Honored To Be a Realtor® Member; Grateful That You Are, Too!
In my final column as the chair of your association, I offer my sincere thanks – to you, to our NVAR staff, to our dedicated board of directors and to our CEO Christine Todd, who will retire at the end of this year.
Our association is like a family for the Northern Virginia real estate community. For the past 26 years, Christine has been a true matriarch – tough when she had to be, yet always supportive and nurturing for our members, staff and volunteer leaders. Please read the interview on page 6, to learn about her tenure at NVAR and her commitment to the success of our association and to each of our members.
I also want to extend a warm welcome to our new CEO, Ryan Conrad. He is ready to “take NVAR even further!”
“I also want to extend a warm welcome to our new CEO, Ryan Conrad. He is ready to 'take NVAR even further!'”
As this issue’s cover article about working with family members reveals (page 24), the experience has rewards and challenges. There’s a saying that “you can’t choose your family.” Yet 12,000 Realtors® and affiliates choose to make NVAR part of their professional family – many could join a different organization. And almost half of our NVAR staff members have worked at the association for at least 10 years. This does not happen by accident!
I am proud of the high caliber of our instructors, speakers and the programming that we provide. You can see examples of this in the Economic Summit and Convention coverage in this issue.
I have appreciated the engagement of so many of you: our members. I am touched by your calls and emails. It is gratifying to learn that you feel connected to the work that NVAR does with you and for you.
I hope that you continue to take advantage of everything that NVAR provides to our members. I challenge you to attend a new program, class or event in 2016 – you’ll be glad that you did! I wish each of you great success in the coming year.
This year has been an honor and privilege for me.
Thank you for allowing me to serve NVAR.