January 25, 2019

Contact: Kim Walker, 704-940-3149

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The following members of the 2019 Executive Committee of the Charlotte Regional Realtor® Association (CRRA) and the Carolina Multiple Listing Services, Inc. (CarolinaMLS) were officially installed at the Sheraton Le Meridien: Brenda D. Hayden, president, Keller Williams SouthPark; John Kindbom, president-elect, Allen Tate Company; Jason Gentry, past president, Premier Sotheby’s International; David Deal, secretary, Allen Tate Company; and David Kennedy, treasurer, T.R. Lawing Realty, Inc. The Executive Committee will lead the 11,300-member Charlotte Regional Realtor® Association, its charitable arm, the Housing Opportunity Foundation, and the 16,200-subscriber CarolinaMLS in 2019.

The following members of the 2019 CRRA Board of Directors were installed: Ed Baesel, Cottingham Chalk; Aric Beals, Berryhill Realty Company; Tanya Brown, Premier Sotheby’s International; Dottie Ciarrocchi, T.R. Lawing Realty, Inc.; Cindi Hastings, Cottingham Chalk; Tiffany Johannes, Charlotte Home Experts; Eric Norman, The McDevitt Agency; Charisma Smith, Rayford Smith Realty; Julie Taché, Homes with Cachet; and Lisi Ward, Allen Tate Company.

The following members of the 2019 Housing Opportunity Foundation were installed: Ed Baesel, Cottingham Chalk, Realtor® At-Large; David Barnhardt, First Charlotte Properties, Realtor® At-Large; Jim Burbank, Saussy Burbank Company, Community At-Large; Jennifer Frontera, Wanda Smith & Associates, Realtor® At-Large; Joan Goode, Dickens Mitchener & Associates, Realtor® At-Large; Kim Graham, Friendship Missionary Baptist Church, Community At-Large; Dr. Donna Graves, Atrium Health, Community At-Large; TJ Hilton, U.S. Bank, Community At-Large; Tiffany Johannes, Charlotte Home Experts, Realtor® At-Large; Julie Porter, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Housing Partnership, Community At-Large; Joachim Rogers, Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated, Community At-Large; Thomas Shoupe, Remis Properties, 2019 Foundation Chair; and Julie Taché, Homes with Cachet, Realtor® At-Large.

The following members of the 2019 CarolinaMLS Board of Directors were installed: Lee Allen, RE/MAX Town & Country, representing Charlotte Regional Realtor® Association; Randall Blankenship, Coldwell Banker King, representing Land of the Sky Association of Realtors®; Brian Cagle, Beverly-Hanks & Assoc. Realtors®, Large Firm Representative; Judy Chapman, Appleseed Realty LLC, representing Union County Association of Realtors®; Allen Dargins, Realty Resources of the Carolinas, Small Firm Representative; Stephanie Gossett, Allen Tate Company, Large Firm Representative; Jerrianne Jackson, Blue J Realty, LLC, South Carolina Representative; Tiffany Johannes, Charlotte Home Experts, representing Charlotte Regional Realtor® Association; Marsha Jordan, Apple Realty of Lincolnton, representing Lincoln County Board of Realtors®; Lamar Kellar, Jerry Kellar-Real Estate, representing Gaston Association of Realtors®; Todd Long, Keller Williams Mooresville, At-Large; Tom Mallette, Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Heritage, representing Haywood Realtors®; Sandy McAlpine, RE/MAX Executive, At-Large; Dave Noyes, Wilkinson ERA Real Estate, representing Hendersonville Board of Realtors®; Jody Rich, RE/MAX Leading Edge, representing Central Carolina Association of Realtors®; Kourosh Sharifi, RE/MAX Executive Realty, Large Firm Representative; Josh Tucker, Anchor Real Estate, LLC, representing the Northern Region; Jen Wetzel, Bliss Real Estate LLC, At-Large; and Debbie Williams, Beverly-Hanks & Associates Realtors®, representing Land of the Sky Association of Realtors®.

During her installation remarks, 2019 Charlotte Regional Realtor® Association/CarolinaMLS President Brenda Hayden said, “If it were up to me, the word ‘Realtor®’ would be a synonym for courage because of the past visionaries who laid the groundwork for a new headquarters with great fiscal astuteness and sound investments. In addition, our Realtor® leadership had the courage to create the foundation for greater inclusion during times when it was not popular.”

Hayden closed by adding, “Realtors®, even though they are competitors, have a shared love for this community and their industry.”

Anne Marie DeCatsye, Esq., CEO for the Charlotte Regional Realtor® Association and CarolinaMLS, will serve on the boards as an ex-officio member.

The following Realtor® associations use CarolinaMLS as their primary MLS:
Charlotte Regional Realtor® Association
Union County Association of Realtors®
Lincoln County Board of Realtors®
Gaston Association of Realtors®
Central Carolina Association of Realtors®
Land of the Sky Association of Realtors®
Haywood Realtor® Association
Hendersonville Board of Realtors®

About Carolina Multiple Listing Services, Inc. (CarolinaMLS):
The Carolina Multiple Listing Services, Inc. (CarolinaMLS) is a wholly-owned subsidiary corporation of the Charlotte Regional Realtor® Association. The Association provides more than 11,300 Realtors® with the resources and services they need to conduct ethical, professional, successful and profitable businesses. The Association is dedicated to being the region’s primary resource for residential real estate information. The Association operates CarolinaMLS, which has more than 16,200 subscribers and is the private cooperative Realtors® use for access to tens of thousands of residential listings in a multicounty service area, including Charlotte, the Piedmont and Mountains areas of North Carolina and South Carolina, and beyond.

The following counties are considered a part of the Charlotte Metro region core service area, although CarolinaMLS does include listings from other counties: Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Rowan, Stanly and Union counties in North Carolina; Chester, Chesterfield, Lancaster and York counties in South Carolina. The following counties are considered a part of the Asheville region core service area: Burke, Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Madison, McDowell, Mitchell, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania and Yancey counties in North Carolina.

CarolinaMLS also serves as the wholesale MLS vendor for the Multiple Listing Service of Catawba Valley (MLSCV) and provides core services as well as training and support to its 600 subscribers; however, the MLSCV still serves as the primary MLS in the Hickory/Catawba County and Lenoir/Caldwell County areas of western North Carolina.

For more information about the Charlotte Regional Realtor® Association, the Housing Opportunity Foundation or CarolinaMLS, visit www.CarolinaHome.com.

The Charlotte Regional Realtor® Association is a trade association with more than 11,300 Realtor® members.  The  Association is dedicated to being the region's primary resource for residential real estate information. The Association operates the Carolina Multiple Listing Services, Inc. (CarolinaMLS), which has more than 16,200 Subscribers and is the private cooperative Realtors^® use for access to tens of thousands of residential listings in a multicounty service area, including Charlotte, the Piedmont and Mountains areas of North Carolina and South Carolina, and beyond.

Original Publish Date: 1/25/2019