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ROSS SHAFER – Grand Assembly Keynote Speaker
Discover the keys to succeeding in a volatile and unpredictable economy with Ross Shafer’s “Are You Relevant?”
Wednesday, December 9, 12:15-1:45 pm

ARICK AMSPACKER
Mr. Amspacker has been President and owner of HomePro Systems, a home inspection and construction consulting company, since 1990.   He has been a full Certified Member of the American Society of Home Inspectors (ASHI^®) since 1993.  He is a graduate of the Professional Home Inspection Institute in Falls Church, VA, and has personally performed over 5,000 full home inspections.
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MAX BOLKA
Max Bolka is a 27-year veteran of the financial services industry.  After three years in the Investment Banking business from 1982-85, Max started his own Nationwide Financial Consulting and Investment Services firm, conducting hundreds of dynamic & motivating seminars, with clients residing from New York to Hawaii and abroad. 
Today he “Builds First-Class Financial Advisors” by educating and inspiring them to increase their level of professionalism as well as profits with his unique blend of wit, wisdom, vision and insight.
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 MICHELLE BRADLEY
Michelle Czekalski Bradley is a certified general appraiser, an AQB Certified National USPAP Instructor, and a licensed real estate broker.  She performs review appraisals for the Pennsylvania Department of State and is also a real estate educator and course author, and has over 20 years’ experience as an appraiser.
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GERALD BROWN
Gerald (Jerry) Brown is an accredited business appraiser and is the President/CEO of RSI & Associates, Inc., a professional business appraisal and exit strategy consulting firm. Mr. Brown has consulted with over 1800 Businesses on matters related to Exit Strategy, Operational Systems & Controls and Value Documentation. He has consulted for companies in 49 of our 50 states, Canada and Mexico, in industries ranging from major manufacturing facilities, wholesale and retail distribution, the IT industry, professional practices as well as the service sector. Mr. Brown speaks at various trade shows and has had articles published in more than 15 business trade magazines/publications.
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ADORNA CARROLL, ABR, ePRO, GRI, SRES, SRS, PMN
Adorna Carroll is the Owner/Broker and Vice-President of Realty3 Carroll & Agostini. Along with her Licensed Personal Assistant, she continues to represent Buyers and Sellers on a daily basis and has been an annual Multi-Million Dollar producer since 1989. Her team has an extensive client base and continues to receive repeat referral business from past clients, family, friends and business contacts. Adorna has attained several prestigious nationally recognized designations placing her at the pinnacle of her career.

AMY CHOREW
Amy Chorew has been teaching REALTORS to use technology since 1995. As an experienced salesperson and marketing director for some of Connecticut's prestigious brokerages, Amy puts her talents to use by creating fun learning environments for her students. Amy's straightforward approach to education is backed up by real field experience that brokers and agents appreciate as they learn new technology skills.
Amy has expanded her career as an educator from the New England area to a national presence. As an approved instructor in many states, Amy teaches a variety of CE, GRI and skill-development courses for REALTOR Associations and brokerages across America and Canada.
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VIDEO - Homes on The Internet

TIM CONLEY, CCIM, SIOR
In 1993, Tim Conley worked as a real estate agent in a local office of a national real estate firm.  During his tenure, he was awarded the “Number One Producing Agent” award for every year of his affiliation.  Also during this time with the national firm, Tim earned the prestigious honor of being recognized as the Highest Producing Commercial Agent in North America. He is President of Conley Associates, one of the largest independent real estate firms in the Albany area, employing more than 30 people.  Conley completed nearly $750 million in financial transactions and has handled more than 3,000,000 square feet of design services and managed more than 2,500,000 square feet of construction services in the past five years.
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LINDA DAVIS
Linda  has been selling real estate in Eastern Connecticut for over 32 years. In addition to her real estate business, she speaks about blogging, social networking, and other real estate solutions. Her blog "The Eastern CT Real Estate Blog", tackles real estate, land use issues and even local politics, mostly with a sense of humor. In addition, practical real estate advice is offered to peers at Real Estate Solutions Blog.
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DOUG DEVITRE
Doug Devitre is known as being free, cheap, and easy.  Free… meaning the ideas and available technology do not cost any money, cheap… meaning if it does cost then the investment is small, and easy to work with in planning, executing, and creating communication beyond the classroom.
In 2006 alone was named Business Leader of the Year of the Maryland Heights Chamber of Commerce, Top 50 REALTORS® on the Rise by Real Estate Magazine, and Voted Best in Client Satisfaction by St. Louis Magazine.  He has written for or been featured in REALTOR® Magazine, Today’s Buyer’s Representative Hotsheet, Broker Agent News, RealTown online communities and other REALTOR® newsletters and publications.
He is the founder of www.YREL.org , Young Real Estate Leaders, an online social networking group that mentors new agents to become leaders in their community.

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ROSEANN FARROW, abr, crb, crs, e-PRO, GREEN, GRI, rsps, sres
Roseann Farrow, owner of Roseann Farrow Seminars, is a licensed real estate broker and an active New York realtor® with over 30 years experience in training, management, business and marketing consulting.  She is well known by convention attendees for her humor, energy and no-nonsense tips and tactics that enhance productivity, quality and profit.
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RUTH FENNELL, ABR, AHWD, CIPS, CRS, e-PRO, GREEN, GRI, PMN, SRES
After 12 years in the corporate Training and HR environment, Ruth is currently an active REALTOR® and instructor in the Nashville area. She is a frequent speaker on the Senior Market at real estate conferences – most recently as a presenter at the 2008 Tennessee Governor’s Housing Summit last December.  This year, Ruth has been featured on Fox Digital News and multiple HGTVPro segments speaking about senior housing issues.  Because of her passion for helping seniors and their families, she has also just released a new e-book, Loving Senior Transitions: The Top Five Questions Baby Boomers Need to Ask to Help Aging Loved Ones which will provide families with suggestions, easy references and internet links to over 500 resources.
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DAVID FIALK, ABR, CRB, CRS, e-PRO, GRI
Licensed since 1971, David Fialk is a REALTOR and is Broker Owner of Choice Realty Co., an independent real estate company in Iselin, New Jersey. A firm believer in the benefits of real estate training and education, he has earned the designations CRB, CRS, ABR, GRI and is an e-Pro Certified Internet Professional. Thirty Eight Years later, David continues to work with buyers and sellers on a daily basis in showing homes, selling homes, listing homes, negotiating contracts and continues to adjust his real estate practice to meet the daily challenges confronting buyers, sellers and the real estate industry. His presentations are not only about what REALTORS "should be doing" to achieve success in real estate, but is "hands on" and provides the "what to do" and "how to do it".
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GEORGE FUCHS
George holds multiple licenses with the State of New York Department of State, State of New York Banking Department and the City of New York Department of Consumer Affairs. He is licensed as a Real Estate Broker as well as an Auctioneer
Perhaps George’s greatest strength lies in his twenty plus years business experience.  He has witnessed dramatic moves and changes in various Real Estate Markets and has helped his clients to thrive in conditions beyond their control.  George incorporates Technical and Fundamental Analysis as well as the Emotional Quotient in making financial decisions and possesses a broad knowledge of all three disciplines.
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ANTHONY GATTO
Anthony Gatto is the Director of Legal Services with the New York State Association of REALTORS.  Mr. Gatto produces legal publications on current real estate issues as well as providing legal advice to NYSAR members through the NYSAR Legal Hotline.  Prior to his position at NYSAR, Mr. Gatto was an Associate Attorney with Block, Colucci, Spellman & Peller, a full service real estate law firm.

 

BOB GINIECKI, CCIM

Bob has been an instructor in commercial-investment real estate since 1979, both regionally and nationally. He was awarded the citation of being named “Instructor of Year” for the NY State Association of REALTORS®, which was the only time that distinction had been given, ” Counselor of the Year” by the Society of Exchange Counselors,” and “Realtor of the Year” by the NY State Commercial Association of Realtors. Website

JAMES GOLDSMITH, ESQ
General Counsel of the Pennsylvania Association of REALTORS^®.
 

BARRY GOODMAN, ESQ
General Counsel of the New Jersey Association of REALTORS^®.

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CHANDRA HALL, ABR, CRS, GRI
Chandra knows how to realize potential. Chandra serves as a real estate educator and instructor trainer at Kaplan Professional Schools in Colorado Springs and Denver. In 2008, Chandra was awarded the prestigious Distinguished Real Estate Instructor (DREI) designation.
In addition to being a CRS instructor, Chandra also teaches GRI and ABR courses for real estate groups across the nation. She is the managing broker/owner of Colorado Mesa Realty, LLC, is  successful in several aspects of real estate--from residential resale to land development and building new homes--and has been recognized as the designer and creative consultant on three award winning Parade Homes in Colorado Springs.
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VIDEO - Meet Chandra Hall!

RALPH HOLMEN
Associate General Counsel of the National Association of REALTORS^®.

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G. WILLIAM JAMES
G. William James is on the of the leading training professional for handheld computing and mobile technology in the United States, with a focus on sales, business and real estate. Among REALTORS^®, James is recognized for teaching technology as the ultimate REALTOR^® tool. He is a contributor to Realty Times Magazine on PDAs and smartphone technology.
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PETER KARL, ESQ
Peter is an expert on real estate tax strategies and estate planning.
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RONALD KLASKO, ESQ
H. Ronald Klasko is a founding member of Klasko, Rulon, Stock & Seltzer, LLP and its Managing Partner.  Under Ron's leadership, the firm was chosen with five other firms by Chambers Global 2007 and 2008 as the top U.S. business, hospital and university immigration law firm. For the last 16 years, Ron has been included in the highly regarded Best Lawyers in America (Woodward and White).  He is one of only three practicing attorneys ever honored with the AILA Founders Award for his contributions to immigration jurisprudence.
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FRANK KOWALSKI, CRS
Frank Kowalski, President of Metro-Dade Realty, Inc., has been actively selling real estate in Miami for over 30 years. In addition as a Senior Instructor for the Council of Residential Specialists, he has educated, motivated and inspired members of his profession in more than 40 states, and under the foreign flags of both Canada and the Bahamas. His more than 20 years of service with the Council has contributed to his selection as Chairman of numerous committees and his election as President of the Council in 1996.
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HANK LERNER
Hank Lerner is Director of Member & Legal Services for the Pennsylvania Association of REALTORS^®.  In this position he oversees development and distribution of PAR Standard Forms, administers the PAR Professional Standards program, and oversees the Association’s member benefits program.  Hank has been a frequent speaker at local and regional REALTOR® meetings across the state, presenting programs on legal issues and forms usage, the NAR Code of Ethics, and Professional Standards procedures.

WILLIAM LUBLIN, CRB, CRS, GRI
William H. Lublin has an extensive background in the real estate, mortgage and title industries and has been recognized as an expert in the use of technology for business and professional development. Bill serves as a Consultant to the Industry, is a contributing author on several blogs about real estate and social media including AgentGenius.com, and is a well known social media speaker at ReBarCamps and Conventions around the nation. Bill has been an Adult Education professional for 30 years, training on a number of different subjects. He is an NAR trained Professional Standards Instructor, Certified Mediation Trainer, a trained DRS Mediator, and a Certified SRS Instructor.
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TOM LUNDSTEDT, CCIM
Tom Lundstedt is one of America's most popular speakers on the topics of investment real estate and taxation. He has spoken before more than 2,500 audiences from coast to coast. Besides speaking about investment real estate and tax, Tom practices what he preaches. He began buying investment real estate as a very young man and continues to build his personal portfolio on rental properties throughout the USA. In another life, he was catcher for the Minnesota Twins and Chicago Cubs.
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JOE MAROVICH, ABR, ABRM, e-PRO, GREEN, GRI, PMN, RSPS, SRES
Joseph Marovich is the owner of Marovich Business Institute and regularly facilitates designation courses for the NAR’s affiliates (ABR, GREEN, GRI, PMN, REPA, RSPS, and SRES classes) as well as teaches workshops and seminars for Boards, Associations, and companies nationally.  Licensed for 37 years, he is recognized as an agency expert and often acts as an expert witness in agency, misrepresentation, and other real estate related cases. 
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MELANIE MCLANE, ABR, CRB, CRS, ePRO, GREEN, GRI, RAA, SRES
Melanie McLane is a practicing appraiser, broker and educator. With over 32 years in the business, she has vast experience in all aspects of real estate.  She devotes most of her time to teaching, writing and consulting with real estate companies, but keeps both her licenses active and continues to list, sell and appraise, in order to keep her thumb on the market. A graduate of Kenyon College, she has the following designations: ABR, CRB, CRS, ePRO, GREEN, GRI, RAA and SRES. She can be reached via her website, www.TheMelanieGroup.com. She lives near Williamsport, in Central Pennsylvania.
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AUSTIN MORAN
Austin is a data security expert and Certified Identity Theft Risk Management Specialist (CITRMS). He is employed by the New York state Association of REALTORS and stays up to date on protecting licensee information and identities secure.

KAREL MURRAY
Karel brings meaning to mayhem with her “nothing but the truth” approach to business and life. An accomplished author and humorist, Karel has made radio and tv appearances and she enjoys local, regional, and national publication of her articles. In addition to her first book Straight Talk: Getting Off the Curb, Karel is a featured author in Extreme Excellence: Dynamic Interviews with America’s Top 10 Performance Experts, and publishes a monthly newsletter—Think Forward!— to nearly 5,000 subscribers. She is author of both The Profitability Blueprint Series® and the CPR for Managers Series.
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VIDEO - Karel explains who gets the last laugh when it comes to ridding the house of bugs.

Snippet from Get a Grip - finding Your Balance Without Losing It

 

JIM MURRETT

Jim Murrett, MAI, SRA is currently a Senior Vice President and Chief Bank Appraiser with the Commercial Appraisal Services group of Bank of America.He is responsible for appraisal policy, regulatory and appraisal industry relations and resolution of appraisal transactional issues.Jim's responsibilities also include overseeing the ordering and reviewing of appraisals on properties used as collateral for the Commercial Mortgage Back Securities (CMBS) conduit lending program.Jim is very active with the Appraisal Institute, currently serving as a Regional Representative for the Upstate New York Chapter. JONATHAN NICHOLS, ABR, CRB, CRS, GRI Jonathan is the founder and President of The Company CEO, a virtual consulting firm headquartered in Dallas, Texas.   The company provides just-in-time consultation services to entrepreneurs and c-level executives of sales-based organizations worldwide.  Once retained, The Company CEO provides critical advice regarding the three P’s of successful sales organizations: productivity, performance and profitability.  In order to execute these three flawlessly, a fourth P is required: planning!   Under Jonathan’s direction, companies both within and outside the real estate industry are implementing proven best practices that accelerate these desired outcomes. Website

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TODD PAJONAS
Todd R. Pajonas, Esq., President of Legal 1031 Exchange Services, Inc., is a member of the New York Bar. Todd has been working in the real estate industry since 1993 and the 1031 industry since 1998.  He has lectured extensively for various bar associations, CPA societies, Boards of Realtors, Land Title Associations, and many other civic, real estate, tax, educational and financial organizations.   Todd was an adjunct professor at the New York University School of Continuing and Professional Studies where he taught a class on IRC §1031 tax deferred exchanges. He has been quoted in numerous publications including The New York Times, National Real Estate Investor, Small Business Review, Shopping Center Business Magazine, and Registered Rep Magazine.
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RON PASSARO
Ron has appeared on Good Morning America, NBC Dateline, Better Homes & Gardens and many other TV network programs. He is the recognized founder of the American Society of Home Inspectors (ASHI) and holds membership #000001. Ron was the first Home Inspector in the state of CT to receive a Home Inspector License and is also licensed in the state of NY.  In 2002 he received the prestigious Educator of the Year award from the CT Association of Realtors. He has been a speaker at the National Assoc. of Realtors conference and many other national venues. He returns to Triple Play this year, presenting two completely different programs.
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MAX PIGMAN, GRI, CRS
Max Pigman has over 16 years public speaking experience and has taught seminars to agents on marketing and technology all over the United States.  Max also spent a decade in real estate as both an agent and a Broker/Owner and has served as a board member of an MLS as well as Chairman of the Technology Task Force for his State Association of REALTORS®. 
Having been involved with REALTOR.com® since the days of RIN (REALTORS® Information Network), Max is currently a Vice President and is responsible for presenting at over 80 REALTOR.com Marketing & Technology Workshops as well as several National Conventions each year.
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BILL PROCIDA
William Procida is president of William Procida Incorporated ("WPI").  He has been an independent entrepreneur since 1981.  WPI was founded in 1995 and is based in Ft. Lee, New Jersey.  The firm specializes in providing management and capital for both distressed and value added situations. In 2002, WPI became the founding member and majority shareholder of Palisades Financial (“Palisades”), which formed and managed two private equity funds.  Palisades invested and managed over 100 positions including bridge and mezzanine loans. Loans and equity positions were made in excess of 1.5 billion dollars. The funds' returns to investors exceeded 15 percent annually since 2002. These investments covered a broad range of asset classes throughout the U.S., including ski resorts, transportation companies, hotels, manufacturing facilities, chemical plants, as well as conventional real estate asset classes.

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GREG RAKOW
Greg is the owner of Fraleigh & Rakow Insurance and Fraleigh & Rakow Realty in Rhinebeck, NY. Greg holds the following licenses: NYS Property and Casualty; NYS Life and Health; Series 6 and 63 Securities License and NYS Real Estate Salesperson. He has also earned the prestigious Certified Insurance Counselor designation from the National Alliance for Insurance Education and Research.
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ART REED, CRS, SRES
Art Reed’s world-class expertise spans over more than a thirty-five year career in real estate sales, management, and training.  His diverse background and ability to communicate clearly and efficiently to audiences of all types solidifies a unique storytelling form of dialogue within his presentations.  Subjects that might appear boring and mundane take on new life as Art Reed incorporates his humor and easygoing demeanor.
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ROSSI, e-PRO
ROSSI exploded onto the real estate market with 86 closings his first year, a Super Star before the label existed. He now shares his talents by coaching rooms full of people. Applying communication basics and technology in his unique teaching process, Power Learning, he has stimulated positive shifts in individuals, associations, corporations, and teams throughout many industries.
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JOHN ROTHAMEL, ESQ
John D. Rothamel is the senior partner and founding member of Rothamel Kessler DuBois, LLC. Mr. Rothamel represents clients in the acquisition, sale and financing of residential and commercial real estate, with special expertise in distressed real estate and short sales.
Mr. Rothamel represents in excess of 500 clients per year in real estate transactions, and has served as speaker, teacher, advisor and counsel to thousands of clients, Realtors and Brokers throughout New Jersey and Pennsylvania. In 2008 and 2009, Mr. Rothamel was honored with a seat as Director on the Board of Directors for the Burlington Camden County Association of Realtors, and was recently named a Best of South Jersey "Awesome Attorney" for real estate law.

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JOSEPH SCARPA, LEED AP
Joseph Scarpa, LEED AP, EcoBroker, is a sustainable real estate and business advisor.  He is a commercial real estate broker specializing in green building, renewable energies, and sustainable development.  He is a LEED AP which is an Accredited Professional in Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design with the U.S. Green Building Council. 
Familiar with development, energy, environmental issues in the region, Joe is a champion for high performance buildings.  His current pet project is advocating for Energy Freedom Pioneers' adaptive reuse and conversion of a former Army base to an Eco-Industrial Park, incorporating various intelligent building concepts, and developing additional eco-industrial parks / green collar job centers in the region.
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PRABHJIT SINGH
Prabhjit Singh started in the real estate business at the ripe age of 13!  He began by working with an agent specializing in foreclosure properties.  Yes it is hard to believe – but it is true!  When he moved to the Washington D.C. area, along with his family, they looked for a house for 7 YEARS!  He had one real estate agent that they intermediately used throughout those 7 YEARS and the ended up not even using him, nor any other agent, when they finally settled on a house.  The reason was simple- he was never looking out for them!  He learned much from this experience - what are the tactics that are used by real estate agents that never work as well as what buyers and sellers really want!  After attending Johns Hopkins University and getting his degree in business and management he decided to go full-time into the field he knew – Real Estate.  As you can imagine, his parents were overjoyed with the prospect of this decision!  He now has a growing real estate practice in the Washington D.C. area which continues to grow on referrals alone!

STEFAN SWANEPOEL
No one researches more about change and trends impacting the residential real estate industry than Stefan Swanepoel. He always provides a balanced and objective evaluation of the market, highlighting the key players and facts of tomorrow.
Stefan is widely recognized as the leading visionary on trends and has penned 13 Books, Whitepapers and Reports including the 1998 Amazon.com bestseller, Real Estate confronts Reality (1997), the sequel Real Estate confronts the Future (2004) and of course the Swanepoel TRENDS Report.
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RANDY TEMPLEMAN
Templeman led the way, educating those within his industry as well as buyers about the benefits of buyer' agency and clear disclosure of where a particular agent's loyalty is set. His first course at a community college in New York was titled "Home Buyer Beware: Customer or Client?" Over the years, he added more courses to include topics such as relocation, real estate careers, selling, buying, financing, investment properties, foreclosures, lowering property taxes and home enhancement.
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SHARON TUCKER
Sharon Tucker Broker of ERA Tucker Associates located in Rockland County New York.  Mrs. Tucker has taught and wrote a diversify array of courses from the salesperson qualify, brokers to continuing education courses. As an active Realtor member at the Rockland County Board, serving on various committees; President 2003,  Realtor of the Year Award 2006, NYS Realtor Society 2004 – 2008 and she has twice been awarded the President of the Year Award by the Rockland County Board of Realtors 2005 & 2007 and currently is a NYS  Director and is the Education Chairperson for the Rockland County Board of Realtors.
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ROGER TURCOTTE, GRI
A past president and REALTOR® of the Year of the Concord, NH Board of REALTORS®, Roger Turcotte is a much sought after national speaker. His solution based presentations have earned him the respect and appreciation of agency owners and REALTOR® associations throughout the United States. 
A member of the National Association of REALTORS® professional development committee, Roger is the co-author of the very popular Buyer Representation in Real Estate, currently in its third edition, published by Dearborn Real Estate Education. He has been recognized as a Distinguished Real Estate Instructor, as well as Certified Distance Education Instructor.
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TERRY WATSON, ABRM, CRS, CRB, CIPS, e-PRO, GRI, LTG, SRES, At Home with Diversity
Terry is a second generation REALTOR® that works for his family’s real estate office in Chicago, which his mother and Terry started 13 years ago while Terry was in college. Terry received no formal training from any real estate franchise or any other real estate office. This forced Terry to create unorthodox but highly effective shrewd techniques. His bizarre methods are so successful that after hearing him speak, Northwestern University in Chicago asked him to chair their real estate department at their school of continuing studies and tweak their real estate courses. Terry is the youngest person to ever do so. Terry is a GenerationXer who believes that education must be entertaining and cutting edge.
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MARTHA WEBB
Martha Webb is the author of two books, Dress Your House for Success, which was named one of the “Top 10 Great Real Estate Books of the Year” and Finding Home – Buying the House That’s Right for You. Martha and her home buying and selling concepts have been featured across the country – from Good Morning America to CNN, and The New York Times. She has hosted a HGTV program and is a spokesperson for Procter & Gamble.
Martha has worked extensively with the real estate industry in education and marketing to develop and package programs and products for agents, managers, and brokers. She is the creator of The Certified Home Marketing Specialist program, which incorporates staging and strategic marketing concepts to create an increased level of real estate service.
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BRETT WOODBURN, ESQ
Mr. Woodburn's work with the Pennsylvania Association of REALTORS® has included publishing various works pertaining to recent developments in the areas of real estate law, as well as conducting training seminars for REALTORS® across the Commonwealth. He also counsels REALTORS® through the Pennsylvania Association of REALTORS® Legal Hotline. He is an author and speaker for several of the Pennsylvania Bar Institute's real estate related courses.

ANDREW WOOTEN
Andrew Wooten is a Crime Prevention Practitioner and the Managing Partner of Safety Awareness & Firearms Education (S.A.F.E.). He is regarded as one of the country’s leading authorities in crime prevention and self-defense. His in-depth interviews with state and federal prisoners, as well as counseling rape and assault victims, have yielded invaluable information on crime prevention and self-defense. Mr. Wooten is certified with Attorney General, The Department of Justice, National Rifle Association, and United States Marine Corps. In addition, he is an accredited multi-black belt in Judo, Jiu-jitsu, Taekwondo and Aikido. He also is a certified firearms instructor.
Mr. Wooten’s philosophy is that, “A person’s best weapon is themselves: their mind, voice and body.” Each person, regardless of size, is capable of learning and adapting some form of the techniques presented in his seminars to practice self-defense and utilize safety prevention.
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LAWRENCE YUN
Lawrence Yun is the Chief Economist and Senior Vice President of Research at the National Association of REALTORS®, where he manages the Statistics and Forecasting Groups of the Research Division. He writes regular columns on real estate market trends, creates NAR's forecasts, and participates in many economic forecasting panels, including Blue Chip and Harvard University Industrial Economist Council. Dr. Yun has been quoted on the real estate market and the economy in the mass media, including the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, and the Washington Post. He has also appeared on CNBC and Bloomberg TV. Dr. Yun received his undergraduate degree from Purdue University and earned his Ph.D. from the University of Maryland at College Park.
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