Introducing RISMedia’s 2023 Real Estate Newsmakers
Riding the Waves of Change
For real estate professionals, resilience and innovation were imperative to survive 2022’s precipitous shift in market conditions. What’s more, despite the many challenges and obstacles suddenly thrown in their path, many found ways to not just survive but thrive.
In RISMedia’s sixth annual Real Estate Newsmakers showcase, we spotlight some of the industry’s most dynamic individuals for their accomplishments and contributions to their companies, colleagues and clients, and to the larger cause of expanding homeownership. Nominated by you, our readers, these more than 300 individuals represent real estate champions of all kinds—brokers, agents, executives, technologists, educators, etc.—because successful outcomes depend on the many, not just the few at the top.
Our 2023 Real Estate Newsmakers are a shining example of not letting market conditions dictate the future, but taking control of your own story instead. Congratulations to our 2023 Hall of Fame and to all of our Newsmaker honorees. We are grateful for your leadership and inspired by the example you set.
The 2023 Real Estate Newsmakers are brought to you by
Real Estate
Hall of Fame Inductees
Mary Lee Blaylock
HALL OF FAME
HomeServices of America
Art Carter
HALL OF FAME
CRMLS
Bess Freedman
HALL OF FAME
Brown Harris Stevens
Howard 'Hoddy' Hanna
HALL OF FAME
Hanna Holdings, Inc
Tim Milam
HALL OF FAME
Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Realty
Charles Oppler
HALL OF FAME
Prominent Properties Sotheby’s International Realty
William Raveis
HALL OF FAME
William Raveis Real Estate
Leslie Rouda Smith
HALL OF FAME
Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate
Real Estate
Influencers
Jason Abrams
Keller Williams Realty International
Christopher Alexander
RE/MAX Canada
Burton Alicando
PropStream
Michael Altneu
Coldwell Banker Real Estate
Annette Anthony
EXIT Realty Corp. International
Christopher Audette
RE/MAX First
Kathy Baker
Realty ONE Group
Dan Birdwell
Legacy Real Estate & Associates, ERA Powered
Brad Bjelke
UtahRealEstate.com
Brian Buffini
Buffini & Company
Kori Covrigaru
PlanOmatic
Darryl Davis
Darryl Davis Seminars
Charlie Dawson
National Association of REALTORS®
Kevin Dickenson
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Florida Realty
Jessica Edgerton
Leading Real Estate Companies of the World®
Bryan Ellis
realtor.com®
Frank Fields
Colibri Real Estate
Jim Fischetti
NextHome
Wendy Forsythe
Compass - California and Hawaii
Dana Green
Dana Green Team
Michael Guthrie
Howard Hanna Roy Wheeler Realty Co.
Rick Haase
United Real Estate
Greg Hague
72SOLD
Katrina Helmkamp
Cartus Corporation
Jared James
Jared James Enterprises
Sherri Johnson
Sherri Johnson Coaching & Consulting
Bondilyn Jolly
b.collective
Melissa Kandel
little word studio
Jennifer Keller
Latter & Blum
Matthew Leone
Brown Harris Stevens
Connie Mahan
Connie Mahan Real Estate Group
Tony Mattar
Chicago Crib Team at Compass
Helen McNutt Gentile
Legacy Real Estate & Associates, ERA Powered
Kymber Lovett-Menkiti
Keller Williams Realty International
Rei Mesa
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Florida Realty
Michael Miedler
Century 21 Real Estate LLC
Kara Nicholls
Colibri Real Estate
Emily Norris
Harry Norman, REALTORS®
James O'Bryon
RE/MAX Gold Nation
Mark Pasquesi
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Chicago
Rivers Pearce
Milestones
Nydia Pino
Realty ONE Group Innovation
Robert Rahmanian
REAL New York
David Serle
RE/MAX Services
Todd Sumney
HomeSmart
Ashley Terrell
Milestones
Alex Vidal
Coldwell Banker Realty
Robert (Bob) Watson
HSF Affiliates LLC / Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices
Kathleen Wilks
The Long & Foster Companies
Austin Zaback
Zaback Group
Mor Zucker
LIV Sotheby’s International Realty
Real Estate
Trailblazers
Allen Alishahi
ShelterZoom
York Baur
MoxiWorks
Nicole Beauchamp
Engel & Völkers New York Real Estate, LLC
Adrien Bryant
Vylla Home, a Carrington company
Katie Bullard
Offerpad
Morgan Carey
Real Estate Webmasters
Chad Carroll
Compass
George Clements
Earnnest
Drew Coleman
Opt Real Estate
David Corns
Opendoor
Lisa Cozzi
The Lisa Cozzi Team Berkshire Hathaway New England Properties
Jeremy Crawford
FMLS
Ashley Dembowski
Coldwell Banker Real Estate
David Dickey
United Real Estate
Julie Faupel
REALM Global & Jackson Hole Real Estate
Larry Flick, V
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Fox & Roach, REALTORS® and The Trident Group
Craig Foley
LAER Realty Partners
Larry "Boomer" Foster
Long & Foster Real Estate
John Garner
Freemodel
Jeffrey Goodman
Brown Harris Stevens
Dustin Gray
Milestones
Richard Haggerty
HGAR; OneKey MLS®
Dionna Hall
BeachesMLS and Broward, Palm Beaches and St. Lucie REALTORS®
Alysia Heun
Realty Executives International
Lane Hornung
zavvie
Alex Howland
Virbela
Joe Jesuele
HomeJab
Ige Johnson
IGE Enterprises, LLC
Stacey Jones
Offerpad
Natalia Karayaneva
Propy
Frances Katzen
The Katzen Group at Douglas Elliman
Nick Macey
Inside Real Estate
Gary Malin
The Corcoran Group
Olivia Mariani
Curbio
Scott Martino
Endpoint
Dawn McKenna
Dawn McKenna Group
John Packes
EXIT Realty Corp. International
Christina Pappas
The Keyes Company
Sajag Patel
Keller Williams Realty International
Chuck Poteet
PRG | REALTORS®
Rick Rudman
Curbio
Tracy Sedlak
Offerpad
Kelly Simpson
Coldwell Banker Real Estate Group
Dr. Lisa Sturtevant
Bright MLS
Michael Swope
HomeSmart
Rebecca Thomson
Coldwell Banker
Todd Tucker
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Georgia Properties
Kevin Van Eck
Christie's International Real Estate
Angeline Vuong
Opendoor
Kul Wadhwa
BeyondView
Bob Walters
Rocket Mortgage
John Wenner
Colibri Real Estate
Jemila Winsey
ERA Legacy Living
Bill Yaman
MoxiWorks
Daniel Yarlett
ReferralExchange, Inc.
Shelley Zavitz
New Agent 365/OnTrack Agent
Real Estate
Futurists
Michael Alladawi
Revive Real Estate
Donna August
Move / Realtor.com®
Sean Black
Knock
Cindy Black
Five Star Productions
Ashley Bowers
HomeSmart
Audie Chamberlain
Lion & Orb
Mark Choey
HighNote
Mike Clear
Realty ONE Group
Jim Crisera
MoxiWorks
Michael Ehrlich
Scout
David Favret
Latter & Blum
Alan Fenn
MLS Offers
Eric Fite
CENTURY 21 Judge Fite Company
Andy Florance
CoStar Group
Craig Grant
The Real Estate Technology Institute
Alissa Harper
Inside Real Estate
Corey Hasting
Engel & Völkers Jacksonville
Alisande Heriyanto
The Corcoran Group
Dan Kruse
CENTURY 21 Affiliated
Amit Kulkarni
Bright MLS
Abby Lee
RE/MAX, LLC
Amy Lessinger
RE/MAX, LLC
Kevin Levent
Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Metro Brokers
Myron Lo
ReferralExchange, Inc.
Frank Malpica
Expansion Brands - Better Homes and Gardens and ERA Real Estate
John Manasco
Stone Martin Builders
Chris Masiello
Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate The Masiello Group
Olivia Merrill
The Agency
Adam Middleton
Stone Martin Builders
Kathleen Minser
Legacy Real Estate & Associates, ERA Powered
Damian Ng
Anywhere Real Estate
Pascal Nicolai
Sabal Development and Sabal Luxury Builder
Judi Nield
Legacy Real Estate & Associates, ERA Powered
Scott Oakley
MooveGuru
Matt Rand
Howard Hanna | Rand Realty
Kiki Rutten
ONE Sotheby's International Realty
Rajeev Sajja
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices, Fox & Roach REALTORS®
Vicki Schmidt
Realty ONE Group Eastern Canada
Heatherly Grace Shepherd
Elite Content Collective
Charlotte Simonelli
Anywhere Real Estate Inc.
Daniel Smith
Keepingly
Russell Smith
Earnnest
Colette Stevenson
REsides
Luke Trigwell
Harry Norman, REALTORS®
Roland Varesko
National Association of REALTORS®
Michael Vervena
Planitar Inc. - iGUIDE®
Matt Widdows
HomeSmart
Charles Williams
Percy
Bentley Zhao
New Empire Corp.
Real Estate
Achievers
Ennis Antoine
Compass GA
Cindy Ariosa
Long and Foster, Inc.
Riezl Baker
Luxury Lake Oconee Real Estate Group
Rob Barber
ATTOM
James Becker
Fusion Growth Partners
Jaclyn Bild
Douglas Elliman
Josh Bolgren
RE/MAX, LLC
Bryan Brooks
HomeSmart
Chao Cheng-Shorland
ShelterZoom
Kathy Connelly
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Georgia Properties
Marc Demetriou
Guaranteed Rate, Inc.
Chris Dietz
Leading Real Estate Companies of the World®
Anthony Domathoti
EXIT Realty Premium
Chase Duran
Ebby Halliday
Lauralee Ensign
CENTURY 21 EPIC
Nicole Fortunaso
PropStream
Meghan Foulkes
MoxiWorks
DeAnn Golden
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Georgia Properties
Natalie Hamrick
Christie's International Real estate
Tony Hanson & Lucas Mudrey
Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Paracle
Anam Hargey
@properties
Liz Hogan
Compass
Jennifer Hunnicutt
Offerpad
Latham Jenkins
Live Water Properties Jackson Hole
Suzy Julius
Move/Realtor.com®
Marc King
Keller Williams Realty International
Anthony Lamacchia
Lamacchia Realty
Lori Lane
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Georgia Properties
Kevin Leonard
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Stouffer Realty
Chris Lim
Christie's International Real estate
Jackie Louh
Lamacchia Realty, Inc.
Michael Lucarelli
RentSpree
John Lusink
Right at Home Realty, a RealServus company
Frank Major
Bright MLS
David Marine
Coldwell Banker Real Estate
Michael Martinez
ONE Sotheby's International Realty
Carlos Matias
PropTech Solutions Inc.
Cheryl McAdam
Latter & Blum
Lane McCormack
Ansley Real Estate Christie's International
Angel Nicolas
Compass
Creig Northrop
Northrop Realty
Liz Nunan
Houlihan Lawrence
Laura O'Connor
JPAR
Natasha Patla
Christie's International Real Estate
Amy Pye
Real Estate Webmasters
Kate Reisinger
Leading Real Estate Companies of the World®
Lauren Rosin
Rosin Team
Trey Sarten
Anywhere Real Estate
Bill Scavone
Weichert Real Estate Affiliates, Inc.
Minette Schwartz
Compass
Kurt Schuler
Schuler Bauer Real Estate Services ERA Powered
Jacqueline Shaffer
Offerpad
Faina Shapiro
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Page Realty
Tricia Smith
Move/Realtor.com®
Joe Stacy
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Chicago
Eric Stegemann
TRIBUS
Stacy Strobl/Kenny Lynn
EXIT Southeast
Eddie Sturgeon
Realty ONE Group
Melissa Swader
Ruby Red Media
Marie VanAssendelft
Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate, ERA Real Estate
Cory Vasquez
Realty ONE Group
Diana Wall
ERA Real Estate
Mary Wargula
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Georgia Properties
Katherine Warren
PropStream
Susan Welter
National Association of REALTORS®
Mantill Williams
National Association of REALTORS®
Erin Yabroudy
Harry Norman, REALTORS®
Real Estate
Crusaders
Dianne Amos
RELO Direct, Inc.
Marc Alter
The Corcoran Group
Linda & Kelly Boehmer
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Select Properties
Tami Bonnell
EXIT Realty Corp. International
Natalie Davis
Keller Williams Downtown LLC - The Evolution Group
Joan Docktor
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Fox & Roach, REALTORS®
James Dwiggins
NextHome
Lisa Fettner
Christie's International Real Estate
Amy Gant
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Georgia Properties
Liz Gehringer
Coldwell Banker Real Estate
Marc Gould
National Association of REALTORS®
F. Duffy Hanna
Howard Hanna Financial Services
Helen Hanna Casey
Howard Hanna Real Estate Services
Troy Hebert
Latter & Blum
Kathleen Lappe
DirectOffer, Inc.
Julia Lashay Israel
Keller Williams Realty International
Jessica Lautz
National Association of REALTORS®
Cliff Long
Orlando Regional REALTOR® Association (ORRA)
Kim Luckie
Kim Luckie Marketing
Becky Markowitz
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Fox & Roach, REALTORS®
Charis Moreno
NextHome
Lisa Nguyen
RE/MAX Professionals
Mark Pessin
Realty ONE Group
Tanya Reu-Narvaez
Anywhere Real Estate
Marcia Ricchio
RE/MAX Newport Elite
Larry Rideout
Gibson Sotheby's International Realty
Jennifer Rzeszewski
National Association of REALTORS®, Center for REALTOR® Development
Britton Sanchez
HomeSmart
Kelly Shaw
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Select Properties
Keith Smith
YES Realty Partners
Teresa Palacios Smith
HomeServices of America, Inc.
Dan Steward
Pillar To Post Home Inspectors
Ulyana Viktyuk
Property.ca Inc. Brokerage
Gregg Wagner
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices New England, New York, and Hudson Valley Properties
Abby Waltz
Homes for Heroes
Monica Weakley
eXp World Holdings, Inc.