Brooke S. Hunt leads from the heart. The Flower Mound, Texas–based team leader has built a legacy spanning more than three decades of volunteer leadership, culminating in her selection as a 2025 recipient of the National Association of REALTORS® Distinguished Service Award. It’s the highest honor NAR bestows on a member, apart from the presidency, and recognizes an unwavering commitment to the organization and the real estate industry.
At NAR’s June 5 Board of Directors meeting, Hunt was recognized as one of two new DSA winners, along with Jim Cormier of the Twin Cities.
“I was overwhelmed when I found out,” Hunt says. “This has been a really rough year. We lost my mom in February. She was my first broker, and she got her license when I was 11. I always swore I’d never go into real estate because I watched her do it. But when I finally did, I followed in her footsteps.”
And then some.
Hunt has served on nearly every major NAR committee, including multiple terms on the Board of Directors, Executive Committee, Strategic Planning Committee and Leadership Academy Advisory Group. She was vice president of association affairs in 2010 and has mentored countless state and national leaders along the way. “I’ve mentored a majority of the chairs of Texas who came after me,” she says.
Her involvement began on her first day as a member of the Northeast Tarrant County Board of REALTORS® (now part of MetroTex). “I signed up for a committee that very day. Volunteering was just what you did,” she says. Hunt served as local board president in 1999, the same role her mother, Kaye Monts, held in 1991. “We were bookends of the 90s,” Hunt says. More recently, she served as the 2022 president of the Greater Lewisville Association of REALTORS®.
A pivotal moment came leading up to her time as 2009 chair of the Texas REALTORS®. The chair before her fell seriously ill, and Hunt stepped up to represent him at events across the state. “But I made sure everyone knew I was there on his behalf. I honored his role and helped him stay connected with members. That meant a lot to me.”
Her national service has been equally impactful. As NAR vice president during the post-recession era, she was part of a delegation that met with major banks to address the failings of short-sale processing. “We were boots-on-the-ground agents. That made the difference. The banks started listening,” she says.
Hunt credits her ability to connect at all levels of the organization to staying grounded in her work. She and her husband, Michael, who was licensed in 2001, run the Hunt Team at Keller Williams Realty-FM. Their daughter, Emily Bibby, carries the family legacy forward as an agent and REALTOR® association leader in Austin. “I never pushed her,” Hunt says. “She saw what we did and chose it for herself. She loves it.”
A Family Commitment
Indeed, Hunt's story is one of generational service. Her first REALTORS® Legislative Meetings in 1998 included three generations—her mother, herself and 7-year-old Emily. “Being the middle link in a three-generation line of powerful women in this organization—that's what I'm most proud of.”
Known for her fierce honesty and sharp strategic mind, Hunt has served on more than a dozen NAR presidential campaigns. “If you want my opinion, you’re going to get it. I don’t powder puff anything.”
She says leadership is her calling—not only because she thrives in it, but because of the joy she finds in lifting others up. “You don’t become a leader just because you’re elected. I help people fill the gaps so they can lead with purpose.”
Outside of real estate, Hunt is a scuba diver who loves scary movies and playing 1980s rock loud in her convertible. She even created a leadership training class, “The Deep Dive,” based on lessons from scuba diving.
Despite everything she’s accomplished, Hunt is still most energized by what’s ahead. “This is my next family,” she says of the DSA honorees. “I’m just super excited—they’ve opened their arms and welcomed me.”
