Graham Badun

Managing partner and CEO
Brookfield Residential Property Services

Graham Badun began his career in the real estate industry as a loan officer in 1988. He joined Toronto-based Brookfield in 1998 and held several executive positions before becoming a managing partner and CEO. Under Badun's direction, Brookfield Residential Property Services acquired GMAC Home Services in September 2008 and rebranded that company as RealLiving in late 2009. Brookfield also operates Canadian real estate franchisor Royal LePage.

Stephen W. Baird

President, CEO
Baird & Warner

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

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Charles C. 'Lanny' Baker

President and CEO
ZipRealty Inc.

Succeeding longtime ZipRealty executive J. Patrick Lashinsky as president and CEO in October, Charles C. "Lanny" Baker is responsible for the brokerage's vision, planning and strategy. Baker came to ZipRealty in 2008 and has also served as the company's executive vice president and chief financial officer. Before joining ZipRealty, Baker was chief financial officer 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.

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Mary Frances Burleson

President and CEO
Ebby Halliday Realtors

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 company's president and CEO since 1989. The firm 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.

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Sherry A. Chris

President and CEO
Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate LLC

Sherry Chris was appointed president and CEO of Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate LLC in October 2007. Her appointment followed Realogy's 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 officer 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-McDuffie Real Estate added 1,900 agents and $2.8 billion in annual sales to the company.

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Harold E. Crye

Co-founder and president
Crye-Leike Realtors

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 offices. 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.

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Richard W. Davidson

President and CEO
Century 21 Real Estate LLC

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 offices 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 officer, and Coldwell Banker Commercial Affiliates, where he was president and COO.

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P. Wesley 'Wes' Foster Jr.

Founder, Chairman and CEO
The Long & Foster Cos.

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

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Jim Gillespie

CEO
Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC

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 company's 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.

Michael R. Good

CEO
Sotheby's International Realty Affiliates LLC

Michael R. Good, a 33-year real estate industry veteran, has led Sotheby's International Realty Affiliates as CEO since February 2004. From 1997-2004 Good served as executive vice president and chief operating officer for NRT Inc., which oversees Realogy Corp's 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. Realogy's former parent company, Cendant, in 2004 entered into an agreement with Sotheby's Holdings Inc. to create the Sotheby's franchise real estate network. The network has about 11,000 sales associates and 500 offices in 42 nations and territories spanning the globe.

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Howard W. 'Hoddy' Hanna, III

Chairman and CEO
Howard Hanna Real Estate 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 offices and more than 4,700 sales associates and staff in four states. Under Hanna's 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.

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Dorothy 'Dottie' Herman

President and CEO
Prudential Douglas Elliman Real Estate

Dottie Herman started her career as a financial planner and part-time sales broker. In 1989, she bought Prudential Long Island Realty and, 14 years later, bought Douglas Elliman, Manhattan's 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 offices.

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Paul Hulme

President, Founder and CEO
Alain Pinel Realtors

Paul Hulme founded luxury real estate brokerage Alain Pinel Realtors in 1990. The brokerage has about 1,400 agents and 31 offices in Northern California and made $5.7 billion in sales in 2009, and ranked sixth in sales volume among U.S. brokers tracked by Real Trends. A life-long entrepreneur, Hulme owns several other non-real-estate-related businesses and employs about 1,700 people in 30 states.

Gary Keller

Co-founder and chairman
Keller Williams Realty

Gary Keller co-founded Austin, Texas-based Keller Williams in 1983. The company began franchising in 1990 and now has more than 78,000 real estate agents and nearly 700 offices in the United States and Canada. Keller is in charge of the company's strategic direction and was a driving force behind the company's innovative profit-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."

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Margaret Kelly

CEO
Re/Max LLC

Margaret Kelly was named Re/Max LLC's 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 CNBC's "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 finance 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.

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Glenn Kelman

President and CEO
Redfin

Glenn Kelman has been the president and CEO of discount brokerage Redfin since September 2005. Kelman is known for speaking his mind about brokerage issues, real estate commission structures and industry rules that stifle innovation. Before joining Redfin, Kelman co-founded Plumtree Software, a publicly traded portal software company. Redfin expanded to six new markets in 2010, for a total of 16 markets.

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Earl Lee

President
Prudential Real Estate and Relocation Services Inc.

Earl Lee, who served as president of Prudential Relocation from January 2007 to December 2008 and president of Prudential Real Estate Affiliates Inc. from 2000-06, was appointed president of Prudential Real Estate and Relocation Services Inc. in December 2008. Lee landed his first 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 offices 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.

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Dave Liniger

Co-founder and chairman of the board
RE/MAX LLC

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.

Pam O'Connor

President and CEO
Leading Real Estate Companies of the World

For more than 25 years, Pam O'Conner has managed the companies that ultimately consolidated into Leading Real Estate Companies of the World. LeadingRE is based in Chicago and represents 5,000 offices and 150,000 sales associates worldwide. O'Connor is also a Senior Certified Relocation Professional (SCRP) and serves on the board of directors and executive committee of Worldwide ERC, a trade association for the relocation industry.

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Ronald J. Peltier

Chairman and CEO
HomeServices of America Inc.

Ron Peltier joined Edina Realty as a sales associate in 1977 and rose up the ranks to become the company's 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 brokerage's 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.

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Alex Perriello

President and CEO
Realogy Franchise Group

Alexander 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 Sotheby's International Realty real estate brands, which combined have approximately 14,700 franchised and company-owned offices 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.

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Harley E. Rouda Jr.

President
Real Living

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 company's CEO and managing partner. As 2010 progressed, more than 50 former GMAC brokerages affiliated with Real Living growing the brand to 400 offices and nearly 10,000 agents.

J. Lennox Scott

President and CEO
John L. Scott Real Estate

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.

Richard Smith

President and CEO
Realogy Corp.

Richard A. Smith, president and CEO of Realogy Corp., has been responsible for leading the company's 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 Sotheby's International Realty real estate brands. Combined, those brands have approximately 14,700 franchised and company-owned offices and 267,000 brokers and agents worldwide. Realogy's NRT LLC is the nation's largest residential real estate brokerage company with approximately 740 offices and 44,400 sales associates in more than 35 of the nation's largest metropolitan markets. Smith is a member of the Business Roundtable, an association of CEOs of leading U.S. companies.

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Jim Weichert

Founder 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.

Charlie Young

President and CEO
ERA Franchise Systems LLC

Charlie Young joined ERA Real Estate as chief operating officer 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 five years at Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC, first as senior vice president of marketing and later as chief operating officer. Young was previously vice president for Cendant Mortgage (now PHH Mortgage).

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Bruce Zipf

President and CEO
NRT LLC

Bruce Zipf has been guiding the strategic direction of NRT LLC, the nation's 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, Sotheby's International Realty and The Corcoran Group brand names. Zipf became a certified 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 officer, chief administrative officer, and president of NRT's New York City metro region.

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