2020 Newsmakers Hall of Fame Inductees
HALL OF FAME
Marilyn Eiland & Mark Woodroof
Better Homes and Gardens Gary Greene
HALL OF FAME
Paul Boomsma
Leading Real Estate Companies of the World®
HALL OF FAME
Brian Buffini
Buffini & Company
HALL OF FAME
Harold Crye
Crye-Leike
HALL OF FAME
Stuart & Dan Elsea
Real Estate One Family of Companies
HALL OF FAME
Georgianna Findlay Finn
Coach Real Estate Associates, Inc.
HALL OF FAME
Lawrence 'Larry' Flick IV
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Fox & Roach, REALTORS® and the Trident Group
HALL OF FAME
Bob Hale
HAR.com
HALL OF FAME
Dave and Gail Liniger
RE/MAX
HALL OF FAME
Nick Shivers
Nick Shivers Team, Keller Williams Portland Central
2020 Newsmaker Categories
2020 Newsmakers
TRENDSETTERS
Judy Weber & Jan Copeland
Livy Brynn LLC
TRENDSETTERS
Sean McPeak & Katie Thurber
McPeak Thurber Team
HALL OF FAME
Marilyn Eiland & Mark Woodroof
Better Homes and Gardens Gary Greene
FUTURISTS
Tim Fessenden
Propertybase
FUTURISTS
David Acosta
NAHREP
CRUSADERS
Rosamaria Acuña
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties
FUTURISTS
Allen Alishahi
ShelterZoom
FUTURISTS
Alex Allison
D. Alexander
TRAILBLAZERS
Rick Altizer
Earnnest
INSPIRATIONS
Josh Anderson
The Anderson Group Real Estate Services
INFLUENCERS
Stephanie Anton
Luxury Portfolio International
TRAILBLAZERS
Lori Arnold
Coldwell Banker Apex, REALTORS®
ACHIEVERS
Clarissa Azevedo
EXIT Realty Consultants
TRAILBLAZERS
Nick Bailey
RE/MAX
TRAILBLAZERS
Brian Bair
Offerpad
LUMINARIES
Steve Baird
Baird & Warner
FUTURISTS
Rob Barber
ATTOM Data Solutions
INFLUENCERS
Ken Baris
Jordan Baris, Inc. REALTORS® Real Living
FUTURISTS
Aaron Bates
CENTURY 21 American Homes
ACHIEVERS
York Baur
MoxiWorks
ACHIEVERS
Matthew Beall
Hawaii Life
ACHIEVERS
Vanessa Bergmark
Red Oak Realty
ACHIEVERS
John Berkowitz
OJO Labs
FUTURISTS
Mark Birschbach
National Association of REALTORS®
INFLUENCERS
Brad Bjelke
UtahRealEstate.com
CRUSADERS
Bruce Bleiman
Giving Tree Realty
ACHIEVERS
Joel Blumenfeld
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties
INFLUENCERS
Kendall Bonner
RE/MAX Capital Realty
HALL OF FAME
Paul Boomsma
Leading Real Estate Companies of the World®
LUMINARIES
Mike Brodie
Keller Williams Realty
ACHIEVERS
Bryan Brooks
HomeSmart International
INFLUENCERS
Steve Brown
Crye-Leike, REALTORS®
INSPIRATIONS
Robyn Bruno
Mirambell Realty
TRAILBLAZERS
Dermot Buffini
Buffini & Company
HALL OF FAME
Brian Buffini
Buffini & Company
TRENDSETTERS
Zane Burnett
Willis Allen Real Estate
FUTURISTS
Karri Callahan
RE/MAX Holdings Inc.
CRUSADERS
Elizabeth Callaway
Advantage Pro Realty
FUTURISTS
AJ Canaria
Inside Real Estate
INFLUENCERS
Morgan Carey
Real Estate Webmasters
CRUSADERS
Jed Carlson
Adwerx
LUMINARIES
Dan Carrillo
HouseStay
INFLUENCERS
Chris Carrillo
Metro MLS
TRAILBLAZERS
Simon Chen
Realogy Franchise Group
TRAILBLAZERS
Chao Cheng-Shorland
ShelterZoom
FUTURISTS
Eric Chesin
Realogy
TRENDSETTERS
Ross Clark
The Clark Group, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties
ACHIEVERS
Cristal Clarke
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties
INFLUENCERS
Mike Clear
Realty ONE Group
FUTURISTS
Jon Coile
HomeServices of America
FUTURISTS
Adam Contos
RE/MAX Holdings, Inc.
CRUSADERS
Lacey Conway
Latter & Blum, Inc, REALTORS®
ACHIEVERS
Ryan Coon
Avail
LUMINARIES
Merri Jo Cowen
Stellar MLS
HALL OF FAME
Harold Crye
Crye-Leike
ACHIEVERS
Matt Curtis
Matt Curtis Real Estate, Inc.
INFLUENCERS
Leon d'Ancona
Reality Software at IMS Incorporated
FUTURISTS
Tim Dain
MARIS
LUMINARIES
Allan Dalton
Real Living Real Estate/HSF Affiliates LLC
INFLUENCERS
Darryl Davis
Darryl Davis Seminars
CRUSADERS
Sam DeBord
Real Estate Standards Organization
ACHIEVERS
Marc Demetriou
Guaranteed Rate
TRAILBLAZERS
Tim Denbo
VirtualTourCafe, LLC / RealEZPhotoFix
CRUSADERS
Joan Docktor
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Fox & Roach, REALTORS®
TRAILBLAZERS
Brian Donnellan
Bright MLS, Inc.
TRENDSETTERS
Kelley Dunn-Feliz
Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc.
FUTURISTS
Scott Durkin
Douglas Elliman Real Estate
TRAILBLAZERS
James Dwiggins
NextHome, Inc.
INFLUENCERS
Jessica Edgerton
Leading Real Estate Companies of the World®
INFLUENCERS
Laura Ellis
Baird & Warner
HALL OF FAME
Stuart & Dan Elsea
Real Estate One Family of Companies
CRUSADERS
Denee Evans
Council of Multiple Listing Services
INFLUENCERS
Jeffrey Fagan
Watson Realty Corp.
ACHIEVERS
Lynn Fairfield
RE/MAX Suburban
FUTURISTS
Jay Farner
Quicken Loans
TRAILBLAZERS
Ashley Farrugia
ActivePipe
FUTURISTS
Mike Feller
ActivePipe
TRAILBLAZERS
Alan Fenn
MLS Offers
INSPIRATIONS
Matthew Ferrara
The Learning Network LLC
HALL OF FAME
Georgianna Findlay Finn
Coach Real Estate Associates, Inc.
TRAILBLAZERS
Mike Fischer
Coldwell Banker
LUMINARIES
Jim Fite
CENTURY 21 Judge Fite Company
INSPIRATIONS
Kathie FitzPatrick
Keller Williams Yakima Valley
HALL OF FAME
Lawrence 'Larry' Flick IV
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Fox & Roach, REALTORS® and the Trident Group
FUTURISTS
Larry Flick, V
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Fox & Roach, REALTORS® and The Trident Group
LUMINARIES
Dan Forsman
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Georgia Properties
INSPIRATIONS
Scott Furman
RE/MAX Classic
ACHIEVERS
Eric Gallus
Premiere Plus Realty, Co.
INSPIRATIONS
Melanie Gamble
212 Degrees Realty, LLC
FUTURISTS
Venkatesh Ganapathy
MoveEasy
LUMINARIES
Glenn M. Gardner
Gardner REALTORS®
ACHIEVERS
Chip Gardner
Gardner REALTORS®
CRUSADERS
Crystal Gardner-Philips
Gardner REALTORS®
INFLUENCERS
Bill Gassett
RE/MAX Executive Realty
CRUSADERS
Liz Gehringer
Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC
INFLUENCERS
Scott Geller
RE/MAX Centre REALTORS®
TRAILBLAZERS
Tom George
Constellation Real Estate Group
TRENDSETTERS
Delroy Gill
LIV Sotheby's International Realty
TRENDSETTERS
Victoria Gillespie
National Association of REALTORS®
ACHIEVERS
Diane Glass
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Chicago
INSPIRATIONS
Vivi Gloriod
Team Vivi at HomeSmart Realty Group
FUTURISTS
Mike Golden
@properties
INSPIRATIONS
DeAnn Golden
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Georgia Properties
FUTURISTS
Rory Golod
Compass
LUMINARIES
Lou Gonzalez
Realty ONE Group
TRENDSETTERS
Jeffrey Goodman
Halstead Manhattan LLC
FUTURISTS
Ryan Gorman
Coldwell Banker
ACHIEVERS
John Graff
Graff Real Estate, Inc.
ACHIEVERS
Dana Green
Dana Green Team
TRAILBLAZERS
Ishay Grinberg
Rental Beast
TRAILBLAZERS
Jorge Guerra
Real Estate Sales Force
TRAILBLAZERS
Rick Haase
United Real Estate
TRAILBLAZERS
Richard Haggerty
Hudson Gateway Association of REALTORS®, Inc.
HALL OF FAME
Bob Hale
HAR.com
FUTURISTS
Howard "Hoby" Hanna IV
Howard Hanna Real Estate Services
FUTURISTS
Chris Haran
Midwest Real Estate Data
FUTURISTS
Alissa Harper
Inside Real Estate
ACHIEVERS
Michele Harrington
First Team Real Estate
TRENDSETTERS
Kimberly Hastie
Halstead Real Estate
TRENDSETTERS
Ayo Haynes
Haynes Velasquez Team, Halstead Real Estate
LUMINARIES
Chris Heller
OJO Labs
ACHIEVERS
Bonnie Hicks
RE/MAX MarketPlace
FUTURISTS
Ty Hildebrand
Realty ONE Group Willamette Valley
ACHIEVERS
Craig Hogan
Coldwell Banker Real Estate
CRUSADERS
Keisha Hosea
KASI Homes
INSPIRATIONS
Angela Hucles Mangano
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties
INFLUENCERS
Jared James
Jared James Enterprises
FUTURISTS
Kuba Jewgieniew
Realty ONE Group
INFLUENCERS
Sherri Johnson
Sherri Johnson Coaching & Consulting
INSPIRATIONS
Bruce Johnson
RE/MAX of Wasaga Beach
CRUSADERS
Priyanka Johri
Woodlands Eco Realty
LUMINARIES
Gary Keller
Keller Williams
TRAILBLAZERS
Chris Kelly
Ebby Halliday Companies
ACHIEVERS
Glenn Kelman
Redfin
INSPIRATIONS
Morgan King
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties
ACHIEVERS
Kris Klair
EXIT Realty Consultants
INFLUENCERS
Nancy Klock Corey
Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate
ACHIEVERS
Julie Kozich
Chase International
INSPIRATIONS
Ryan Kutter
Connect Realty
FUTURISTS
Joe La Rosa
La Rosa Realty
FUTURISTS
Anthony Lamacchia
Lamacchia Realty
ACHIEVERS
Michael Lane
ShowingTime
TRAILBLAZERS
Alex Lange
UpstreamRE
ACHIEVERS
Tom LaPerch
Houlihan Lawrence
INSPIRATIONS
Gordon Laroussini
RE/MAX Commonwealth
TRENDSETTERS
Abby Lee
RE/MAX, LLC
LUMINARIES
Pamela Liebman
The Corcoran Group
HALL OF FAME
Dave and Gail Liniger
RE/MAX
TRAILBLAZERS
Rudy Lira Kusuma
Your Home Sold Guaranteed Realty
FUTURISTS
Myron Lo
ReferralExchange
INSPIRATIONS
Vickie Lobo
RE/MAX Champions
INFLUENCERS
Victor Lund
WAV Group
FUTURISTS
Vy Luu
Real Estate Webmasters
ACHIEVERS
Brett Lyon
Lyon Stahl Investment Real Estate
INFLUENCERS
Scott MacDonald
RE/MAX Gateway
TRAILBLAZERS
Jay Macklin
Platinum Living Realty
FUTURISTS
Greg Macres
Coldwell Banker Realty
TRAILBLAZERS
Tiffanie Mai-Ganske
The Mai Team, RE/MAX Country Real Estate
INFLUENCERS
Vince Malta
National Association of REALTORS®
TRENDSETTERS
Shovkat "Shoka" Mamedov
RE/MAX 100
ACHIEVERS
David Marine
Coldwell Banker Real Estate
ACHIEVERS
Carlos Matias
PropTech Solutions
INSPIRATIONS
Tony Mattar
HomeCo Chicago
TRENDSETTERS
John Mazur
Homesnap
CRUSADERS
Corey McCloskey
John R. Wood Properties
INSPIRATIONS
Michelle McLean
Coldwell Banker Bain
INSPIRATIONS
Cori McQueen
Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Advantage
INFLUENCERS
David Mele
Homes.com
TRENDSETTERS
Olivia Merrill
Team Denver Homes
CRUSADERS
Rei Mesa
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Florida Realty
FUTURISTS
Mike Miedler
Century 21 Real Estate LLC
ACHIEVERS
Tim Milam
Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Advantage
INSPIRATIONS
Jason Mitchell
The Jason Mitchell Group at My Home Group
TRAILBLAZERS
Jerry Modes
RE/MAX
INFLUENCERS
Laura Monroe
Real Estate Webmasters
ACHIEVERS
Vini Moolchandani
Compass
ACHIEVERS
Ward Morrison
Motto Mortgage
TRENDSETTERS
Sevin Murdock
Progressive Property Group, LLC
ACHIEVERS
Andrew Nelson
Willis Allen Real Estate
INFLUENCERS
Monica Neubauer
Benchmark Realty
INSPIRATIONS
Nicole Nicolay
Compass
TRAILBLAZERS
Creig Northrop
Northrop Realty, A Long & Foster Company
LUMINARIES
James O'Bryon
RE/MAX Gold
TRAILBLAZERS
Scott Olsen
ReferralExchange
INFLUENCERS
Michi Olson
Leading Real Estate Companies of the World®
INFLUENCERS
Steven Pagano
First Hawaiian Realty
TRAILBLAZERS
Mark Pasquesi
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Chicago
INSPIRATIONS
Candice Payne
5th Group Realty & Management
INSPIRATIONS
Georgia Perez
MoxiWorks
ACHIEVERS
Fiona Petrie
RE/MAX INTEGRA
TRENDSETTERS
Giuseppe "JP" Piccinini
JP & Associates REALTORS®
CRUSADERS
Caroline Pinal
Giveback Homes
TRENDSETTERS
Rey Post
ATRE Radio Show/Sotheby's International Realty in Santa Fe
INFLUENCERS
Mark Pruner
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices New England Properties
INFLUENCERS
Alex Radosevic
Canon Properties
TRENDSETTERS
Christine Rae
CSP International
LUMINARIES
Diane Ramirez
Halstead Real Estate
INFLUENCERS
Matthew Rathbun
Coldwell Banker Elite
ACHIEVERS
Lauren Ravitz
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties
CRUSADERS
Mike Reagan
RE/MAX, LLC
TRENDSETTERS
Randy Rector
HomeSmart Evergreen Realty
FUTURISTS
Kathryn Redican
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices New England, New York & Westchester Properties
INFLUENCERS
Tracie Rich
RE/MAX United
FUTURISTS
Kacie Ricker
Coldwell Banker NRT
LUMINARIES
Pat Riley
Allen Tate Companies
TRAILBLAZERS
Greg Robertson
W+R Studios
TRENDSETTERS
Vince Rocco
Halstead Real Estate
ACHIEVERS
Marty Rodriguez
CENTURY 21 Marty Rodriguez
FUTURISTS
Rikki Rogers
Curbio
LUMINARIES
Kate Rossi
Coldwell Banker NRT
INFLUENCERS
Erin Ruane
Homes.com
INFLUENCERS
McKenzie Ryan
Compass
LUMINARIES
Errol Samuelson
Zillow
TRAILBLAZERS
Glenn Sanford
eXp World Holdings
TRAILBLAZERS
Bill Scavone
Weichert Real Estate Affiliates, Inc.
TRAILBLAZERS
Aleksandra Scepanovic
Ideal Properties Group
FUTURISTS
Ryan Schneider
Realogy Holdings Corp.
INSPIRATIONS
Steve Schwab
Casago
LUMINARIES
Chuck Scoble
Better Homes Realty
INFLUENCERS
J. Lennox Scott
John L. Scott Real Estate
ACHIEVERS
Doug Seabolt
Rocket Homes
INFLUENCERS
Luciane Serifovic
Luxian International Realty
TRENDSETTERS
David Serle
RE/MAX Services
TRAILBLAZERS
Erik Serras
Ideal Properties Group
INFLUENCERS
Glenn Shimkus
National Association of REALTORS®
INSPIRATIONS
Jean Shine
Shine Team Realtors, Inc.
HALL OF FAME
Nick Shivers
Nick Shivers Team, Keller Williams Portland Central
LUMINARIES
Ron Shuffield
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices EWM Realty
CRUSADERS
John Smaby
National Association of REALTORS®; Edina Realty
ACHIEVERS
Chris Smith
Gardner REALTORS®
ACHIEVERS
Lindsay Smith
Title Alliance, Ltd.
FUTURISTS
Scott Smith
Constellation Real Estate Group
INSPIRATIONS
Josh Soley
Maine Realty Advisors
CRUSADERS
Bahar Soomekh
Nourmand & Associates
FUTURISTS
Jim Speer
OneKey MLS
FUTURISTS
Joe Stacy
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Chicago
TRAILBLAZERS
Dan Steward
Pillar To Post Home Inspectors®
FUTURISTS
Kasey Stewart
National Association of REALTORS®
TRAILBLAZERS
Hagan Stone
Parks
TRAILBLAZERS
Ned Stringham
Inside Real Estate
ACHIEVERS
Chris Suarez
Xperience Real Estate
INFLUENCERS
Todd Sumney
HomeSmart International
FUTURISTS
Howard Tager
Ylopo
LUMINARIES
Vinnie Tracey
Realty ONE Group Affiliates
CRUSADERS
Fred Underwood
National Association of REALTORS®
INSPIRATIONS
Liz Uribe
Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Wine Country Group
INFLUENCERS
Alex Vidal
RelatedISG International Realty
INSPIRATIONS
Kim Vincent
Sibcy Cline
CRUSADERS
Anthony Vulin
The Collective, Realty
ACHIEVERS
Laura Walker
Walker Realty Group
ACHIEVERS
Randy Waller
W Real Estate
ACHIEVERS
Neil Walter
ERA Brokers Consolidated
INFLUENCERS
Jennifer Alter Warden
Baird & Warner
INFLUENCERS
Paul Wells
RE/MAX of Barrington
ACHIEVERS
Don Wenner
DLP Real Estate Capital
CRUSADERS
Sean Whaling
eCommission Financial Services, Inc.
LUMINARIES
Matt Widdows
HomeSmart International
CRUSADERS
Marilyn Wilson
WAV Group
CRUSADERS
Ed Wolff
Beth Wolff REALTORS®
TRAILBLAZERS
Thad Wong
@properties
TRAILBLAZERS
Verl Workman
Workman Success Systems
INSPIRATIONS
Michael Wurzer
FBS
INFLUENCERS
Sue Yannaccone
Realogy Franchise Group
CRUSADERS
Paul Yorkis
Patriot Real Estate Inc.
CRUSADERS
Greg Zadel
Zadel Realty
LUMINARIES
Nelson Zide
ERA Key Realty Services
FUTURISTS
Gayln Ziegler
Keller Williams
Additional Newsmakers:
About RISMedia’s Real Estate Newsmaker Awards and the 2021 Newsmakers Online Directory
RISMedia’s Real Estate Newsmaker Award recipients were chosen based on nominations received through an online nomination process on RISMedia.com, and by nominations from RISMedia’s in-house editorial team and other industry sources. Nominations for RISMedia’s Real Estate Newsmakers are collected on an ongoing basis throughout the course of the year. There is no fee to nominate a Newsmaker or be recognized/featured as a Newsmaker.
Due to deadline and production criteria, RISMedia’s 2020 Real Estate Newsmakers Online Directory may not currently be in its final format. Please check back for ongoing updates. For corrections/updates to your Newsmaker profile page in the Online Directory, please email online@rismedia.com.
All 2020 Real Estate Newsmakers will be invited to attend RISMedia’s Real Estate Newsmakers Reception & Dinner at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. in May 2020, during which time RISMedia will induct its 2nd Annual Real Estate Newsmaker Hall of Fame members. The 2nd Annual Newsmakers Hall of Fame inductees will be announced by RISMedia in early 2020. Hall of Fame inductees may or may not be currently featured in the December 2019 issue of RISMedia’s Real Estate magazine or in the 2020 Newsmakers Online Directory.
RISMedia’s Real Estate Newsmaker Award recipients were chosen based on nominations received through an online nomination process on RISMedia.com, and by nominations from RISMedia’s in-house editorial team and other industry sources. Nominations for RISMedia’s Real Estate Newsmakers are collected on an ongoing basis throughout the course of the year. There is no fee to nominate a Newsmaker or be recognized/featured as a Newsmaker.
Due to deadline and production criteria, RISMedia’s 2020 Real Estate Newsmakers Online Directory may not currently be in its final format. Please check back for ongoing updates. For corrections/updates to your Newsmaker profile page in the Online Directory, please email online@rismedia.com.
All 2020 Real Estate Newsmakers will be invited to attend RISMedia’s Real Estate Newsmakers Reception & Dinner at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. in May 2020, during which time RISMedia will induct its 2nd Annual Real Estate Newsmaker Hall of Fame members. The 2nd Annual Newsmakers Hall of Fame inductees will be announced by RISMedia in early 2020. Hall of Fame inductees may or may not be currently featured in the December 2019 issue of RISMedia’s Real Estate magazine or in the 2020 Newsmakers Online Directory.