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Former Peoria Area Association of REALTORS® CEO Dallas Hancock qualified for the REALTOR® Political Action Committee (RPAC) Hall of Fame in 2019.
Hancock was one of nine Illinois REALTORS® honored during a virtual ceremony April 23. She and seven of her colleagues qualified for Hall of Fame induction by the end of 2019 after reaching $25,000 in lifetime aggregate investments during their careers.
“I invest in RPAC because it does make a difference,” says Hancock, who retired in December 2019 after serving as association executive for more than 34 years. “What prompted me to invest in RPAC as a young association executive were the association executives who mentored me, and the information provided by the Illinois REALTORS® explaining how RPAC assisted our lobbyists.”
In 2018, Hancock became general manager of the RMLS Alliance regional MLS. She served on numerous committees for Illinois REALTORS® and the National Association of REALTORS®. She earned the RCE designation, too. Significant achievements included receiving the Illinois REALTORS® Rhino Award and her induction into the NAR Dr. Almon R. “Bud” Smith Association Executive Leadership Society.
She has been a Major Investor 16 years and a member of the President’s Circle three years. In 2019, she was a Sustaining Crystal R.
Other inductees included:
- Deborah Ahrens, a broker for Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Elite Properties in Edwardsville and Dolan Realtors in Union, Mo.
- Nicholas H. Apostal, a broker for Keller Williams Chicago-Lincoln Park;
- Matthew Farrell, managing partner and designated managing broker for Urban Real Estate in Chicago;
- Michael Maloof, president of Jim Maloof Realty, Inc. in Peoria;
- Mark Massey, broker for Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Elite Properties in Edwardsville;
- Georgia Pierini, broker for Baird & Warner Residential Sales in Glenview; and
- Deborah Prodehl, Eastern Region Vice President for Coldwell Banker The Real Estate Group of Homer Glen.
In addition, an Illinois member of the RPAC Hall of Fame reached the $50,000 milestone in lifetime aggregate investments: Greg St. Aubin, senior vice president of governmental affairs, Illinois REALTORS®.
Illinois REALTORS® annually recognizes new inductees in Springfield before they are officially inducted into the National Association of REALTORS® RPAC Hall of Fame in Washington, D.C. The names of all nine REALTORS® will be placed on the Hall of Fame Wall at the Illinois REALTORS® headquarters and the national ceremony will be scheduled in the future.
(This is the fourth in a series of articles about nine Illinois REALTORS® members who in 2019 reached significant milestones in lifetime aggregate RPAC investments.)
