NAR Leadership Academy: 2008 Class
Twenty-six REALTORS® from around the country graduated from the Leadership Academy at the 2008 NAR Midyear Meetings. The 2008 Academy class held its first meeting during the 2007 NAR Leadership Summit.
Top row, from left to right: Jeanette Perez-Matta, Michael Wright, Sally Cline, Kemper Funkhouser, Donna Harnett, Darrell Blomberg, Brooke Hunt, Bob Turner, Roger Christensen
Middle row, from left to right: Sherri Meadows, Theresa Stewart, Taylor Jernigan, Kevin Sears, Daryl Braham, Michael Tessaro, Lynette Magee-Praytor, Carl Tackett.
Bottom row, from left to right: Pat Terrill, Stephanie Walker, Furhad Waquad, Baro Shalizi, James Young, Firdaus Rahman, Cyn Zellner, Dennis Wilson, Sonya Caldwell
Group Projects
2008 NAR Leadership Academy Class Projects
The 2008 Academy had a class project that was about the work of leadership through an informal, think-tank style setting. The class formed teams and were given one of NAR's 2008 strategic objectives to focus on and deliver a solution. They were charged with looking at ways for NAR to strengthen the relationship between REALTORS® and consumers.
Members of the Academy were asked to brainstorm, share ideas, and make suggestions. They presented during the final graduation session to a group that included members of the Strategic Planning Committee, NAR Public Affairs, the Academy Advisory Group, and NAR Past Presidents. The project gave them the opportunity to focus on a big picture challenge at the national level. The variety of solutions created by the teams is testament to their creativity and resourcefulness.
The following are the presentations and the teams who created them:
Group 1: Connect with busy REALTORS® and consumers to advance NAR public policy calls to action.
View Group 1 presentation (PDF: 1.37M) >
Pat Terrill, Maryland
Sally Cline, ABR, GRI, CRS, Iowa
Dennis Wilson, e-PRO, Nevada
Stephanie Walker, ABR, CRS, GRI, RSPS, SRES, North Carolina
Gina Marie Young, CRS, GRI, ABR, Washington
Group 2: Use the strength in diversity: how to grow diversity within the association.
No presentation available.
Firdaus Rahman, GRI, CRS, Alabama
Theresa Stewart, GRI, Oklahoma
Taylor Jernigan, CRS, ABR, GRI, Alabama
Lynette Magee-Praytor, GRI, SRES, Mississippi
Roger Christensen, Minnesota
Group 3: Create a REALTOR® cable TV show, "The Real Estate Voice."
View Group 3 presentation (video) >
Furhad Waquad, ABR, CIPS, CRS, GRI, Michigan
Darrell Blomberg, GRI, e-PRO, Arizona
Brooke Hunt, Texas
Kemper Funkhouser, Virginia
Baro Shalizi, ABR, CIPS, CRS, e-PRO, GRI, New Mexico
Bob Turner, ALC, Tennessee
Group 4: Brand REALTORS® as "the trusted experts."
View Group 4 presentation (PDF: 10M) >
Michael Tessaro, ABR, CRS, GRI, SRES, California
Kevin Sears, Massachusetts
Donna Harnett, GRI, CRS, e-PRO, North Carolina
Sherri Meadows, ABR, CRB, GRI, Florida
Cyn Zellner, GRI, SRES, ABR, Florida
Group 5: Connect consumers through social media.
View Group 5 presentation (PDF: 4.21M) >
Daryl Braham, GRI, CRB, North Dakota
Mike Wright, ABR, ABRM, CRB, e-PRO, GRI, Georgia
Carl Tackett, GRI, CRS, Kentucky
Sonya Coldwell, ABR, GRI, CRS, CIPS, South Carolina
Jeanette Perez-Matta, CRS, GRI, Puerto Rico
