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Terrence M. "Terry" McDermott is the executive vice president and chief executive officer of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®. The NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® is America's largest trade association, representing nearly 800,000 members involved in all aspects of the residential and commercial real estate industries.
Before coming to NAR, McDermott was executive vice president and chief executive officer of The American Institute of Architects. The American Institute of Architects is a 65,000-member professional society founded in 1857 to represent the nation's architects.
McDermott has more than 27 years of experience in the publishing and media profession. Before taking the top post at the American Institute of Architects, McDermott was with Cahners Publishing Co., America's largest business and special interest magazine publisher, for 24 years. He was Cahners' president and chief operating officer from 1987 to April 1993. McDermott was publisher of Building and Design Construction magazine from 1976 to 1984 and group vice president of the Electronics and Computer Division from 1983 to 1987.
McDermott attended Loyola University, Chicago, and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in organizational development from the National College of Education, Evanston, Ill.
McDermott is vice chairman of the board of the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. He is an honorary member of the American Institute of Architects, the Society of American Military Engineers, and a member of the Urban Land Institute and Lambda Alpha, the land economics society in Washington and Chicago.
He and his wife, Sue Ann, currently reside in Chicago, where the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® is headquartered.
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