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    Past AEC Chairs

    2024    Theresa Hatton, Massachusetts Association of REALTORS®
    2023    Jessica Coates, Sacramento Association of REALTORS®
    2022    Ryan McLaughlin, Northern Virginia Association of REALTORS®
    2021    Janet Kane, Metrotex Association of REALTORS® 
    2020   John Sebree, Missouri Association of REALTORS® 
    2019    Duncan MacKenzie, New York State Association of REALTORS® 
    2018    Rebecca Grossman, Scottsdale Area Association of REALTORS®
    2017    Mike Theo, Wisconsin REALTORS® Association
    2016    Marc Lebowitz, Tucson Association of REALTORS®
    2015    Jarrod Grasso, New Jersey Association of REALTORS®
    2014    Andrea Bushnell, North Carolina Association of REALTORS®
    2013    Mark Allen, Minneapolis Area Association of REALTORS®
    2012    Ginger Downs, Chicago Association of REALTORS®
    2011    Steve Francks, Washington Association of REALTORS®
    2010    Dave Phillips, Charlottesville Area Association of REALTORS®
    2009    Gary Clayton, Illinois Association of REALTORS®
    2008    Diane M. Ruggiero, Kansas City Regional Association of REALTORS®
    2007    Walt Baczkowski, Metropolitan Consolidated 
    2006    Robert E. Golden, Colorado Association of REALTORS®
    2005    Keith Holm, St. Paul Area Association of REALTORS®
    2004    Cindy Butts, Maine Association of REALTORS®.
    2003    Robert N. Authier, Virginia Association of REALTORS®
    2002    James A. Link, Southland Regional Association of REALTORS®
    2001    Benny McMahan, Texas Association of REALTORS®
    2000    Teresa King Kinney, REALTOR® Association of Greater Miami and the Beaches
    1999    Travis Kessler, Greater Fort Worth Association of REALTORS®
    1998    Gar Anderson, Vermont Association of REALTORS®
    1997    Christine M. Todd, Northern Virginia Association of REALTORS®
    1996    James R. Manke, Minnesota Association of REALTORS®
    1995    Roy Currie, Charlotte Area Board of REALTORS®
    1994    Malcolm Young, Louisiana REALTORS® Association
    1993    Marilyn Moran, District of Columbia Association of REALTORS®
    1992    Donald Freels, Michigan Association of REALTORS®
    1991    George Patt, Southwest Suburban Board of REALTORS®
    1990    James T. Sawyer, Texas Association of REALTORS®
    1989    M. B. Cutler, San Jose Real Estate Board
    1988    William Malkasian, Wisconsin REALTORS® Association
    1987    Eugene Snavley, Cincinnati Board of REALTORS®
    1986    Ty Strout, Missouri Association of REALTORS®
    1985    John Osta, Greater Syracuse Board of REALTORS®
    1984    William Cozart, Arizona Association of REALTORS®
    1983    Al Unser, Indiana Association of REALTORS®
    1982    Betty Strickland, Miami Board of REALTORS®
    1981    William Lippold, Florida Association of REALTORS®
    1980    Charles M. Staro, New York Association of REALTORS®
    1979    Almon R. Smith, Ohio Association of REALTORS®
    1978    Tom D. Morton, Houston Board of REALTORS®
    1977    James L. Bichsel, North Carolina Association of REALTORS®
    1976    Milton H. Shaw, Massachusetts Association of REALTORS®
    1975    Robert F. Ferguson, Jr., New Jersey Association of REALTORS®
    1974    Andrew F. Hickey, Boston Board of REALTORS®
    1973    Frank Rogers, Cincinnati Board of REALTORS®
                Richard J. Loughlin, San Francisco Real Estate Board
    1972    Larry Robertson, Metropolitan Tulsa Board of REALTORS®
    1971    Dorothy R. Chamberlain, Whittier District Board of REALTORS® 
    1970    Robert L. Reitman, Milwaukee Board of REALTORS®
    1969    Robert S. Elwell, Real Estate Board of Rochester
    1968    Charles W. Welch, Louisville Board of REALTORS®
    1967    Robert E. Cook, Illinois Association of REALTORS®
    1966    Kenneth L. Sampson, Toledo Board of REALTORS®
    1965    C. W. Hammond, Real Estate Board of Greater Baltimore
    1964    Frank E. McKeown, Real Estate Board of New York
    1963    Robert H. Schott, San Jose Real Estate Board
    1962    Charles J. Astrup, Akron Area Board of REALTORS®
    1961    John L. Baswell, Alabama Real Estate Association
    1960    W. J. B. Schimfessel, Arizona Association of REALTORS®
    1959    Earl S. Anderson, Los Angeles Realty Board
    1958    John E. Teller, Philadelphia Board of REALTORS®
    1957    Frank J. Loren, Real Estate Board of Kansas City
    1956    Ervin W. Luedtke, Texas Real Estate Association
    1955    Wesley P. Stevens, New Jersey Association of Real Estate Boards
    1954    Barbara Moss, Long Beach Board of REALTORS®
    1953    Erle Stapleton, North Carolina Association of Real Estate Boards
    1952    Milton H. Strouse, Pennsylvania Real Estate Association
    1951    Katherine McPherson, Long Island Real Estate Board
    1950    Phil E. Berg, Colorado Association of Real Estate Boards
    1949    Jones W. Mersereau, Real Estate Board of New York
    1948    Raymond D. Smith, San Francisco Real Estate Board
    1947    Ralph W. Martin, Chicago Real Estate Board
    1946    Margaret K. Stewart, Colorado Association of Real Estate Boards
    1945    Ray Hofford, New York State Association of Real Estate Boards
    1944    A. R. Saunders, Michigan Real Estate Association
    1943    Leonard Downie, Chicago Real Estate Board
    1942    C. Philip Pitt, Real Estate Board of Baltimore
    1941    Richard F. Harding, Utah State Realty Association
    1940    J. J. Roache, Milwaukee Real Estate Board
    1939    Phil W. McMahon, Tulsa Real Estate Board
    1938    Charles J. Rush, Washington (D.C.) Real Estate Board
    1937    Harry J. Mohlman, Cincinnati Real Estate Board
    1936    J. Roland Brady, Pittsburgh Real Estate Board
    1935    Harry G. Benton, Minneapolis Real Estate Board
    1934    Harry G. Benton, Minneapolis Real Estate Board
    1933    E. A. Sandler, Real Estate Board of Kansas City
    1932    Clarence C. Lang, St. Louis Real Estate Exchange
    1931    Charles E. Lee, Boston Real Estate Exchange
    1930    John N. D. Griffith, San Diego Realty Board
    1929    Frank B. Bicknell, Cleveland Real Estate Board
    1928    Perry O. Powell, Milwaukee Real Estate Board
    1927    Walter L. Greene, Miami Realty Board
    1926    Walter L. Greene, Miami Realty Board
    1925    J. L. Wallace, Jacksonville Real Estate Board
    1924    Thomas L. Healy, Real Estate Board of Kansas City
    1923    Walter S. Bigelow, Cleveland Real Estate Board

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