Meet the CRS officers for 2017.
The 2017 CRS officers were sworn in during an inauguration ceremony at the Council’s 2016 annual meetings in Orlando on Nov. 5, 2016. Leigh Brown, CRS, Gary Williams, CRS, and Michael Burkhard were installed as president, president-elect and first vice president, respectively.
President Leigh Brown is a broker/owner with RE/MAX Executive Realty in Charlotte, North Carolina. Brown is a third-generation REALTOR® and has been active in real estate for over 13 years. She earned her designation in 2003 and also holds ABR, CIPS and SRES designations. Brown has served in numerous leadership positions at the local, state and national levels.
Michael Burkhard, CRS, and Gary Wiliams, CRS, were sworn in as first vice president and president-elect.
President-elect Gary Williams is a sales agent at Coldwell Banker Burnet Realty in Edina, Minnesota, has been a CRS since 1997 and was CRS of the Year in 2007. Williams has been in real estate in his native Twin Cities area for 28 years. He has several designations alongside his CRS, including ABR, GRI and SRES. He has been actively involved in state and national CRS leadership.
First Vice President Michael Burkhard is managing broker at Bray Real Estate, Grand Junction, Colorado. He is the past president of the Colorado CRS and past MLS chairman of the Grand Junction Area REALTOR® Association. Mike was the Grand Junction Area REALTOR® Association’s REALTOR® of the Year in 2011 and CRS of the Year in 2010. He was the Omega Tau Rho National Association of REALTORS® Medallion of Service recipient in 2011.
The 2017 CRS board gathers on stage at the Inaugural in Orlando, Florida.
New board members include Shawn Cunningham, CRS, broker associate, RE/MAX Advantage in Las Vegas; Stephen Stewart, CRS, broker associate, Edina Realty in Edina, Minnesota; Michael Selvaggio, CRS, broker/owner, Delaware Homes, Inc. in Townsend, Delaware; Mark Shepherd, CRS, broker/owner RE/MAX Unlimited in Layton, Utah; Vinnie Tracey, CRS, VP, United Trading LLC in Denver, Colorado; and Lana Vukovljak, CRS CEO.
