HousingWire
There is no denying that Nykia Wright joined the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) at a major inflection point for both the industry and the trade organization.
“The travesty and joke is that the same day I signed my interim CEO contract was the day the verdict (in the Sitzer/Burnett suit) came out,” Wright, the CEO of NAR, told attendees at HousingWire’s The Gathering on Monday morning. “I sort of wanted to pull my contract back across the table, but it appeared that that was not an option, so I had to lean in and sort of figure it out. It has been a whirlwind, but we are putting things in place to make sure we transform this association.”
Wright, who was named NAR’s permanent CEO in August 2024, recently celebrated her 18-month anniversary at the association. She told attendees that much of the past year and a half has been focused on creating her team to help NAR achieve its goal of transformation. “I finally have my senior leadership team in place,” she said. “We are really about to start cooking with grease because we have the team in place and now we have to start.”