Meet the Speakers

Pamela Banks 2021 President, Women's Council of REALTORS®

Pamela Banks lives in Unincorporated Palm Beach County, near Wellington, Florida. She has lived in Florida for a ve...

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Amy DeBellis Director of Training, Prominent Properties Sotheby’s International Realty

Amy DeBellis joins Prominent Properties Sotheby’s International Realty with a combined 26 years’ experience as a re...

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BettyLou DeCroce Assemblywoman

Assemblywoman BettyLou DeCroce is a distinguished legislator with extensive local and state government experience,...

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Sara Fagen Chief Executive Officer, Deep Root Analytics

Sara Fagen serves as the CEO of Deep Root Analytics, a leading analytics and technology company that partners with...

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Barry Goodman NJ REALTORS® General Counsel

Mr. Goodman serves as general counsel for the New Jersey Realtors. He focuses his practice in commercial litigatio...

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Jarrod Grasso Chief Executive Officer, NJ REALTORS®

As chief executive officer, Jarrod C. Grasso leads NJ Realtors® in its mission to serve the professional needs of i...

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Lucinda Guinn Former Vice President of Campaigns, EMILY’s List

Lucinda Guinn is a seasoned strategist who brings years of experience in campaign management, progressive organizat...

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Christine Hansen Broker-Owner, Century 21 Hansen Realty

Christine E. Hansen, a REALTOR® for more than 30 years, was the 2020 Vice President of Advocacy for the National As...

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Cyndee Haydon Broker Associate, Future Home Realty, Inc.

Cyndee Haydon is a native Floridian who worked for IBM in many places including Philadelphia and New Jersey until I...

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Ilene Horowitz Past President, New Jersey REALTORS®

Ilene Horowitz, ABR, AHWD, a Realtor® with Coldwell Banker in Mountain Lakes, has been a Realtor® for more than 23...

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Jeff Jones President, NJ REALTORS®

Jones, a Realtor® since 1983, is the Broker Owner of Amerisource Realty Network, LLC in Parsippany, a commercial re...

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Nick Manis First Vice President, NJ REALTORS®

Manis was New Jersey Realtors® Treasurer in 2018 and 2019, and has held roles as a Division Officer since 2014. In...

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Shannon McGahn Chief Advocacy Officer, National Association of REALTORS®

Shannon McGahn is the Chief Advocacy Officer for the National Association of REALTORS®, which represents more than...

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Carmen Mercado Affordable Lending Business Development Manager, Freddie Mac

Carmen Mercado is the Affordable Lending Business Development Manager for Freddie Mac, in charge of building awaren...

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Rebecca Moll Freed Partner, Genova Burns

Rebecca Moll Freed is a Partner in the Genova Burns Newark, NJ office and Chair of the Corporate Political Activity...

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Kathleen Morin Treasurer, NJ REALTORS®

Morin currently serves as a New Jersey Realtors® Educational Foundation Trustee, NJ RPAC Trustee, and is the Profes...

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Austin Perez Senior Policy Representative – Federal Housing, Valuation, Insurance and Commercial Issues, National Association of REALTORS®

Austin Perez is Senior Policy Representative for Insurance Issues with the National Association of REALTORS®. In th...

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Brenda Richmond 2021 Women's Council of REALTORS®-New Jersey President

Brenda is a Broker-Associate with Keller Williams Realty-The Brenda Richmond Group, operating her real estate bus...

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Leslie Rouda Smith 2021 President-elect, National Association of REALTORS®

Leslie Rouda Smith (ABR®, CRS®, PMN, CRB, e-PRO®, CIPS, AHWD, C2EX), a REALTOR® for 35 years from Plano, Texas, is...

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M. Teresa Ruiz Senator

M. Teresa Ruiz was elected to the New Jersey State Senate in 2007 as the first Puerto Rican and re-elected in 2011,...

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Angela Sicoli Immediate Past President, NJ REALTORS®

Sicoli, ABR, became a Realtor® in 1983 and the Broker/Owner of Century 21 Award Agency in Nutley in 1986. She serve...

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John Sousa Outreach Account Manager, NJ Clean Energy Program

Sustainability Professional with over 6 years of proven experience in energy efficiency, sustainability consulting,...

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Diane Traverso Broker-Owner, NextHome Nexus Real Estate Group

Diane is the Broker-Owner of NextHome Nexus Realty Group in Toms River. She has been a full-time real estate agent...

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Ryan A. H. Weyandt CEO, LGBTQ+ Real Estate Alliance

Ryan is proud to be the CEO and a Co-Founder of The LGBTQ+ Real Estate Alliance. He served nearly a decade in the...

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Robert White President-Elect, NJ REALTORS®

White is a lifelong resident of Monmouth County, became a Realtor® in 2001 and earned his broker’s license in 2005....

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Kim Zwiener Broker/Owner, Sellstate Empire Realty

Kim Zwiener is the Broker/Owner for Sellstate Empire Realty, a 100% local (Lincoln, Nebraska), woman owned company....

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