAR COMMITTEE LIAISONS Committee Liaisons serve as a conduit for communication between the Leadership Team and their assigned committees, help committees operate effectively and help identify future committee leaders. SARAH WARE DEENA ZIMMERMAN TOMMY CHOI CHAIR RPAC Participation Council ANTJE GEHRKEN VICE CHAIR Broker Engagement Committee MABÉL GUZMÁN VICE CHAIR Consumer Communications Committee MICHELLE MILLS CLEMENT LOCAL AND STATE ASSOCIATION STAFF CHAIR Culture Transformation Commission NYKEA PIPPION McGRIFF CHAIR Business Issues Policy Committee AYOUB RABAH CHAIR Mega Board Forum NAR COMMITTEE MEMBER APPOINTMENTS NAR committees and appointed members work to provide programs, products and services that best meet members’ needs. Broker Engagement Committee DRUSSY HERNANDEZ Business Issues Policy Committee DAN WAGNER Commercial Committee MOSES HALL Commercial Federal Policy Committee LINDA HATTAR Commitment to Excellence Committee MARKI LEMONS RYHAL Conventional Financing & Policy Committee FREDERICK CARMEAN BRETT DECKER Federal Financing & Housing Policy Committee TRACEY ROYAL FPC Advisory Committee ERIKA VILLEGAS Global Alliances Advisory Board VICKY SILVANO Global Business and Alliances Committee JIM KINNEY VICKY SILVANO Housing Opportunities Committee ERIKA VILLEGAS Local Leadership Idea Exchange Council AYOUB RABAH Member Communications Committee MABÉL GUZMÁN Membership Policy and Board Jurisdiction Committee MEGAN OSWALD ZACK WAHLQUIST Multicultural Real Estate Leadership Advisory Group MICHELLE MILLS CLEMENT Professional Development Committee MARKI LEMONS RYHAL Public Policy Coordinating Committee ANTONIA MILLS WESSELINK NYKEA PIPPION McGRIFF Real Property Valuation Committee LUTALO McGEE RPAC Trustees Fundraising Committee TOMMY CHOI MATT SILVER State and Local Issues Mobilization Support Committee ZEKE MORRIS Sustainability Advisory Group NYKEA PIPPION McGRIFF ZEKE MORRIS *NAR and Illinois REALTORS ® involvement is only reflective of primary members. CAR involvement reflects both secondary and primary members. 18 Chicago REALTOR ® Magazine
ILLINOIS REALTORS ® LEADERSHIP ILLINOIS REALTORS ® OFFICERS Illinois REALTORS ® is overseen by a leadership team of a 28-member Board of Directors, which includes four officers: the president, president-elect, treasurer and immediate past president. Each member is elected to serve a three-year term. MATT SILVER PRESIDENT TOMMY CHOI PRESIDENT- ELECT ILLINOIS REALTORS ® DIRECTORS GASPAR FLORES JR. ZEKE MORRIS NYKEA PIPPION McGRIFF TRACEY ROYAL REBECCA THOMSON SARAH WARE ILLINOIS REALTORS ® CHAIRS & VICE CHAIRS Committee chairs and vice chairs work to advance the association’s goals, help shape the association’s policies and make recommendations to the board. TOMMY CHOI CHAIR Illinois REALTORS ® Plaza Committee MARIO DILORENZO CHAIR Ethics Citation Panel GASPAR FLORES JR. CHAIR Illinois Local Government IE Committee ANTJE GEHRKEN CHAIR RPAC Fundraising Working Group MICHELLE MILLS CLEMENT CHAIR Association Executives Committee ZEKE MORRIS CHAIR, Audit Committee, CHAIR, Performance/ Compensation Review Committee, & VICE CHAIR, Nominating Committee MEGAN OSWALD VICE CHAIR Public Policy Forum CHRIS PEZZA CHAIR Commercial and Property Management Committee SARAH WARE VICE CHAIR Business Issues Forum ALICE WEINERT VICE CHAIR Affordable Housing and Community Involvement Committee ILLINOIS REALTORS ® COMMITTEE MEMBER APPOINTMENTS Illinois REALTORS ® committee members play a role in association governance and provide guidance on housing policy, professional standards, education outreach, global business and more. Advisory Council JIM KINNEY JOHN C. KMIECIK ZEKE MORRIS GERALD PERLOW ROBERT ZORETICH Affordable Housing and Community Involvement Committee MATTHEW LITZENBERGER LONZETTA McKENNIE HUGH RIDER HUGO RODRIGUEZ Association Executives Committee NIKIA FITCH JESSICA KERN JAKEEVA LEE JAY TURNER ZACK WAHLQUIST Commercial and Property Management Committee BRUCE HELLER MYRA NIMCHAIYONG CLIFFORD PEROTTI Executive Committee TOMMY CHOI MATT SILVER Finance Committee GASPAR FLORES JR. SARAH WARE Grievance Committee SHAUN PINKSTON Illinois General Assembly and Statewide IE Committee TOMMY CHOI HUGH RIDER MATT SILVER Illinois Local Government IE Committee LUTALO McGEE VICKY SILVANO Leadership Development Working Group GASPAR FLORES JR. MABÉL GUZMÁN LYLE HARLOW VICKY SILVANO Local Government Affairs Committee LUTALO McGEE Nominating Committee MEGAN OSWALD TRACEY ROYAL Ombudsman Committee MABÉL GUZMÁN SAM POWELL TRACEY ROYAL JOAN SANDRIK Performance/Compensation Review Committee TOMMY CHOI MATT SILVER Policy and Programs Group JESSE COLEMAN CYNTHIA DYCE JOHN C. KMIECIK ZACK WAHLQUIST Professional Standards Committee MARIO DILORENZO MABÉL GUZMÁN LYLE HARLOW BRUCE HELLER SHERRI JORDAN JANINA KENDRICK KIM KERBIS PATRICK LYNCH NAJA MORRIS BARBARA NOVAK CLIFFORD PEROTTI SAM POWELL HUGO RODRIGUEZ TRACEY ROYAL JOAN SANDRIK MARGIE SMIGEL SARAH WARE RISA WEISS REALTOR ® of the Year Working Group ZEKE MORRIS REBECCA THOMSON REALTOR ® Political Involvement Working Group ANTJE GEHRKEN ANTONIA MILLS WESSELINK MEGAN OSWALD ZACK WAHLQUIST REEF Board of Directors SARAH WARE RPAC Fundraising Working Group VICKY SILVANO ERIKA VILLEGAS RPAC TRUSTEES ANTJE GEHRKEN MICHELLE MILLS CLEMENT TRACEY ROYAL SARAH WARE YPN ADVISORY GROUP SHERRI JORDAN ALICE WEINERT CHICAGO ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS ® LEADERSHIP Our members’ involvement in our committees, advisory groups and forums ensures that we move forward with our mission to unite all facets of the industry as a leading advocate for real estate, driving REALTOR ® business success and economic development of our communities. These individuals lead these groups. CHAIRS AND VICE CHAIRS ALONZO ABRON JR. CHAIR Global Real Estate Council WAYNE BEALS CHAIR Sustainability Work Group KARA BOELDT CHAIR Professional Standards Committee MOLLY BOYD VICE CHAIR Sustainability Work Group LÁSHAUN BROWN- GLENN VICE CHAIR RPAC Fundraising Work Group ANTJE GEHRKEN CHAIR REALTOR ® Awards Committee CARRIE GEORGITSIS VICE CHAIR Forms & Contracts Committee NADIIA GLAVIN VICE CHAIR YPN Advisory Board TYLER GREGORY CHAIR YPN Advisory Board MOSES TIMOTHY DRUSSY HALL HARSTEAD HERNANDEZ CHAIR VICE CHAIR CHAIR CommercialForum Property Executive Committee Management Committee Forum SHERRI JORDAN VICE CHAIR Professional Development Committee KIM KERBIS CHAIR Forms & Contracts Committee MARTHA KLEIN VICE CHAIR Grievance Committee MATTHEW LITZENBERGER VICE CHAIR Global Real Estate Council LUTALO McGEE CHAIR Finance Committee LONZETTA McKENNIE CHAIR Professional Development Committee CHRISTINA McNAMEE CHAIR Grievance Committee ANTONIA MILLS WESSELINK VICE CHAIR Chicago Association of REALTORS ® Foundation CHINONYEREM MEGAN ONONOGBU OSWALD CHAIR CHAIR, Chicago Member Care Association of Task Force REALTORS ® Foundation & RPAC Fundraising Work Group DJ PARIS VICE CHAIR Member Care Task Force TERRY PERDUE CHAIR The 77 STEPHANIE POULAKIDAS VICE CHAIR Professional Standards Committee RI PRASAD VICE CHAIR The 77 DEANOUS REID CHAIR Property Management Forum STACI SLATTERY CHAIR Public Policy Coordinating Committee ERIKA VILLEGAS CHAIR CARPAC MICHAEL WILLIAMSON VICE CHAIR CommercialForum Committee www.ChicagoREALTOR.com 19
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