January 10, 2020

Contact: Kim Walker, 704-940-3149

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The following members of the 2020 Executive Committee of the Canopy Realtor® Association and Canopy MLS were officially installed at the Crowne Plaza Charlotte Executive Park: John Kindbom, president, Allen Tate Realtors®; David Kennedy, president-elect, T.R. Lawing Realty, Inc.; Brenda Hayden, past president, Keller Williams University; David Deal, secretary, Allen Tate Realtors®; and Cindi Hastings, treasurer, Cottingham Chalk Realtors®. The Executive Committee will lead the 12,200-member Canopy Realtor® Association, the Canopy Housing Foundation (the Association’s charitable arm), and the 17,800-subscriber Canopy MLS in 2020. 

The following members of the 2020 Canopy Realtor® Association Board of Directors were installed: Aric Beals, Berryhill Realty Co., At-Large; Dottie Ciarrocchi, T.R. Lawing Realty, Inc., At-Large; Allen Dargins, Realty Resources of the Carolinas, At-Large; Tiffany Johannes, RE/MAX Executive, At-Large; Beverly Newell, 5 Points Realty, At-Large; Eric Norman, The McDevitt Agency, At-Large; Charisma Dockery-Smith, Savvy & Co., At-Large; Julie Tache, Homes with Cachet, LLC, At-Large; Josh Tucker, HM Properties, At-Large; Lisi Ward, Allen Tate Realtors®, Northern Region Representative; David Willett, RE/MAX Executive, Western Region Representative.

The following members of the 2020 Canopy Housing Foundation were installed: Ed Baesel, Cottingham Chalk, Realtor^® At-Large; Tanya Brown, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices, Realtor^® At-Large; Brian Cagle, Beverly-Hanks & Assoc., Realtor® At-Large Western Region; Justin Ckezepis, Skadoosh Properties, LLC, Realtor® At-Large; Jennifer Frontera, Wanda Smith & Assoc., Realtor^® At-Large; Joan Goode, Dickens Mitchener & Assoc., Realtor^® At-Large; Kim Graham, Friendship Missionary Baptist Church, Community At-Large; Alma Jacobs, Atlantic Bay Mortgage, Community At-Large; Tiffany Johannes, RE/MAX Executive, Realtor^® At-Large; Rick Judson, Evergreen Group, LLC, Community At-Large; Julie Porter, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Housing Partnership, Community At-Large; Thomas Shoupe, Remis Properties, 2020 Foundation Chair; Josh Tucker, HM Properties, Realtor^® At-Large.

The following members of the 2020 Canopy MLS Board of Directors were installed: Lee Allen, RE/MAX Town & Country, Small Firm Representative; Randall Blankenship, Coldwell Banker King, Land of the Sky Association of Realtors® Representative; Brian Cagle, Beverly-Hanks & Assoc., At-Large; Judy Chapman, Appleseed Realty LLC, Union County Association of Realtors® Representative; Colleen Coesens, EXP Realty, South Carolina Representative; Stephanie Gossett, Allen Tate Realtors®, Large Firm Representative; Diego Guevara, Keller Williams University City, Canopy Realtor® Association Representative; Marsha Jordan, Apple Realty of Lincolnton, Lincoln County Board of Realtors® Representative; Lamar Kellar, Jerry Kellar-Real Estate, Gaston Association of Realtors® Representative; Todd Long, Keller Williams Mooresville, Northern Region Representative; Tom Mallette, Better Homes & Gardens Real Estate Heritage, Western Region Representative; Martha Mendoza Borgese, Engle & Volkers South Charlotte, Canopy Realtor® Association Representative; Marbelia Murillo, Southern Homes of the Carolinas, At-Large; Dave Noyes, RE/MAX Results, Henderson Board of Realtors® Representative; Jeremy Owen, Beverly Hanks & Assoc., Large Firm Representative; Jody Rich, RE/MAX Leading Edge, Central Carolina Association of Realtors® Representative; Kourosh Sharifi, RE/MAX Executive, Large Firm Representative; Jen Wetzel, Bliss Realty, LLC, At-Large; Debbie Williams, Beverly Hanks & Assoc., Land of the Sky Association of Realtors® Representative.

Dr. Lawrence Yun, Chief Economist and Senior Vice President of Research with the National Association of Realtors®, presented members in attendance with an economic and real estate market outlook after the swearing-in ceremony.  

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

The following Realtor® associations use Canopy MLS as their primary MLS:
Canopy 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®
Hendersonville Board of Realtors®
Piedmont Regional Association of Realtors®
Salisbury Rowan Association of Realtors®

About Canopy MLS:
Canopy MLS is a wholly-owned subsidiary corporation of the Canopy Realtor® Association. The Association provides more than 12,200 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 Canopy MLS, which has more than 17,800 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 mountains area of North Carolina, South Carolina, and beyond.

The following counties are considered a part of the Charlotte region core service area, although Canopy MLS 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.

Canopy MLS 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 Canopy Realtor® Association, Canopy Housing Foundation or Canopy MLS, visit www.CarolinaHome.com. 

The Charlotte Regional Realtor^® Association is a trade association that provides its more than 12,200 Realtor^® members 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 Canopy MLS, which has more than 17,800 Subscribers and is the private cooperative Realtors^® use for access to tens of thousands of residential listings in a multi-county service area, including Charlotte, the mountains areas of North Carolina, South Carolina, and beyond.

Original Publish Date: 1/13/2020