Introducing RISMedia’s 2024 Real Estate Newsmakers
MAKING HEADLINES FOR THE RIGHT REASONS
Our industry had enough challenges on our plates as we headed into 2023, from rising interest rates and persistent inflation to elevated home prices, industry lawsuits and more. Given the extraordinary events throughout the year, there were many who made headlines for the wrong reasons. But there were many, many more who forged through a trying year to accomplish great successes, uplift their companies and communities, push forth needed innovation, and collectively advance the real estate industry forward.
These are the ones who made headlines for the right reasons. These are RISMedia’s 2024 Real Estate Newsmakers.
Nominated by you, our readers, the more than 300 individuals selected as RISMedia’s 7th Annual Real Estate Newsmakers represent real estate champions of all kinds, from all walks of the industry.
During these times, when our industry is under siege by an array of forces, it is more important than ever to shine a light on the vast amount of good that continues to occur. The examples set by our 2024 Newsmakers serve as important inspiration and motivation for the year ahead.
RISMedia believes real estate professionals should be honored based on their merits and accomplishments in their businesses. There is no fee for industry professionals who have been nominated or selected as an RISMedia Real Estate Newsmaker.
RISMedia is proudly accepting nominations for the 2025 Class of Real Estate Newsmakers!
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Hall of Fame Inductees
Ennis Antoine
HALL OF FAME
EA Realty of Georgia, LLC
Chris Trapani
HALL OF FAME
Christie's International Real Estate Sereno
Tami Bonnell
HALL OF FAME
EXIT Realty Corp
Cindy Ariosa
HALL OF FAME
Howard Hanna Real Estate Services
Kate Rossi
HALL OF FAME
Anywhere Real Estate Inc.
Diane Turton
HALL OF FAME
Diane Turton, REALTORS®
Real Estate
Influencers
Marki Lemons-Ryhal
ReMarkiTable
Darryl Davis
Darryl Davis Seminars
Julia Lashay Israel
Keller Williams Realty International
Natasha Patla
Christie's International Real Estate
Jessica Edgerton
Leading Real Estate Companies of the World®
Rene Galicia
Bright MLS
Lisa Sturtevant
Bright MLS
Kathy Baker
Realty ONE Group
Diana Zaya
Maverick Systems
Riezl Baker
Luxury Lake Oconee Real Estate Group
Trish Skellham
Latter & Blum
Fernando Arencibia Jr.
Avanti Way Commercial
Rudy Lira Kusuma
Your Home Sold Guaranteed Realty
Rebecca Blacker
Coldwell Banker Warburg
Todd Sumney
HomeSmart
JACKIE THIEL
Long & Foster Real Estate
Rick Haase
United Real Estate & United Real Estate Group
Brian Buffini
Buffini & Company
Pauline Bennett
Coldwell Banker Realty
DeAnn Golden
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Georgia Properties
Christa Ross
William Raveis Real Estate
Shaun Rosemann
Inside Real Estate
David Marine
Anywhere Franchise Brands
Joe Harris
National Association of REALTORS®
Aaron Drussel
Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Momentum
Lawrence Yun
National Association of REALTORS®
Leesa Baker
REcolorado
Charlotte Simonelli
Anywhere Real Estate Inc.
Tanya Reu-Narvaez
Anywhere Real Estate Inc.
Jonathan Vega
ONE Sotheby’s International Realty
Kathleen Wilks
The Long & Foster Companies
Frances Katzen
The Katzen Team at Douglas Elliman
Jack Greenberg
Huntington & Ellis
Craig Witt
EXIT Realty Corp. International
MICHAEL SORRENTINO
The Corcoran Group
Sherri Johnson
Sherri Johnson Coaching
Brad Patt
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Fox & Roach, REALTORS®
Will Holmes
Opendoor
Kelly Silver
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Georgia Properties
David Serle
RE/MAX Services
Candace Adams
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices New England, New York, Hudson Valley Properties
Danielle Andrews
Realty ONE Group Next Generation
Elias Astuto
Fast Real Estate brokered by eXp Realty
Loveleen Dhiman
Realty ONE Group Eastern Canada
Ann King
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Florida Network Realty
Jared James
Jared James Enterprises
Matthew Rathbun
Coldwell Banker Elite
Maureen Sullivan
Team AFA at William Raveis
Shemeika Fox
Fox Realty Group, Inc.
Marilyn Lund
WAV Group
Ryan Davis
National Association of REALTORS®
Real Estate
Trailblazers
Megan Rosendale
Rosendale Realty
Art Carter
CRMLS
Tim Dain
Northstar MLS
Ritu Desai
Samson Properties
Georgia Perez
LiveEasy
Gregg Menell
Pendulum Property Group
Bob Portale
RELO Direct, Inc.
Christina Pappas
The Keyes Company
Jemila Winsey
ERA Legacy Living
Sajag Patel
Keller Williams Realty International
William E. Soteroff
Keller Williams Realty International
Kathleen Minser
Legacy Real Estate & Associates, ERA Powered
Dalip Jaggi
Revive
Abby Lee
RE/MAX LLC
Shelley Zavitz
OnTrack Agent
Cheryl McAdam
Latter & Blum
Brad Bjelke
UtahRealEstate.com
Jeremy Foster
Calque
Hilary Saunders
Side
Ayoub Rabah
Coldwell Banker Realty
Todd Tucker
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Georgia Properties
Lori Lane
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Georgia Properties
Chastity Davenport
United Real Estate
Colette Stevenson
REsides
Matthew Mullin
The Mullin Blankfeld Group at Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Nevada Properties
Johnny Mowad
Ebby Halliday REALTORS®
Jon Waclawski
National Association of REALTORS®
Robert Wilkinson
REcolorado
Jenny Heinzen
Vineyard Professional Real Estate Llc
Amy Gorce
REdistribute
Richard Haggerty
OneKey MLS
Lee Ann Roughton
ERA Real Estate
Bill Scavone
Weichert, REALTORS® & Weichert Real Estate Affiliates, Inc.
Drew Coleman
Opt Real Estate
MALESSA RAMBARRAN & CANDICE MILANO
Brown Harris Stevens
Ryan O’Hara
2-10 Home Buyers Warranty Group
Brian Tolkin
Opendoor
Tei Baishiki
NextHome, Inc.
Liz Barnum
Berkshire Hathaway Home Services New England, New York and Hudson Valley Properties
Chad Carroll
Compass
Dina Goldentayer
Douglas Elliman
Harrison Milborne
Realty ONE Group Eastern Canada
Page Huyette
Montana Good Life Properties Inc
DAWN PFAFF
My State MLS | NY State MLS
Ryan O’Connor
Terrie O'Connor REALTORS®
Sabine Steinbrecher
Hiveologie
Real Estate
Futurists
Nykia Wright
National Association of REALTORS®
Melissa King
OneKey® MLS
Courtnie Cho
Bright MLS
Kevin Van Eck
Christie's International Real Estate
Chris Cox
Keller Williams Realty International
Amit Kulkarni
Bright MLS
Lane Hornung
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Dana Bina
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JIM CRISERA
MoxiWorks
Mark Choey
Highnote
Tiffany Tanquary
DocuSign
Kevin Leonard
Berkshire Hathway HomeServices Stouffer Realty
David Greenbaum
MoxiWorks
ROB BARBER
ATTOM
Todd Teta
ATTOM
Lisa Larson
Restb.ai
Matt Widdows
HomeSmart
Amory Wooden
Anywhere Brands
Liz Gehringer
Anywhere Real Estate Inc.
Nathan Brannen
Restb.ai
Dan Weisman
National Association of REALTORS®
Kamini Lane
Coldwell Banker Realty
Nick Macey
Andrew Flachner
Michelle Feola
Malte Kramer
MARVIN JOLLY
Ben Bacal
Erez Yakoel
Omer Granot
Sheila Reddy
Trey Sarten
Dionna Hall
Alex Likholyot
Alex Vidal
Kathleen Lappe
Nick Bailey
Jay Luebke
Bill Gallagher
Morgan Carey
Stephanie Williams
Myron Lo
Josh Harley
Stephanie Anton
Erle Morring
Rajeev Sajja
Keith Robinson
Miah Yoo
Alex Jacobs
Dennis Saglam
Christy Budnick
Jorge Guerra
Victor Lund
Rei Mesa
Chance Brown
Real Estate
Achievers
Marc Demetriou
Guaranteed Rate, Inc.
Ryan Schneider
Anywhere Real Estate Inc.
Liz Hogan
Compass
Ben Caballero
HomesUSA.com
Josh Bolgren
RE/MAX LLC
Aayaam Kapoor
Real Estate Webmasters
Marko Gojanovic and Reid Heidenry
ONE Sotheby’s International Realty
Nydia Pin
Realty ONE Group Innovation
Connie Mahan
Connie Mahan Real Estate Group
Marriah Unruh
Keller Williams Capital Properties
Mike Pappas
The Keyes Company
Troy and Kathy Dooley
EXIT Realty Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi & Oklahoma
Craig Tann
Huntington & Ellis
Elena Bluntzer
ONE Sotheby's International Realty
Vickey Barron
Compass
Robert Vickers
Constellation Real Estate Group
Alex Montalenti
Real Grader
Erika Gileo
EXIT Realty Corp. International
Bill Pankonin
EXIT Realty Upper Midwest
Mercedes Kearney
PrimeStreet Realty
Leah Gibbons
Howard Hanna Real Estate Services
Lisa Chajet
Coldwell Banker Warburg
Bryan Brooks
HomeSmart
Herbert Dubuisson
Latter & Blum
Jeff Goodman
Brown Harris Stevens
Angel Nicolas
Compass
Pat Riley
Allen Tate Companies
Danny Hernandez
Realty ONE Group
Amanda Cline
United Real Estate
Teresa Overcash
Duff Rubin
Patty Webb
Don Casey
Merri Jo Cowen
Jason Mitchell
WHITNEY FINN LACOSTA
Trevor Macomber
Mark Willis
Larry Flick, V
Gino Blefari
Johnna Muscente
Jaclyn Bild
Eric Stegemann
Ninve James
Genelle Geronsin
Tammy Roberts
Amy Lessinger
Jackie Louh
Anna Visioli
Teresa King Kinney
Tim Van Damm
Ashley Dane
Amy Corr
Ginger Wilcox
Linda Yacoub
Natalie Hamrick
Peter Ly
Kate Reisinger
Chip Murphy
Gavin Payne
Peter Luft
Eric Fite
Bondilyn Jolly
Mary Wargula
Jan Baker
Real Estate
Crusaders
Jason Abrams
Keller Williams Realty International
Debra Beagle
The Ashton Real Estate Group of RE/MAX Advantage
Stacey Johnson-Cosby
ReeceNichols REALTORS® a Berkshire Hathaway Company
Jennifer Richardson
Latter & Blum
Michelle White
The CE Shop
Kasia Maslanka
Douglas Elliman
Anthony Lamacchia
Lamacchia Realty
Michael Altneu
Coldwell Banker Real Estate
Shana Genenbacher
Stone Martin Builders
Rob Thomson
Waterfront Properties
Anthony Domathoti
EXIT Realty Premium
Bryan Greene
National Association of REALTORS®
Ruth Johnson
Homes for Heroes
Mariel Pamintuan–Esguerra
Huntington & Ellis
Liz Nunan
Houlihan Lawrence
LaMarcus Thurman
United Purpose Mortgage
Rob Chrane
Down Payment Resource
Debbie McCabe
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Fox & Roach REALTORS®
Sipho Simela
Matrix Rental Solutions
Pat Shea
Lyon Real Estate
Mike Clear
Realty ONE Group
Judi Nield
Legacy Real Estate & Associates
Dana Green
Dana Green Team
Michael LaFido
Marketing Luxury Group
Lisa Nguyen
RE/MAX Professionals
Scott Durkin
Douglas Elliman
Janet Brinck
Dwellus @ Real Broker
Shirene Hazel
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices New England Properties
Charis Moreno
NextHome, Inc.
Itzy Garay
Brown Harris Stevens
Juan Del Sol
Multiple Clients List
Marie Claire Ntam
Compass
Laura O’Connor
JPAR's Affiliated Network
Jennifer Lind
Coldwell Banker Realty
Ashoo Sharma
Harry Norman REALTORS®
Dermot Buffini
Buffini & Company
Diane Glass
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Chicago
Michael Alladawi
Revive Real Estate
Kevelyn Guzman
Coldwell Banker Warburg
Real Estate
Luminaries
Bill Aboumrad
Legacy Real Estate & Associates, ERA Powered
David Romero
Realty ONE Group
Paul Boomsma
Leading Real Estate Companies of the World®
MIKE GOLDEN & THAD WONG
@properties
Hadi Atri
RE/MAX Executive
David Howell
McEnearney Associates
Chris Dietz
Leading Real Estate Companies of the World®
Creig Northrop
Northrop Realty
Brian Donnellan
Bright MLS
Helen McNutt Gentile
Legacy Real Estate & Associates, ERA Powered
Kuba Jewgieniew
Dan Birdwell
James O’Bryon
Annie Engel
Lacey Conway
Mark Pessin
Matthew Rand
Patrick Bain
Dan Kruse
Vinnie Tracey
Bonnie Chajet
Lori McCarthy
Michael Minard
Dan Duffy
Steve Capezza
Mike Miedler
Jenni Bonura
Sue Yannaccone
Joe Skousen
Gene Millman
Kathy Connelly
Ken Baris
Mayi de la Vega
Philip White
Jennifer Darby Metzger
Anne Marie DeCatsye
Ben Schachter
Kristine Burdick
Cliff Long
Gary Scott
Bess Freedman
Andy Florance
Rick Rudman
Carolyn Rosson
Jim Fischetti
James Dwiggins
Brenda Maher
Jim Fite
Kevin Levent
ABOUT RISMEDIA’S REAL ESTATE NEWSMAKERS
RISMedia’s Real Estate Newsmakers 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 2024 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 editorial@rismedia.com.
RISMedia’s 2024 Real Estate Newsmakers will be honored during the Newsmakers Reception & Dinner taking place on Sept. 5 during RISMedia’s 2024 CEO & Leadership Exchange, Sept. 4– 6 in Washington D.C. During the gala event, RISMedia will induct its 7th Annual Real Estate Newsmakers Hall of Fame members. For information on attending, please visit
events.rismedia.com/ceo-exchange-2024.