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Eight REALTORS® were honored Monday for reaching the $25,000 milestone for lifetime aggregate contributions to the REALTORS® Political Action Committee (RPAC), and three others for attaining $50,000.
Illinois REALTORS® celebrated the achievements of these members during a reception at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library. Those reaching the $25,000 mark will be inducted into the NAR RPAC Hall of Fame at the REALTORS® Legislative Meetings & Trade Expo in Washington, D.C., in mid-May:
- Michael Golden, co-founder of @properties in Chicago (Chicago Association of REALTORS®),
- Jeff Gregory, owner-managing broker of Realty Executives Success in Shorewood (Three Rivers Association of REALTORS®),
- Sheryl Grider Whitehurst, broker for RE/MAX Traders Unlimited of Peoria (Peoria Area Association of REALTORS®),
- Rebecca Jensen of Midwest Real Estate Data,
- Carol Meinhart, broker for RE/MAX Choice of Champaign (Champaign County Association of REALTORS®),
- Ezekiel (Zeke) Morris, operating principal of the Morris Group, Century 21 Affiliated of Hyde Park (Chicago Association of REALTORS®),
- Patricia Palzet-Taylor, broker associate at RE/MAX Plaza in Wauconda (Mainstreet Organization of REALTORS®) and
- Karen Robertson, broker associate at Spring Realty in Joliet (Three Rivers Association of REALTORS®).
Those reaching the $50,000 mark are:
- Ginger Downs, CEO, Chicago Association of REALTORS®;
- Nancy Suvarnamani, founder of Century 21 SGR in Chicago and
- Al Suguitan, retired AE of Greater Gateway Association of REALTORS®.
