Dale A. Stinton, Chief Executive Officer

Dale A. Stinton is the chief executive officer of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®. The NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® is America's largest trade association, representing more than 1.2 million members involved in all aspects of the residential and commercial real estate industries.

Stinton, who was NAR's chief financial and chief information officer, took over the NAR reins on November 1, 2005. He served as acting CEO and executive vice president in 1996 and became CFO/CIO in 1998.

He was recently named to CEO Update’s inaugural list of top Association CEOs. In recognizing Stinton, they wrote that he “earned his place on the list by uniting a diverse organization and reacting well ahead of the slumping housing market with programs, education, and online resources—including the multi-million dollar campaign 'Right Tools, Right Now,' and the REALTORS® Federal Credit Union.”

In 2009, Stinton drove the association’s successful effort to permanently ban banks from entering the real estate industry, while also achieving a homebuyer tax credit that noted national economists acknowledged was responsible for helping revitalize the housing market. He also provided the strategic vision and launched the first-ever national database of every parcel of property in the United States, the REALTORS® Property Resource. To encourage local and state REALTOR®’ associations to create innovative programs to better meet member’s needs, he also created the Game Changers program, resulting in over 200 ‘game changing’ innovations being introduced at the grassroots level.

He lives with his wife, Maryann, in St. Charles, Ill. They have three grown children; sons Greg and Brad live with their wives in Chicago and daughter Ashley resides in Atlanta, Ga.