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Nominate Yourself or a Fellow Member for 2026 Atlanta REALTORS® Leadership
May 16, 2025
Are you interested in having a say in the leadership of your Association? Here is your chance! The Nominating Committee is currently accepting nominations for the Board of Directors.
If you are interested in serving on the Board of Directors in 2026 or nominating another member, click here.
ARA Nomination Form for 2026 Officers & Directors.
Nominations will be accepted until 5:00 pm on June 1st. Once nominations are received, all members nominated will be asked to complete a questionnaire, and those responses will be provided to the members of the Nominating Committee for review. The Nominating Committee meeting will be scheduled in the month of June, and select members will be asked to interview with the Committee following completion of the questionnaire.
Take a look at current Officers and Directors.
If you have any questions, please contact Mary Pope at 404.732.0603 or mary@atlantarealtors.com for more information.
Current Members of the Board of Directors with Terms Expiring this Year
Officers (All officer positions serve for a 1 year term)
President
Chris Burell, Engel & Volkers Atlanta
President-Elect
Quinn Arnau, Ansley Real Estate Christie's International
Vice Presidents
Keith Biggs, Atlanta Fine Homes Sotheby's International Realty
Angel Crayton, 14th & Luke Realty
Mary Beth Lake, Ansley Real Estate
Manny Recinos, Keller Williams Realty Metro Atlanta
Most Immediate Past President
Kelly Thrash, Atlanta Fine Homes Sotheby's International Realty
Directors with terms expiring December 2025
Greg Barnard, Harry Norman REALTORS®
Eboni Killian, Sovereign Realty & Management
Bikel Frenelle, Bikel Frenelle Realty
Matt LaMarsh, Engel & Volkers
Directors with terms expiring December 2026
Angel Crayton, 14th & Luke Realty
Carolyn Garrett, Berkshire Hathaway Home Services Georgia Properties
Blaine Palmer, Atlanta Fine Homes Sotheby's International Realty
Manny Recinos, Keller Williams Realty Metro Atlanta
Terms To Expire December 2027
Vic Collins, Ansley Real Estate
Tori Hughes, Lehigh Realty
Whitney Kennedy, Weichert REALTORS® Prestige Partners
Shanda Laws, eXp Realty, LLC
About the ARA Market Brief
The Atlanta REALTORS® (ARA Market Brief is compiled by First Multiple Listing Service (FMLS) and provides the only regionally focused synopsis of monthly sales and home prices for single-family residential properties. The Market Brief covers the following 11 counties: Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Paulding, and Rockdale.
The data in this report was compiled by First Multiple Listing Service (FMLS). For more information on details of this month's report, please contact the Association at 404.250.0051.
*Each month, the numbers reported for the previous month are updated to reflect additional recordings.
About the Atlanta REALTORS® Association
The Atlanta REALTORS® Association (ARA) has been an instrumental factor in the growth of real estate in the state of Georgia for more than a century. With over 14,000 members, Atlanta is the largest association in Georgia and is considered to be one of the strongest and most successful REALTOR® organizations in the nation. ARA serves as a central source of information for its members, mainly focusing on real estate education, the promotion of professionalism in the industry, and representing REALTORS® members with legislative initiatives to create positive change for the real estate community.
About First Multiple Listing Service
First Multiple Listing Service (FMLS) is the premier data services provider for real estate professionals in Georgia. FMLS was founded in 1957 by a group of Brokers who wanted to share their listings and connect buyers and sellers. Today FMLS is the largest MLS in Georgia & the 4th largest MLS in the United States, serving nearly 54,000 real estate Agents & Brokers. For additional information or to start a discussion about how to partner with FMLS please contact join@fmls.com.