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100 Most Inuential Real Estate Leaders: 2010An Inman News Special Report

The Inman 100, an annual list of the 100 Most Inuential People in Real Estate, recognizes those

power brokers, thought leaders, experts, insiders, and visionaries who inuence the real estate

industry with their words, actions, insight and innovations.

This latest list recognizes brokerage company executives, technologists, government leaders, media

players, economists, online luminaries and other industry heavyweights who hold the power to

move the industry forward during this prolonged period of economic hardship and uncertainty. In-dividuals on the list were selected after a nomination process and an Inman News editorial review.

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Gaham Ban and manain partner

Broofeld Residential roperty Services

Graham Badun began his career in the real estate industry as a loan ofcer in 1988. He

joined Toronto-based Brookeld in 1998 and held several executive positions before

becoming a managing partner and CEO. Under Baduns direction, Brookeld Residential

Property Services acquired GMAC Home Services in September 2008 and rebranded that

company as RealLiving in late 2009. Brookeld also operates Canadian real estate franchisor Royal LePage.

tehen Bairesident and Baird & Warner

Stephen W. Baird, as president and CEO of Chicago-based Baird & Warner, represents

the fth generation of family ownership for the 155-year-old independent brokerage.

Baird is a board member of The Realty Alliance, a network that has membership from

some of the largest North American real estate companies. Baird & Warner has 26

branch ofces and last year reported that it had about 1,800 agents. In an annual report by Real Trends

released this year, Baird & Warner ranked 13th in transaction sides and 15th in closed sales volume among

real estate brokerages tracked. The company traces its roots to a Chicago real estate loan awarded in 1855 by

Luis Duncan Olmsted, who in 1860 established a formal partnership with Lyman Baird.

chaes c. lann Bakeresident and

ZipRealty Inc.

Twitter: @ziprealtyceo

Faceboo

Succeeding longtime ZipRealty executive J. Patrick Lashinsky as president and CEO in

October, Charles C. Lanny Baker is responsible for the brokerages vision, planning and

strategy. Baker came to ZipRealty in 2008 and has also served as the companys executive vice president and

chief nancial ofcer. Before joining ZipRealty, Baker was chief nancial ofcer for online recruiter Monster

Worldwide Inc., and held management positions in the equity research department at Smith Barney, where he

covered the Internet, e-commerce, radio and television broadcasting industries. A native of San Francisco and

graduate of Yale College, Baker also sits on the board of directors of The Knot Inc., a media company devoted

to weddings.
http://www.brookfieldrps.com/http://www.bairdwarner.com/http://www.ziprealty.com/http://twitter.com/ziprealtyceohttp://www.facebook.com/pages/Lanny-Baker-ZipRealty-CEO/104747036260416http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lanny-Baker-ZipRealty-CEO/104747036260416)http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lanny-Baker-ZipRealty-CEO/104747036260416)http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lanny-Baker-ZipRealty-CEO/104747036260416http://twitter.com/ziprealtyceohttp://www.ziprealty.com/http://www.bairdwarner.com/http://www.brookfieldrps.com/


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Ma Fanes Besonresident and

bby Halliday Realtors

Faceboo

Mary Frances Burleson started her real estate career in 1958 as a secretary at Dallas,

Texas-based Ebby Halliday Realtors. She eventually became a regional manager and

then executive vice president. She has been the companys president and CEO since

1989. The rm is the 12th-largest brokerage in the country by closed transaction sides, according to Real

Trends. Burleson has been on the board of directors of the National Association of Realtors since 1991.

he . chisresident and

Better Homes and gardens Real state

Twitter: @sherrychris

Faceboo

Sherry Chris was appointed president and CEO of Better Homes and Gardens Real

Estate LLC in October 2007. Her appointment followed Realogys announcement that

it had entered into a 50-year agreement with Meredith Corp. to license the Better Homes and Gardens

name to launch a new and dynamic global residential real estate brand. Chris has more than 27 years of

real estate experience, including a succession of senior positions during her 16 years with Royal LePage

of Canada, followed by executive roles with Real Living (Ohio) and Prudential California-Nevada-Texas

Realty. She joined Realogy in 2006 as chief operating ofcer for Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC. In

the past 12 months, Chris has more than doubled the size of Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate. Her

deal to sign Pleasanton, Calif.-based Mason-McDufe Real Estate added 1,900 agents and $2.8 billion in

annual sales to the company.

Hao . ceo-ounder and president

rye-eie Realtors

Faceboo

Harold Crye co-founded Memphis, Tenn.-based Crye-Leike Realtors in 1977 at the age

of 31. The company began its franchising operations in 2000 and now has a network

of more than 3,600 sales associates and more than 130 ofces. The brokerage was the

sixth largest in the country by closed transaction sides last year, according to Real Trends. Crye is chairman

of the board of Leading Real Estate Companies of the World and has previously served as chairman of the

Realty Alliance.
http://www.ebby.com/http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=100001226977201http://www.bhgrealestate.com/http://twitter.com/sherrychrishttp://www.facebook.com/sherry.chrishttp://www.crye-leike.com/main/http://www.facebook.com/#!/harold.cryehttp://www.facebook.com/#!/harold.cryehttp://www.crye-leike.com/main/http://www.facebook.com/sherry.chrishttp://twitter.com/sherrychrishttp://www.bhgrealestate.com/http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=100001226977201http://www.ebby.com/


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riha W. davisonresident and

entury 21 Real state

Faceboo

Richard W. Rick Davidson is a 20-year real estate industry veteran. He was appointed

president and CEO of Century 21 Real Estate in February 2010. The Century 21 network

includes more than 7,700 ofces and 121,000 sales associates globally. Davidson

came to Century 21 from two fellow Realogy subsidiaries, Coldwell Banker Real Estate, where he was chief

operating ofcer, and Coldwell Banker Commercial Afliates, where he was president and COO.

Wese Wes Foste J.Founder, chairman and

The on & Foster os.

P. Wesley Foster Jr. founded Long & Foster Real Estate Inc. in 1968 with partner

Henry A. Long. Foster focused on the residential side of the business and Long

specialized in the commercial real estate sector. In July 1979, Foster became sole

owner of the business, which now offers mortgage, title insurance and other insurance

services. Foster is a founding member of two major brokerage networks: The Leading Real Estate Companies

of the World and Realty Alliance. Based in Chantilly, Va., The Long & Foster Cos. has about 200 sales ofces

and 13,700 sales associates in eight states in the Greater Washington, D.C., area.

Jim Giesie

oldwell Baner Real state Jim Gillespie is a 36-year veteran of the real estate industry. He joined the

Coldwell Banker brand in 1976 and since then has served in several executive

positions, including three years as the companys chief operating officer. He has

been CEO of Coldwell Banker Real Estate since 2004. The global franchise

network has about 3,200 offices and 97,000 agents.
http://www.century21.com/http://www.facebook.com/rwdavidsonc21http://www.longandfoster.com/http://www.coldwellbanker.com/http://www.coldwellbanker.com/http://www.longandfoster.com/http://www.facebook.com/rwdavidsonc21http://www.century21.com/


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Mihae r. Goo

Sothebys International Realty Afliates

Michael R. Good, a 33-year real estate industry veteran, has led Sothebys International

Realty Afliates as CEO since February 2004. From 1997-2004 Good served as

executive vice president and chief operating ofcer for NRT Inc., which oversees

Realogy Corps company-owned brokerage operations and the largest U.S. brokerage

company. Before launching his real estate career, Good served as a teacher and was a high school and

collegiate wrestling coach in Minnesota. He was twice named an All-American in wrestling. Realogys former

parent company, Cendant, in 2004 entered into an agreement with Sothebys Holdings Inc. to create the

Sothebys franchise real estate network. The network has about 11,000 sales associates and 500 ofces in 42

nations and territories spanning the globe.

Howa W. Ho Hanna IIIhairman and

Howard Hanna Real state Services

Hoddy Hanna is the chairman and CEO of Howard Hanna, the fourth-largest

brokerage in the country, according to the latest rankings from Real Trends. The

company has 131 ofces and more than 4,700 sales associates and staff in four states.

Under Hannas leadership, the company entered the mortgage banking, title and

home insurance businesses in 1981, offering consumers one stop shopping for home purchases. Hanna

is also the founder and former president of the West Penn Multiple Listing Service.

dooth dottie Hemanresident and rudential Doulas lliman Real state

Twitter: @DottieHerman

Faceboo

Dottie Herman started her career as a nancial planner and part-time sales broker. In

1989, she bought Prudential Long Island Realty and, 14 years later, bought Douglas

Elliman, Manhattans largest real estate brokerage. She merged the two companies and became president

and CEO of Prudential Douglas Elliman Real Estate, now the 16th-largest brokerage in the country by

closed transaction sides, according to Real Trends. The company includes more than 3,500 sales associates

and 60 ofces.
http://www.sothebysrealty.com/http://www.howardhanna.com/http://www.elliman.com/http://twitter.com/#!/DottieHermanhttp://www.facebook.com/#!/dottiehermanhttp://www.facebook.com/#!/dottiehermanhttp://twitter.com/#!/DottieHermanhttp://www.elliman.com/http://www.howardhanna.com/http://www.sothebysrealty.com/


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pa Hmeresident, ounder and

Alain inel Realtors

Paul Hulme founded luxury real estate brokerage Alain Pinel Realtors in 1990. The

brokerage has about 1,400 agents and 32 ofces in Northern California and made

$5.7 billion in sales in 2009, and ranking seventh in sales volume among U.S. brokers

tracked by Real Trends. A lifelong entrepreneur, Hulme owns several other non-real-

estate-related businesses and employs about 1,700 people in 30 states.

Ga Keeo-ounder and chairman

keller Williams Realty

Gary Keller co-founded Austin, Texas-based Keller Williams in 1983. The companybegan franchising in 1990 and now has more than 78,000 real estate agents

and nearly 700 ofces in the United States and Canada. Keller is in charge of

the companys strategic direction and was a driving force behind the companys

innovative prot-sharing model. Keller has co-authored three nationally best-selling books: The

Millionaire Real Estate Agent, The Millionaire Real Estate Investor, and SHIFT: How Top Real Estate

Agents Tackle Tough Times.

Magaet Ke

Re/Max

Margaret Kelly was named Re/Max LLCs CEO in October 2005, after holding a

series of leadership positions since joining the organization as a Financial Analyst in

1987. In January 2010, Kelly was appointed to the board of directors of the Denver

Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank. Kelly speaks before industry groups around the

United States and is frequently interviewed by the media. She has served as CEO guest anchor on CNBCs

The Call, and her industry observations have been quoted by major media organizations. She grew up

in the Detroit area and received a Bachelor of Business Administration in nance and accounting from

Walsh College in Troy, Mich. As a breast cancer survivor, Kelly is an advocate of the Re/Max national

sponsorship of the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure series.
http://www.apr.com/http://www.kw.com/http://www.century21.com/http://www.remax.com/http://www.century21.com/http://www.remax.com/http://www.kw.com/http://www.apr.com/


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Genn Kemanresident and

Redfn

Twitter: @lennelman

Faceboo

Glenn Kelman has been the president and CEO of discount brokerage Redn since

September 2005. Kelman is known for speaking his mind about brokerage issues, real

estate commission structures and industry rules that stie innovation. Before joining Redn, Kelman co-

founded Plumtree Software, a publicly traded portal software company. Redn expanded to six new markets

in 2010, for a total of 16 markets.

a leeresident

rudential Real state and Relocation Services Inc.

Twitter: @reallyearllee

HoEarl Lee, who served as president of Prudential Relocation from January 2007 to

December 2008 and president of Prudential Real Estate Afliates Inc. from 2000-

06, was appointed president of Prudential Real Estate and Relocation Services Inc. in

December 2008. Lee landed his rst job as a sales professional in 1973, and later in his career he served as

senior vice president, principal broker and partner of Prudential Locations LLC in Hawaii. Prudential Real

Estate had about 1,700 franchise ofces and 60,000 sales professionals in its franchise network as of March

31, 2010, the company announced. Prudential Real Estate ranked highest among home sellers in J.D. Power

and Associates customer satisfaction survey results released in August 2010, and was the only brokerage

company rated in the survey that improved its score in 2010 compared to 2009.

dave linigeo-ounder and chairman o the board

Re/Max,

Dave Liniger is the co-founder and board chairman of real estate franchise giant Re/

Max. Liniger spent six years in the U.S. Air Force and supplemented his income by

buying and selling homes in the Phoenix area. He co-founded Re/Max in 1973 under

a 100 percent commission model and has grown the company to include more than

90,000 sales associates in more than 80 countries.
http://www.redfin.com/http://twitter.com/#!/glennkelmanhttp://www.facebook.com/#!/glenn.kelmanhttp://www.prudential.com/view/page/public/11112?seg=2&name=realestatehttp://www.twitter.com/reallyearlleehttp://www.remax.com/http://www.remax.com/http://www.twitter.com/reallyearlleehttp://www.prudential.com/view/page/public/11112?seg=2&name=realestatehttp://www.facebook.com/#!/glenn.kelmanhttp://twitter.com/#!/glennkelmanhttp://www.redfin.com/


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rona J. petieresident and

HomeServices o America Inc.

Ron Peltier joined Edina Realty as a sales associate in 1977 and rose up the ranks to

become the companys president and CEO in 1992. Under his leadership, HomeServices

of America Inc. was formed in 1998 and grew to become the second-largest brokerage in

the country, according to Real Trends. Peltier was appointed the brokerages chairman

in 2008. Peltier is also a co-founder and director of The Realty Alliance and a director of the National

Leading Real Estate Companies of the World.

ex peieoresident and

Realoy Franchise groupAlexander E. Perriello III has served as president and CEO of the Realogy Franchise

Group since April 2004. Perriello oversees the Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate,

CENTURY 21, Coldwell Banker, Coldwell Banker Commercial, ERA and Sothebys

International Realty real estate brands, which combined have approximately 14,700

franchised and company-owned ofces and 267,000 brokers and sales associates doing business in 100

countries around the world. He served as chairperson of the 2010 National Association of Realtors Strategic

Planning Committee, and was the NAR 2008 Special Liaison for Large Firm Relations. He began career

as a sales associate, and served as president and CEO of Coldwell Banker Real Estate Corp. from 1997 to

2004. He played an integral role in the restructuring and development of Coldwell Banker following its 1996

acquisition by Cendant (then HFS) and its relocation to Parsippany, N.J.

Hae . roa J.resident

Real ivin

Harley Rouda Jr. became president of Real Living last year when the franchise company

merged with GMAC Home Services LLC. Rouda, whose father founded Real Living

in 2002, had previously been the companys CEO and managing partner. As 2010

progressed, more than 50 former GMAC brokerages afliated with Real Living growing

the brand to 400 ofces and nearly 10,000 agents.
http://www.homeservices.com/http://www.realogy.com/about/rfg.cfmhttp://www.realliving.com/http://www.realliving.com/http://www.realogy.com/http://www.realogy.com/about/rfg.cfmhttp://www.homeservices.com/


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J. lennox otthairman and

John . Scott Real state

J. Lennox Scott is the third-generation leader of John L. Scott Real Estate, which

his grandfather founded in Seattle in 1931. Scott became the company president in

1980 and became chairman and CEO in 2002. The brokerage has 130 offices and

more than 3,200 sales associates in the states of Washington, Oregon and Idaho.

Earlier this year, he wrote a white paper advocating a national down payment assistance program to

stimulate the housing market.

riha mithresident and

Realoy orp.

Richard A. Smith, president and CEO of Realogy Corp., has been responsible for leading

the companys business operations since 1996. Realogy is a global provider of real estate

and relocation services, providing real estate franchising, brokerage, relocation and

title services. Companies under the Realogy umbrella include Realogy Franchise Group,

which consists of the Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate, Century 21, Coldwell Banker, Coldwell Banker

Commercial, ERA and Sothebys International Realty real estate brands. Combined, those brands have

approximately 14,700 franchised and company-owned ofces and 267,000 brokers and agents worldwide.

Realogys NRT LLC is the nations largest residential real estate brokerage company with approximately 740

ofces and 44,400 sales associates in more than 35 of the nations largest metropolitan markets. Smith is a

member of the Business Roundtable, an association of CEOs of leading U.S. companies.

Jim WeihetFounder and president

Weichert, Realtors

Jim Weichert opened his first Weichert, Realtors office in 1969. Since then the

company has grown to nearly 18,000 sales associates and over 500 company-

owned and franchised offices nationwide. Weichert states that his company is a

true full-service real estate company designed to guide consumers through the

entire purchasing process, including providing mortgage and title insurance services.
http://www.johnlscott.com/http://realogy.com/http://www.weichert.com/http://www.weichert.com/http://realogy.com/http://www.johnlscott.com/


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chaie yongresident and

RA Franchise Systems

Faceboo

Charlie Young joined ERA Real Estate as chief operating ofcer in February 2009 and

was appointed president and CEO two months later when his predecessor, Brenda

Casserly, died after a battle with cancer. Young said this year that his goals for the

company include recruitment, driving a higher sales rate, and lead management and conversion. He said

there are open markets in some key cities, including some that could be characterized as NFL cities -- those

large enough to host professional football teams. Before joining ERA, Young served for ve years at Coldwell

Banker Real Estate LLC, rst as senior vice president of marketing and later as chief operating ofcer. Young

was previously vice president for Cendant Mortgage (now PHH Mortgage).

Be Ziresident and

NRT

Bruce Zipf has been guiding the strategic direction of NRT LLC, the nations largest

residential real estate brokerage company since he was named president and CEO in

2005. NRT owns and operates companies in more than 35 markets, with approximately

46,000 sales associates doing business under the Coldwell Banker, Coldwell Banker

Commercial, ERA, Sothebys International Realty and The Corcoran Group brand names. Zipf became a

certied public accountant in 1980, working as a senior audit manager for Ernst and Young before joining

Schlott, Realtors as controller in 1986. He was promoted to senior vice president of Coldwell Banker

Schlott Realtors in 1994. At NRT, Zipf has worn a number of hats, including chief operating ofcer, chief

administrative ofcer, and president of NRTs New York City metro region.

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teven H. Bekowitz

Move Inc.

Steve Berkowitz was named the CEO of Realtor.com operator Move Inc. in January

2009, having been appointed to the companys board of directors in June 2008.

Berkowitz came to Move from Microsoft Corp. where as senior vice president of theOnline Services Group he ran the companys online business group, which includes

MSN.com, MSNTV and MSN Internet Access programming, advertising sales, business development and

marketing for Live Platform, MSN and Windows Live. Before joining Microsoft in May 2006, Berkowitz

was CEO of online search engine Ask Jeeves from January 2004 until August 2005, when the business was

sold to IAC/InterActiveCorp. Ask Jeeves was renamed IAC Search and Media, and Berkowitz served as its

CEO until May 2006.
http://www.era.com/http://www.facebook.com/people/Charlie-Young/561124055http://www.nrtllc.com/http://www.move.com/http://www.move.com/http://www.nrtllc.com/http://www.facebook.com/people/Charlie-Young/561124055http://www.era.com/


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lois cammaosanogeneral manaer

Homegain

Twitter: @lcammarosa

Louis Cammarosano joined Emeryville, Calif.-based lead generation and real estate

marketing company HomeGain in 2005 as general counsel. He held two other

executive-level positions with the company before becoming general manager in May

2006. Cammarosano is a former lawyer for Homestore, predecessor to Realtor.com operator Move Inc.

Before getting his law degree, Cammarosano was a tenured school teacher in New Yorks South Bronx.

pete Finto-ounder

Trulia

Faceboo

Pete Flint co-founded property search site Trulia in 2005. Since then, the site has grown

to become one of the top 10 most-visited real estate websites in the U.S., according

to Web metrics rm Hitwise. This year, Trulia added rental search and a rent-vs.-buy

index to the repertoire of tools available on its site. The company also updated its iPhone application to

include rental and sold listings.

Mat Fameresident

Realtors roperty Resource

Twitter: @martyrameMarty Frame is the president of RPR LLC, the National Association of Realtors

subsidiary thats providing a parcel-based national property database to NAR members.

After launching in 2009, RPR went live this year and is on track to be accessible by

nearly 500,000 Realtors by year end. Frame is responsible for RPRs product strategies and business

operations. Before moving to RPR as one of the companys founding executives, he was the general manager

of Cyberhomes.com for Fidelity National Financial and Lender Processing Services. A graduate of Yale

University, Frame has also served as chief technology ofcer of Move Inc.s Realtor.com.
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ami Inkineno-ounder

Trulia

Twitter: @samiinenen

Sami Inkinen co-founded property search site Trulia in 2005. Since then, the site

has grown to become one of the top 10 most-visited real estate websites in the U.S.,

according to Web metrics rm Hitwise. This year, Trulia added rental search and a rent-

vs.-buy index to the repertoire of tools available on its site. The company also updated its iPhone application

to include rental and sold listings.

o Johnhie operatin ofcer

istinboo

Todd John joined Listingbook, a company that partners with multiple listing services

to provide tools connecting agents and their clients online, in 2008. As chief operating

ofcer, John is responsible for company sales and revenue, marketing, customer service,

operations and site development. He left an on-demand book publishing company in

December 2000 to work at AOL, and served for eight years in various divisions at Time Warner. Listingbook

in August announced it was taking over operations at online real estate search site Cyberhomes.com from

LPS Real Estate Group Inc. Earlier this year, Listingbook reported that about 140,000 agents were using

Listingbook accounts to serve an estimated 1 million consumers, and the company has partnerships with

more than 40 MLSs that, together, represent about 500,000 agents.

a KeinSenior vice presidentoint2 Technoloies

Twitter: @saullein

Faceboo

Saul Klein has 36 years of experience in the real estate industry. He was appointed

CEO of Point2 Technologies in December 2007. This year, he led the company through

a successful acquisition by Yardi Inc., a software development and technology services company. Klein

co-founded Internet Crusade, which operates the RealTown online real estate network and is the course

provider for the National Association of Realtors e-PRO certication program and a complimentary Web 2.0

and Social Media course for Realtors.
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Mak . lesswinghie technoloy ofcer

National Association o Realtors

Mark Lesswing is a bona de techie, whose career experiences include programming

robots right out of college (B.S., electrical engineering, Lehigh University) before

moving into the eld of object-oriented programming. Lesswing has worked for large

database vendors like Sybase and Oracle, and started his own consulting business in

1992. Before joining NAR, he spent three years facilitating corporate turnarounds. Lesswing is a regularly

featured speaker at major trade conferences.

Ian Moisresident and

Maret eader

Faceboo

Ian Morris led the successful public offering of HouseValues, now known as Market

Leader, in late 2004. The company offers online marketing services to real estate

professionals and the weak housing market has struck the company hard -- it reported a

net loss of $3.4 million in the third quarter. Morris came to HouseValues in 2002 and was promoted to CEO

after his rst year with the company. Before joining HouseValues, Morris had operated MSN HomeAdvisor,

Microsofts online real estate business.

caig ewmakFounder, customer service representative

raislistTwitter: @crainewmar

Faceboo

Craig Newmark the man behind the global network of Craigslist websites -- launched

an e-mail list of San Francisco events as a hobby in 1995. The list became a website, the

company was incorporated as a for-prot in 1999 and its family of sites which offer real estate for-sale and

rental listings among a wide range of categories now collect over 20 billion page views per month. The site

earns revenue from job ads in 18 city areas, New York City apartment listings and some other ads. There

are about 700 local Craigslist sites in 70 countries, and about 50 million U.S. users. Newmark has taken

up a number of causes since founding craigslist, supporting the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America,

Donorschoose.org, the Sunlight Foundation and Kiva.org, among others. He also serves on the advisory

board for Wikipedia. A self-described nerd, Newmark is a software engineer who spent 30 years working

with computers for a range of companies, including IBM and Bank of America.
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ean ooeFounder and

ForeclosureRadar.com

Twitter: @4closureradar

Faceboo

Sean OToole is the founder and CEO of ForeclosureRadar, a site that tracks the

foreclosure market in ve Western states. OToole started his rst software company at

18 and remained in the software industry for 15 years before trying his hand at real estate investment. By the

time he launched ForeclosureRadar, he had bought and ipped more than 150 residential and commercial

foreclosures.

teve zonian

Realstate.com

Steve Ozonian, a well-traveled real estate veteran who has served in executive roles

for Re/Max International Inc., Prudential Real Estate Services, Realtor.com and Bank

of America, among others, was hired to serve as CEO for the RealEstate.com division

of Tree.com parent to LendingTree.com in October 2010. Ozonian has seen the

real estate industry from many sides during his 25 years in the industry. He had served as CEO and board

chairman at Help-U-Sell Real Estate from 2006 to 2008, resigning from his role amid a management

restructuring and nancial troubles that resulted in Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings. RealEstate.

com, Realtors is a brokerage company that operates in about 20 markets and has about 800 sales agents.

RealEstate.com also offers Broker Network, a lead-generation program for real estate brokers, and the

RealEstate.com site serves as a consumer property-search portal.

ene raso

Zillow

Twitter: @spencerrasco

Spencer Rascoff, who served as chief nancial ofcer and vice president of marketing

when Zillow launched in 2005 and was promoted to chief operating ofcer in October

2008, stepped into the CEO role when co-founders Rich Barton and Lloyd Frink

departed from their respective posts as CEO and president in September 2010. Barton, who earlier founded

online travel agency Expedia, still serves as executive chairman for Zillow, and Frink, formerly senior vice

president of supplier relations at Expedia, serves as chief strategy ofcer. Rascoff also worked at Expedia,

serving as vice president of lodging, and in 1999 he founded travel company Hotwire.com prior to its

acquisition by IAC/InterActiveCorp in 2003. From 1997-99 he worked as an investment banker at Goldman,

Sachs & Co., and also had served as an investment professional for Texas Pacic Group.
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Geg robetsonFounder

Vendor Alley

Twitter: @rerobertson

Greg Robertson founded Vendor Alley, a blog dedicated to the real estate technology

industry, in February 2007. He is also co-founder of W&R Studios, a Web applications

software company. The companys apps include real estate social bookmarking site

Dwellicious, and online real estate report generator Cloud CMA. In the past, Robertson served as the general

manager and vice president of real estate tech company eNeighborhoods. He currently sits of the board of

directors of the Council of MLS, a trade group for MLS providers.

James aaio

RealtyTrac

Since joining RealtyTrac as chairman and CEO in October 2000, James J. Saccacio

has built the company from a local provider of foreclosure data to the nations leading

online foreclosure marketplace, with more than 1.5 million foreclosure properties

attracting more than 3 million unique monthly visitors. Before joining RealtyTrac,

Saccacio was the principal of the Transition Management Group (TMG), a turnaround specialty rm,

where he managed the successful turnaround of a $75 million consumer products company. He began

his career at Bank of America as one of 50 undergraduates selected to receive accelerated training, rising

to assistant vice president in the corporate banking division. Saccacio holds a Bachelor of Business

Administration in accounting and nance from Southern Methodist University and an MBA from the

University of California, Irvine.

o amesonresident

Realtor.com

Errol Samuelson has served as president of Realtor.com since February 2007 and was

appointed chief revenue ofcer of Move Inc., the websites parent company, in May

2009. Samuelson has been with Move Inc. since 2003, where he previously served as

president of Top Producer Systems, a Move subsidiary. Prior to Move, Samuelson was

director of sales, marketing and product management at GTE Enterprise Solutions.
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am ebastianDirector, local and business-to-business marets

goole Inc.

Sam Sebastian, who has led Googles local and business-to-business markets direct

sales and service organizations in North America for the past four years, assists a

range of local business types, including real estate brokerages, in using Googles

advertising platform. He previously worked for Classied Ventures LLC, a tech

venture launched by collaborating newspaper companies, as general manager for search site Homescape.

com, and senior vice president of sales and marketing at real estate lead-generation and marketing

company HomeGain. Sebastian had earlier also served as a consultant for Arthur Andersen in Chicago.

Sebastian was a featured speaker during Googles Think Real Estate 2010 event for real estate marketers,

which was held in New York City in October.

teve htzDirector, fnance and real estate (ormer)

ahoo Inc.

Steve Schultz had served as director of nance and real estate for search giant Yahoo

until late 2010, seeing through the formation of an advertising alliance between Yahoo

Real Estate and Zillow that allows Zillow to manage for-sale property listings on both

sites and supplies Yahoo with Zillows Premier Agent advertising platform. In August,

Yahoo Real Estate overtook Realtor.com as the most-visited real estate website for the rst time in the three-

year history of monthly data gathered by Web metrics rm Experian Hitwise, that company reported in

September. Schultz had previously served as director of product management at Active Decisions, a company

that produced software for retailers and banks, and he was director of product marketing at Epiphany, a tech

company offering customer relationship management and automated marketing tools.

nant yairesident

ardi Systems Inc.

Anant Yardi launched a startup software venture in 1982 that has since grown to over

1,600 employees working in 20 ofces in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia.

The company has a headquarters in Santa Barbara, Calif. In 1984, the companys rst

program, Basic Property Management, which ran on an Apple II computer, was sold

to brokerage company Sabaco Realtors. The companys client list now exceeds 20,000 companies, which

collectively represent about seven million residential units and 7 billion square fee of commercial space, the

company has reported. Yardi made some big plays for real estate tech companies in 2010, acquiring real

estate data company PropertyShark.com and Point2 Technology Inc. PropertyShark.com offers volumes

of information, down to the parcel level, on a range of properties in select markets across the nation, while

Point2 offers real estate software, marketing, website and syndication tools, and software and software and

online tools for the heavy equipment industry. Prior to launching Yardi Systems, Yardi worked for Burroughs

Corp., now Unisys.
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TRAD RgANIZATINS, MSs

rss Begeon

Midwest Real state Data

Twitter: @rbereronmred

Faceboo

Russ Bergeron is known as a leader in fostering technological innovation in the

multiple listing service industry. Bergeron joined Chicago-based Midwest Real Estate

Data LLC (MRED), one the largest MLSs in the country, at the end of May 2010. Before his move to

MRED, Bergeron had been the founding CEO for the Southern California Multiple Listing Service (SoCal

MLS) since 1993. He was instrumental in the formation and growth of California Real Estate Technology

Services (CARETS), a data aggregation service comprised of more than 100,000 real estate professionals

from nine MLSs in Southern California.

t cate

aliornia Reional Multiple istin Service Inc.

Art Carter is the CEO of the newly created California Regional Multiple Listing Service

Inc. (CRMLS). CRMLS is the result of a merger of the California Association of Realtors

calREDD MLS system and the Pomona, Calif.-based Multi-Regional Multiple Listing

Service Inc. (MRMLS). Carter had served as CEO of MRMLS since August 2005. A

strong advocate for data standards and data aggregation, Carter serves on the boards of the Council of

Multiple Listing Services, California Real Estate Technology Services (CARETS), Real Estate Standards

Organization (RESO) and the National Association of Realtors.

davi chaonresident and

Metropolitan Reional Inormation Systems Inc.

David Charron has been with Rockville, Md.-based MRIS since January 2001, having

managed several organizations that provided information systems to real estate

professionals from 1980 to 1997. In addition to overseeing MRISs operations and

maintaining communications with the board of directors and shareholders, Charron

is chairman of the MRIS Investment Committee, serves as a director of the Realtors Federal Credit Union,

and is a member of the NAR MLS Policy Committee. Before joining MRIS, Charron was the president of Net

Input, an Internet-based business consulting practice serving Fortune 500 clients in apparel, media, sportsand real estate.
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caig cheathamresident and

The Realty Alliance

Craig Cheatham, president and CEO for The Realty Alliance since 2006, served as

CEO for the Association of Real Estate License Law Ofcials, an organization for

real estate regulators, from 1998-2006. The Realty Alliance is a network of large real

estate brokerage companies in the U.S. and Canada. Among its board members are

Lawrence F. Flick IV, chairman and CEO for Prudential Fox & Roach Realtors; Robert Sibcy, president

of Cincinnatis Sibcy Cline, Realtors; and Robert Moline, president and chief operating ofcer for

HomeServices of America Inc. From 1991-98 Cheatham served as assistant executive vice president for the

Alabama Association of Realtors.

Gea . Je Giovanieohie lobbyist and senior vice president, overnment aairsNational Association o Realtors

As chief lobbyist and senior vice president of government affairs for the National

Association of Realtors, Gerard N. Jerry Giovaniello manages the associations

government affairs staff of approximately 50 people in Washington, D.C. He also

serves as NARs lobbyist for members of Congress from California, Washington,

Nevada, Hawaii and Oregon. After winning an extension of the homebuyer tax credit in 2009, NAR

focused much of its efforts in 2010 on the problems homebuyers face in obtaining mortgages. To further

its members interests, NAR played an active role in the 2010 elections, racking up more than $6 million

in independent expenditures on behalf of incumbents who have supported the groups causes in the past.

Giovaniello has rsthand knowledge of how things work on Capitol Hill, having served as chief of staff for

two California Congressman from 1972-81.

Viki cox Goe2011 immediate past president


Faceboo

A 37-year industry veteran, Vicki Cox Golder was the 2010 president of the National

Association of Realtors. Golder has been on the associations board of directors since

1993 and a trustee of NARs political action committee since 2002. In the past year,

NAR successfully lobbied Congress to extend the federal homebuyer tax credits and to extend the national

ood insurance program for another year. NAR also launched homeownership site HouseLogic and national

property database Realtors Property Resource.
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Bob Haeresident and

Houston Association o Realtors

Twitter: @b0bhale

Faceboo

Bob Hale rst came to the Houston Association of Realtors in 1973 as the associations

legal and legislative counsel. He has been HARs CEO and president since 1988. A

champion of technological advances within the association and its multiple listing service, Hale won the

Inman News Innovator of the Year Award in 2008. HARs Realtor Match tool, which allowed consumers to

search for Realtors based consumer ratings and transaction history, won this years Innovator Award for

Most Innovative Web Service.

James Jim Haisonresident and MSistins Inc.

Twitter: @mlsjimharrison

Faceboo

In 2007, Jim Harrison facilitated the consolidation of two multiple listing service

organizations -- RE InfoLink and Central Valley MLS -- in Northern California to

create MLSListings. Harrison then became president and CEO of the Silicon Valley-based company, which

now serves nearly 18,000 subscribers and 6,000 rms. Before joining RE InfoLink as CEO in May 2005,

Harrison held three executive positions at the Northern Virginia Association of Realtors over a period of 10

years and was CEO of North Texas Information Systems for ve years. Harrison is currently an adviser for

Realtors Property Resource and is a member of the Alliance of Chief Executives.

Kaen Kage

Realcomp II td.

Karen S. Kage has been the CEO of Farmington Hills-based Realcomp II Ltd.,

Michigans largest Realtor-owned multiple listing service, since 1998. Kage rst entered

the world of real estate more than 30 years ago as a statistical typist at a local board of

Realtors, when property information was manually typed onto the backs of listing photo

cards, which were the vehicles brokers and agents used to share listing information. Throughout the years,

Kage has held many positions that allowed her to experience rsthand many facets of the real estate industry

as it evolved. At Realcomp, she supervises a staff of 35 who provide MLS and real property data-related

services to nearly 11,000 Realtor members.
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eesa King Kinne

Miami Realtors

Twitter: @teresainney

Teresa King Kinney is CEO of Miami Realtors, which with more than 23,000 members

is the largest local Realtor association in the nation. As CEO of the Realtor Association

of Greater Miami and the Beaches (RAMB), Kinney helped lead negotiations that

led to the associations merger with the Realtor Association of Miami-Dade County (RAMDC) this year.

Kinney has more than 30 years experience in Realtor association management, and has written a number

of articles and presented seminars on the topic at state, national and international association meetings

across the U.S., Latin America, France, Spain and Russia.

pam connoresident and eadin Real state ompanies o the World

Twitter: @eadinRam

Faceboo

For more than 25 years, Pam OConner has managed the companies that ultimately

consolidated into Leading Real Estate Companies of the World. LeadingRE is based

in Chicago and represents 5,000 ofces and 150,000 sales associates worldwide. OConnor is also a Senior

Certied Relocation Professional (SCRP) and serves on the board of directors and executive committee of

Worldwide ERC, a trade association for the relocation industry.

Joe ingexecutive vice presidentaliornia Association o Realtors

Joel Singer has led the Californias statewide Realtor association since 1989. He

joined the group in 1978 and has served as its chief economist and led its public affairs

department. He helped to developed CAR for-prot subsidiary Real Estate Business

Services Inc. and is president and CEO of zipLogix, a real estate technology subsidiary

of REBS that offers electronic real estate forms and a transaction management system. The California

Association of Realtors board of directors in June approved the merger of the associations calREDD

multiple listing service system with Pomona, Calif.-based Multi-Regional MLS Inc., creating California

Regional Multiple Listing Service Inc.
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teven inoaresident

Real state Board o New or

Steven Spinola has served as president for the Real Estate Board of New York, a trade

association with about 12,000 members, since 1986. The powerhouse organization,

more than 100 years old, represents a range of real estate professionals, including

builders, brokers, managers, banks, insurance companies, pension funds, real estate

investment trusts, attorneys, architects and others. The organization maintains a property listings portal for

its members and regularly publishes public housing market reports. Spinola previously served as president

for New York Citys Public Development Corp.

dae tinton


Dale A. Stinton was named a 2010 Innovator of the Year by Inman News for his role in

keeping the National Association of Realtors at the forefront of technological change.

Under Stintons leadership, NAR launched Realtors Property Resource, a national

property database that went live in September. Other signicant milestones during

Stintons ve-year tenure as CEO include the creation of NARs Game Changer program, which provides

grant funding to innovative Realtor association initiatives, and the formation of NARs technology incubator

and venture capital fund, Second Century Ventures LLC. Stinton also serves as president Second Century

Ventures, which last year purchased a 5.4 percent stake in electronic signature services provider DocuSign.

On the political front, under Stinton NAR successfully lobbied lawmakers to keep banks from offering real

estate brokerage services, and to provide tax credits for homebuyers.

lawene ynhie economist


As chief economist and senior vice president of research for the National Association

of Realtors, Lawrence Yun not only directs NARs research activity but provides

commentary on real estate market trends for the news media and NAR members. Yun,

who has worked for NAR for a decade, oversees NARs forecasts and participates in

many economic forecasting panels, including Blue Chip and the Harvard University Industrial Economist

Council. USA Today has listed Yun as one of the nations top 10 economic forecasters, based on an analysis

by the Atlanta Federal Reserve of predictions made by 37 economists. Before coming to NAR, Yun worked

as an economic consultant to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and the U.S. Department of Education.
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Meanie itkenommissioner o ompetition

ompetition Bureau o anada

Melanie Aitken, commissioner of competition for Canadas Competition Bureau,

an agency similar to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, oversaw the ratication

of a consent agreement this year between the bureau and the Canadian Real Estate

Association, a Realtor trade group that operates Canadas Realtor.ca real estate search

website. The agreement brought to rest a 3 1/2-year dispute over rules that the Competition Bureau deemed

restrictive to some forms of limited-service real estate brokerage. The Competition Bureau had led a

complaint against CREA in February 2010. Aitken served as interim commissioner from Jan. 12, 2009, to

Aug. 4, 2009, before she was appointed as commissioner for a ve-year term that year.

heia c. Baihairman

Federal Deposit Insurance orp.

While bank failures are expected to exceed the 2009 volume, Federal Deposit Insurance

Corp. Chairman Sheila C. Bair has said she expects bank failures to peak this year.

FDIC has a mission to protect bank customers deposits in the event a bank goes belly

up. The FDIC reported that FDIC-insured institutions earned an aggregate prot of

$14.5 billion in third-quarter 2010, much improved from $2 billion earned in third-quarter 2009. But the

number of institutions on the agencys Problem List, with increased risk of failure, rose to 860 in the third

quarter, which was the highest level since March 31, 1993. The agency had intervened in 127 failures of

FDIC-institutions in the rst three quarters of the year. Bair has served as FDIC chairman since 2006, andshe had earlier served as assistant secretary for nancial institutions at the U.S. Department of Treasury and

as senior vice president for government relations of the New York Stock Exchange.

Ben Benankehairman

Federal Reserve Board

After implementing drastic measures during his rst term that supporters say prevented

a meltdown of the nancial system, Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke was

rewarded with a second four-year term and will continue leading the Fed through 2014.

The Feds massive purchases of mortgage-backed securities were credited with helping

keep mortgage rates low in 2010. But some critics fear that the programs successor, QE2 -- a second roundof quantitative easing through the purchase of Treasurys -- will spark ination. With Bernankes position at

the helm secure, some Fed critics are now directing their animosity at the institution itself, demanding that

it be stripped of its independence, if not abolished altogether. But implementation of the Dodd-Frank Wall

Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 is expected to give the Fed -- and Bernanke -- greater

regulatory powers.
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chistohe J. do.S. Senator

onnecticut

Twitter: @senchrisdodd

Faceboo

As chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, Sen. Chris Dodd capped a 30-year

career in the U.S. Senate by helping shepherd the nancial regulatory reform bill that

bears his name -- the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 -- to President

Obamas desk. Like his colleague in the House, Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., Dodd was an ally of Fannie

Mae and Freddie Mac during the housing boom. Although Dodd, Frank and other Democrats supported

legislation aimed at strengthening oversight of Fannie and Freddie, they opposed Republicans attempts to

cap the mortgage giants portfolios during the Bush administration. In his nal term, Dodd was embroiled in

controversy over his participation in Countrywide Financials Friends of Angelo program, which allegedly

allowed him to take out two mortgages at below market rates. Dodd said he didnt get a sweetheart deal on

the mortgages, and a Senate ethics panel later found no evidence that hed sought special treatment fromCountrywide.

han donovanSecretary

.S. Department o Housin and rban Development

Shaun Donovan, former commissioner for the New York City Department of Housing

Preservation and Development, took ofce as secretary for the U.S. Department of

Housing and Urban Development in January 2009. Donovan oversees the Federal

Housing Administration, which is the largest government insurer of mortgages. The

FHA has been instrumental in assisting buyers acquire loans in an environment of restrictive lending. HUD

has worked to implement several Obama administration programs intended to avoid foreclosure, such asthe Home Affordable Foreclosure Alternatives program, which is intended to expedite short sales or deeds in

lieu of foreclosure for those who do not qualify for loan mods via the federal Home Affordable Modication

Program -- HAMP has been widely criticized for its failure to produce a high rate of successful, permanent

loan mods. During the Clinton administration, Donovan had served as deputy assistant secretary for

multifamily housing and had served as acting FHA commissioner during the transition from the Clinton to

Bush administrations.
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Kenneth r. FeinbegFounder and manain partner

Feinber Rozen

Perhaps best as the administrator of the fund created to compensate victims of the 9/11

attacks, Kenneth R. Feinberg became an important person in the lives of many Gulf Coast

Realtors when he was put in charge of the $20 billion fund established to compensate victims

of the BP oil spill. After meeting with Realtor associations and brokers, and engaging in talks

coordinated by NAR CEO Dale Stinton, Feinberg walked out on a limb and carved $60 million out of the fund

that was earmarked for real estate professionals. Realtor associations in ve states -- Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi,

Alabama and Florida -- distributed the funds. Addressing Realtors in November in New Orleans, Feinberg said my

trust in you has been vindicated 1,000 percent. Feinberg wrote a book about his experiences administering the

9/11 fund. As an arbitrator, he helped determine the fair market value of the original Zapruder lm of the Kennedy

assassination, and legal fees in Holocaust slave labor litigation.

Bane Fank.S. onressman

Massachusetts

Faceboo

As chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Rep. Barney Frank played a

key role in shaping the landmark nancial regulatory reform bill that bears his name:

the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010. The bill

-- the most extensive revision of the U.S. nancial regulatory system since the Great Depression -- creates a

new Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection with jurisdiction over mortgage lenders and other providers

of consumer nancial products. Many in the lending industry fear Dodd-Frank will restrict credit and create

additional cost and complexity. Frank, who has served in Congress since 1981, will step down as chairman

of the House Financial Services Committee next year, when the 112th Congress is sworn in. Republicans,who will be in the majority, have elected Rep. Spencer Bachus, R-Ala., to chair the committee, but Frank will

continue to play a leadership role as the committees ranking Democrat.

chaes . Haeman J.

Freddie Mac

Charles E. Ed Haldeman Jr. was named CEO for secondary mortgage giant Freddie

Mac in July 2009. He had formerly served as chairman of Putnam Investment

Management LLC, where he worked to reorganize the company during a period of

scandal involving improper trading by the companys managers. While he lacked a

background in the mortgage and housing industries, Haldeman has said that his navigation of the regulatory

issues and experience in working with nancial services companies helped to prepare him for his role at

Freddie Mac. The fate of Freddie Mac and sister mortgage entity Fannie Mae has been a political bouncing

ball since the government-sponsored entitites were placed under conservatorship by the U.S. Treasury

Department in September 2008, and legislation restructuring their role may not come to pass until 2012 or

beyond. Haldeman had earlier served as chairman and CEO for Delaware Investments and as president and

chief operating ofcer for United Asset Management Corp.
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om MieAttorney general

Iowa

Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller this year took the lead in the Mortgage

Foreclosure Multistate Group, with membership from all 50 state attorneys general

and dozens of state banking and mortgage regulators, to delve into the robo-

signing scandal over the improper processing of foreclosure documentation.

Among the goals of the group, according to an October announcement: stopping improper mortgage

foreclosure practices and establishing a mechanism for better, independent monitoring of future

practices. The robo-signing scandal has slowed the foreclosure process, as several major loan services

temporarily halted foreclosure practices to review their practices. Millers office established a Mortgage

Help Hotline as a resource for distressed homeowners. Miller served as Iowas attorney general from

1979-91, was elected to the office again in 1994, and was re-elected in 1998, 2002 and 2006. He has

served as president of the National Association of Attorneys General.

davi tevensommissioner

Federal Housin Administration

As the Obama administrations pick to run the Federal Housing Administration, David

Stevens has so far managed to steer the FHAs loan guarantee program clear of the need

for a taxpayer bailout. The former Long & Foster Cos. president and chief operating

ofcer has implemented a series of changes to FHAs underwriting standards and

premium structures that are intended to restore the programs capital cushion. Anticipated claims from

loans insured at the height of the housing bubble continue to weigh on FHAs capital reserve ratio. FHA now

insures about 40 percent of purchase loans, and some critics have charged that FHA has shifted its focus

away from low- and moderate-income borrowers. Earlier in his career, Stevens spent 16 years with WorldSavings Bank and also served in executive roles at Wells Fargo and Freddie Mac.

Mihae J. Wiiamsresident and

Fannie Mae

Michael J. Williams was appointed to lead Fannie Mae in 2009 as the company

continued to play a key role in responding to the housing crisis. Williams says hes

focused on supporting realistic, common-sense lending, building a protable new book

of business, reducing credit losses on its legacy book, and transforming the company

to better serve the housing and mortgage markets. In a career with Fannie Mae spanning nearly 20 years,

Williams has been senior vice president for eCommerce, helping bring Fannie Mae into the digital era by

leading the development of Desktop Underwriter. In 2005, he was named executive vice president and chief

operating ofcer, later overseeing Fannie Maes role as administrator of the U.S. Treasury Departments

Making Home Affordable program, bolstering the companys foreclosure prevention and credit loss

mitigation operations and managing the majority of the organization. Since 2009, Fannie Mae has helped

475,000 homeowners avoid foreclosure through loan modications and workouts.
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lani ngin-rosaesNew media director, author

Aentgenius

Twitter: @aniAR

Lani Anglin-Rosales is the new media director and author for AgentGenius, a multi-

author online real estate magazine. Her husband, Benn Rosales, founded AgentGenius.

The AgentGenius site launched in May 2007 as the RealtorGenius.com blog, though

after a request by the National Association of Realtors the site rebranded. A life-long Austin, Texas,

resident, Anglin-Rosales is co-founder and president of New Media Lab, a company that offers digital

communications and social media consulting and services.

John . FeathestonFounder, , publisher

RISMedia

John E. Featherston founded real estate media company RISMedia in 1980. The

company publishes daily real estate news online, and offers a monthly print magazine.

Among its annual events are Power Broker forums, held in conjunction with National

Association of Realtors conferences. The companys annual Power Broker Report and

Survey ranks hundreds of U.S. real estate brokerages by transaction sides and sales volume. RISMedia

operates the Real Estate Information Network for brokers and Top 5 in Real Estate Network for agents. The

company is based in Norwalk, Conn.

Kenneth Haneolumnist

The Washinton ost

Ken Harney writes an award-winning, nationally syndicated column for the Washington

Post Writers Group called The Nations Housing on tax laws, mortgages, and real

estate markets. He has written two books on real estate and mortgage nance and

served successive terms as president and chairman of the board for the National

Association of Real Estate Editors in 2008 and 2009. Harney is a former member of the Federal Reserve

Boards Consumer Advisory Council.
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Jo laneresident, , publisher

Realty Times

A past member of the National Association of Realtors, Jody Lane is the publisher

and majority owner of Realty Times, a national real estate news service based in

Dallas that launched as an online news service called Agent News in October 1997.

The company later rebranded as RealSelect through a partnership with Realtor.coms

operator, and the name was changed to Realty Times when Lane and his partners gained full ownership.

teve Maditor, president

Real Trends

With 33 years of experience in the residential real estate brokerage industry, SteveMurray leads Castle Rock, Colo.-based Real Trends, a research and publishing

company. Real Trends publishes an annual report that ranks top U.S. brokerages based

on transaction sides and sales volume. Murray also serves as president of Murray

Consulting rm, which offers consultations on mergers and acquisitions, management strategies, and prot

and loss analytics, among other specialties. Real Trends and Murray Consulting were formed in 1987.

lokhat teeeFounder

urbed

Twitter: @loc

FacebooLockhart Steele, founder of the Curbed family websites, which now includes a string of

city-based sites and a national site, is also the proprietor of Eater.com and Racked.com.

The Curbed sites offer quick, sly takes on all things at least loosely related to real estate, with content ranging

from celebrity homes for sale to home decor and new developments. The Curbed National site launched this

year, and Curbed local sites cover New York City, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago and the Hamptons,

N.Y. Steele is former managing editor of Gawker Media and co-author of The Pharmers Alamanac, a bible

of sorts for fans of the rock band Phish.
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NMISTS, AADMIS AND NSTANTS

teve Hane

Steve Harney, Inc.

Twitter: @cmcrew

Faceboo

Steve Harney is a residential real estate expert and trainer. A 26-year industry veteran,

he is founder and CEO of Steve Harney Inc., a negotiation and leadership training rm

for real estate professionals. He authors Keeping Current Matters, a subscription-based monthly report

containing real estate advice and market information. Harney developed his own real estate rm in May

1995, growing it to more than 450 agents and 11 ofces before its acquisition by NRT in August 2003.

tan Hmhieshie economist

Zillow.com

Twitter: @StanHumphries

As chief economist at Zillow.com, Stan Humphries helped create the algorithm for

the companys automated property Zestimates, and is also in charge of calculating

housing market statistics including the Zillow Home Value Index. Before joining Zillow,

Humphries spent ve years at Expedia.com where he ran a team responsible for nding innovative ways

to use data, building systems for personalization, pricing, forecasting, and fraud detection. His career also

includes stints at the University of Virginia, where he was a researcher and faculty member, and NASA,

where he negotiated international science agreements. Humphries also taught physics and chemistry classes

in West Africa with the Peace Corps.

Bian lasonManain member

arson/Sobota

Twitter: @blarsonmpls

Brian N. Larson is managing member of the law rm of Larson/Sobotka PLLC and

president of Larson/Sobotka Business Advisors LLC. The Minneapolis-based rms

provide advice to MLSs, Realtor associations, real estate brokers and other businesses.

Larson has advised numerous MLSs regarding strategic and legal implications of listing syndication and data

licensing through partners such as RPR, CoreLogic and others. As a consultant, he provides strategy and

operations advice. During 2010, Larson has focused on two consulting initiatives: MLS Domains Association,an effort by MLSs to apply for and obtain their own top-level domain on the Internet (.MLS), and Effective

MLS Market Solutions (EMMS), a program funded by the National Association of Realtors to help groups of

MLSs nd ways to work together to better serve their subscribers.
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Bi lbin

entury 21 Advantae gold Institute

Twitter: @billlublin

Faceboo

Bill Lublin is the CEO of Century 21 Advantage Gold, one of the largest brokerages in

the country, according to Real Trends. He is also the founder and CEO of the Social

Media Marketing Institute, which offers training programs in social network marketing and worked with

the National Association of Realtors to develop a new curriculum for the e-PRO certication program,

which offers training to real estate professionals in the use of technology to better serve and engage

with consumers. He also has served as a member of NARs Professional Standards Committee and Risk

Management Committee. In 2011, he will serve as vice chairman for NARs Risk Management and License

Law Forum.

ioas p. retsinasDirector emeritus

Joint enter or Housin Studies, Harvard niversity

A former federal housing commissioner during the Clinton administration, Nicolas

P. Retsinas is director emeritus of the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard

University, which produces The State of the Nations Housing, an annual report

detailing national housing statistics, ranging from income levels and housing costs

to demographic trends and construction activity. Retsinas also teaches housing nance and real estate in

emerging markets at the Harvard Business School. And he has served as director of the Ofce of Thrift

Supervision and as a member of both the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and Federal Housing Finance

boards. He also serves on the board of directors of Community Development Trust Inc., Freddie Mac and the

Center for Responsible Lending. He joined JCHS in 1998.

robet J. hieconomist, author

ale niversity

Faceboo

Robert Shiller is a professor of economics at Yale University and co-founder and chief

economist of MacroMarkets LLC. Shiller co-founded home-price research company

Case-Shiller Weiss Inc. in 1991, later bought by Fiserv Inc. in 2002. The rm developed

the U.S. Home Price Indices, now managed by Standard & Poors and followed across the real estate

industry. Shiller is the author of several books, including Market Volatility, Irrational Exuberance, and

most recently, The Squam Lake Report: Fixing the Financial Markets.
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Mak Zanihie economist

Moodys Analytics

Policymakers, elected ofcials and the media often call on Mark Zandi for insight on the

economy. Zandi frequently testies before Congress, has provided advice to the Obama

administration, and served as economic advisor to Sen. John McCains presidential

campaign. Known for his insight into the causes of mortgage foreclosure and personal

bankruptcy, Zandi has also analyzed the economic impact of tax and government spending policies. Hes

often consulted on ways to minimize the impacts of the nancial crisis, and on measures that could prevent

risky asset bubbles from forming again. Hes currently working on a follow-up to his book, Financial

Shock, an expos of the nancial crisis. The new book, Paying the Price, will attempt to provide a roadmap

for meeting the nations daunting scal challenges. Zandi conducted his doctoral research with Gerard

Adams and Nobel laureate Lawrence Klein at the University of Pennsylvania.

MRTgAg AND ANIAR SRVIS

John cosonresident and

Mortae Baners Association

Having begun his career in mortgage lending during summers in high school and college,

John A. Courson has been involved in the home loan business for more than 40 years.

Before earning an undergraduate degree in business and nance from the University of

Colorado, he was originating loans as branch manager of a two-person ofce in a Denver

suburb. After graduation, Courson worked as a loan ofcer for Fort Wayne Mortgage, working his way up to

become the Detroit-based companys president and CEO. Hes served in the same capacity for Central Pacic

Mortgage Co. and Westwood Mortgage Corp., and was president and chief operating ofcer of Fundamental

Mortgage. Courson was chairman of the Mortgage Bankers Association in 2003, and was appointed the

following year by California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to the board of directors of the California Housing

Finance Agency, which he chaired for four years. Courson became the Mortgage Bankers Associations chief

operating ofcer in 2008, and was appointed president and CEO in January 2009.

ramon r. Qik

Fidelity National Title group

Raymond Randy Quirk has served as CEO of Fidelity National Title Group (FNTG),

the nations largest title insurance company, since 2005. He is also president of Fidelity

National Financial Inc., a leading provider of title insurance, specialty insurance, claims

management and information services. As FNTGs CEO, Quirk is responsible for the

direct and agency operations of ve leading title insurance underwriters: Fidelity National Title, Chicago

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