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After a week of dreary weather, almost 200 REALTORS®, Affiliates and guests gathered to celebrate and kick up their heels at the Marriott Courtyard in Bellevue for the SKCAR 2007 Installations and 2006 Awards Banquet held on the evening of December 1, 2006. The evenings festivities included dinner, a silent and live auction and entertainment by The Uptown Lowdown Jazz Band.
The 2006 Board of Directors was recognized for their hard work and dedication to the Association, and the 2007 Board of Directors was installed. Officers for 2007 are: Daniel Kennedy, President; Jason Watabe, President-Elect; D’Ann Jackson, Immediate Past President; Larry Christensen, VP of Business Practices; Keith Nelson, VP of Government & Public Affairs; and Jim Dierst, VP-Elect of Government & Public Affairs.
SKCAR singled out D’Ann Jackson, John L. Scott Mercer Island, among its 8,900+ members for special recognition as “REALTOR® of the Year.” The tribute recognizes outstanding contributions for local, state and national REALTOR® associations and faithfulness to professionalism and the code of ethics.
SKCAR recognized Jackson for involvement with the association’s Board of Directors, along with service on the First Citizen Award Committee and First Citizen Scholarship Committee. She also served on the Strategic Planning Committee. D’Ann is a natural at fundraising and has helped with events for Children’s Hospital as well as events for SKCAR.
Other awards included:
1. REALTOR® Achievement Award
Dan Murphy, Windermere Fauntleroy
Murphy received the association’s top award for his lengthy commitment to the profession through various leadership positions and committee involvement at local, state and national levels, including service as 2005 president of SKCAR.
2. Government Affairs Volunteer of the Year Award
Keith Nelson, Executive Real Estate, Bellevue
Nelson was cited for his dedication to Governmental Affairs. He is the 2007 Vice President of Governmental Affairs for SKCAR, and the Chairman of the SKCAR RPAC committee. He is also an RPAC Golden "R" investor, and a President’s Circle member. Nelson has also participated in numerous candidate interviews for SKCAR, and has attended Legislative Hill Days in Olympia and RPAC Legislative Meetings in Washington, D.C.
3. RPAC Award
J. Lennox Scott, John L. Scott
J. Lennox Scott has been a proactive advocate for the REALTORS® Political Action Committee since its inception. He has served as a state RPAC trustee, he was a member of the RPAC Presidential Advisory Group, and he was recently appointed national RPAC trustee by the National Association of REALTORS®. In addition to serving in formal RPAC roles, Lennox has published numerous articles and white papers in support of RPAC and he proactively encourages his 4,700 sales associates to invest in RPAC. Lennox travels the country speaking about the merits of RPAC and the importance of investing in it. For all of his efforts, Lennox was inducted into the RPAC Hall of Fame in 2004.
4. REALTOR® Community Service Award
Rick Baldwin, John L. Scott Bellevue
Baldwin is the founder of the Children’s Ride, which is an annual charity motorcycle event designed to benefit uncompensated care at Children’s Hospital. The event has raised $1.5 million since its inception in 1995.
5. Instructor of the Year Award (2 recipients awarded):
Marianne Kingman, Kingman Winslow LLC
SKCAR recognized Kingman due to the sucess of her tax seminars that cover a variety of issues including: income tax planning for small business professionals; how to prepare for and avoid audit; resolving problems with the IRS; Section 1031 exchanges as a tax strategy for real property held for investment or business use; and estate planning issues. The success of Ms. Kingman’s tax lectures has been widely attributed to her ability to simplify an otherwise complicated area of law, while using humor in a very affordable format.
Barb Schwarz, STAGEDHOMES.com
Schwarz is internationally known as the creator of Staging, and the creator of the Accredited Staging Professional (ASP) designation. Her seminars at SKCAR are extremely popular and she continues to get rave reviews from attendees seeking out the ASP designation.
6. Pacesetter Award
Vulcan Enterprises
This award is presented to a corporation, firm or organization for its outstanding contribution to the real estate industry and/or the greater community in King County.Vulcan Enterprises was bestowed this award from SKCAR because it is leading one of the largest urban revitalization efforts in the U.S. – the redevelopment of more than 60 acres in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood. When completed, the project will consist of nearly 10 million square feet of new housing, retail, offices, life sciences research, open space and public transportation.
7. Media of the Year Award
Eastside Business
This award was presented to Eastside Business based on impartial reporting of real estate matters, promotion of fairness in real estate matters, promotion of fairness in real estate practices, community service and support of REALTOR efforts overall.
Also honored were those REALTORS who earned a designation in 2006. REALTORS who pursue professional designations have a distinct competitive edge as a result of their increased expertise and marketability. An NAR 2005 Member Survey shows that REALTORS without an NAR designation earned a median of $40,900, while those that indicated a designation earned a median of $82,900.
Congratulations to the following members, listed with designation earned:
Jay Agoado; GRI
Julie Arnevick; GRI
William Badgley; ABR, ABRM
Kristi Balliet; ABR, ABRM
Ruth Baumgart; CIPS
Johna Beall; GRI
Angelina Behrbaum; ABR, ABRM
Lisa Bibb-Welch; CIPS
Karen Blackburn; CRS
Laura Brodniak; CRS
Kerstin Brooks; ABR, ABRM
Dennis Brown; ABR
Michael Byron; CRS
Shannon Campbell; CRS
Candace Carlson; ABR
Nancy Carroll; CRS
Tim Cashen; GRI
Elizabeth Chadwick; CRS
Caren Connor; ABR
Angela Cotton; CRS
Arnold Dizon; ABR, ABRM
Alexander Eckardt; ABR, ABRM
Erik Eide; CRS
Cheryl Fahrenbach; ABR, ABRM
Susan Feldman; ABR
Debi Fortin; ABR, ABRM
Peggy Foster; ABR, ABRM
Tami Foust; ABR, CRS
Karen Freed; ABR
Christopher George; ABR
Kathryn Gilbert; ABR, CRS, GRI
Margaret Gillespie; CRS
Carmen Gillies; ABR, ABRM
Vicki Goldstein-Seznick; GRI
Robb Gray; ABR, ABRM
Marcia Hardy; ABR, ABRM
Kimberly Harrington; CRS
Dorothea Hedien; ABR
Howard Hegwer; ABR
E. Jeannie Herr; ABR, ABRM
Janeene Hurst; CRS
Aaron Janus; ABR, ABRM
Stephanie Kallberg; ABR, ABRM
Phil Karasick; ABR, ABRM
Aleta Kennedy; CRB
Shelley King; ABR
Shirley Kinzer; ABR, ABRM
Betty Kreutner; CRS
Stephanie Kristen; CRS
Anne Kurle; ABR, ABRM
Winnie Kwan; ABR, ABRM
Susan Larson; ABR, ABRM
Robert Lichtenwalter; ABR, ABRM
Donna Lindsay; ABR
Kerry Lohr; GRI
David Malmgren; ABR
Nadine Malmgren; ABR
Raissa Markewyez; ABR, ABRM
Kelly Marquardt; GRI
Mary Mattox; ABR, ABRM
Anni McConville-Zilz; ABR, ABRM
Richard McPherson; CRS
Julia Mertena Burrows; ABR, ABRM
Autumn Miller; ABR, ABRM
Richard Miller; ABR
Roberta Morgan; ABR
Robert Neal; ABR, ABRM
Kenneth Nicholas; ABR, ABRM
Rodney Nickell; ABR, ABRM
Ofelia Niculescu; ABR, ABRM
Susan Norman; ABR, ABRM
Ben Olszewski; ABR, ABRM
Michael Orbino; CRS
Dennis Pearce; ABR, ABRM
Gregory Perry; ABR
Cindy Peschel-Hull; ABR, ABRM
Linda Piacitelli; ABR
Robert Pong; CRS
Brenda Poskitt; CRS
Enrico Pozzo; CRS
Diane Renner; ABR, ABRM
Alise Roberts; CRS
Joan Robinson; CRS
Jennifer Robinson-Jahns; ABR, ABRM
Janice Roth; CRS
Karen Rypdahl; ABR
David Sanders; ABR, ABRM
Ginny Schauls; ABR, ABRM
Robert Schuweiler; CRS
Rachel Schindler; ABR, ABRM
Danielle Selden; ABR, ABRM
Sharon Senger; ABR, ABRM
Denise Sinkevicius; CRS
Patricia Shiras; ABR, ABRM
Stacia Smith; ABR, ABRM
Laurie Strickland; ABR, ABRM
Katherine Suske-Jones; ABR, ABRM
Chiu Lung Tang; ABR, ABRM
Richard Taylor; ABR, ABRM
Sue Terry; GRI
Mary Thurtle; ABR, ABRM
Marion Tilley; ABR
Linus Toy; ABR, ABRM
Joy Tsui; ABR, ABRM
Phillip Van Eynde; ABR, ABRM
Mel Vannice; CRS
Cathy Wahlin; ABR, ABRM
Debbie Walter; ABR, ABRM, CRS
Elizabeth Wange; ABR, ABRM
Michael Watts; ABR, ABRM
Rosalie Webb; ABR, ABRM
Bonnie Williams; CRS
Thomas Wu; ABR, ABRM
Thomas Zistatsis; ABR, ABRM
SKCAR also thanked the following members for their outstanding support to RPAC (REALTORS® Political Affairs Council) - these members are part of the Real Estate Elite for their major investment ($1,000 minimum) to RPAC:
Daniel Kennedy
Keith Nelson
J. Lennox Scott
Terry Miller
Evangeline Anderson
Barbara Arnesen
Richard Bergdahl
Dennis Brown
Larry Christensen
Jim Dierst
Ron Fowler
Brian Graves
Ann Hovik
D’Ann Jackson
Marcie Maxwell
Dan Murphy
Ed Murphy
Sam Pace
Beverly Read
Joseph Spencer
Kathi Swarthout
Anthony Vega
Steven Wayne
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