Charles McMillan, GRI, CIPS, President
Charles McMillan, a REALTOR® from Irving, Texas, is 2009 President of the National Association of REALTORS®. NAR, The Voice for Real Estate®, 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.
McMillan, a REALTOR® for more than 20 years, is Director of Realty Relations and Broker of Record for Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, Dallas-Fort Worth. He is a member of Omega Tau Rho, honorary real estate society.
At the national level, McMillan was NAR 2008 President-Elect and 2007 First Vice President. He has twice served as NAR Regional Vice President of Region 10 that includes Texas and Louisiana. He is a member of the NAR Leadership Team, the Executive Committee and the Strategic Planning Committee. He has served as chairman of several panels and committees including the Convention Advisory Group, 2002; Communications Committee, 1999; State & Municipal Coordinating Committee, 1995; and Urban Affairs Committee, 1993. From 2002 to the present, he has been a member of the International Operations Division serving as NAR President’s Liaison and real estate ambassador to Jamaica. He has also been recognized by NAR as an expert in the areas of agency, antitrust, misrepresentation, fair housing and diversity.
In 1998, he was President of the Texas Association of REALTORS®, and was vice president and secretary-treasurer before that. He chaired the Budget & Finance and Legal Review Committees as well as the Legislative Management Team and the Executive Board. He has served on numerous state committees including Professional Standards, Strategic Planning, Equal Opportunity, Future Leadership Council and REALTOR® Community Service. In 2002, he was named a Life Member of the T.A.R. Board of Directors. He was Texas “REALTOR® of the Year” in 2000.
At the local level, McMillan was President of the Greater Fort Worth Association of REALTORS® in 1991, has served on many committees and was chairman of FORPAC in 2000. He was named GFWAR “REALTOR® of the Year” by his peers in 1992 and received the GFWAR “REALTOR® Spirit Award” in 1986.
Active in the community, McMillan is a Life Member of the Texas Real Estate Teachers Association and is an approved instructor by the Texas Real Estate Commission in real estate pre-licensing and mandatory continuing education courses. He is a past chairman of the Community Development Council of Fort Worth, the Tarrant County Affordable Housing Task Force, the Housing Subcommittee of Fort Worth, and a past director of the United Way of Tarrant County and of the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce.
