Awards

The criteria, which will be considered in the selection process, are:

  1. Eligible individuals include all REALTOR® members -- owners, managers, salespeople, including current Association officers, directors and past award recipients. The current association President and members of the REALTOR® of the Year Committee are not eligible.
  2. Professional Ethics & Practice -- is faithful to the principles of organized real estate, laws and regulations of the Association and Code of Ethics; sets an example of sound real estate practices; and promotes cooperation among fellow REALTORS®.
  3. Extraordinary leadership and participation in the Capital Area Association of REALTORS®, Illinois Association of REALTORS®, and National Association of REALTORS®, and its affiliated and other related trade organizations.
  4. Active Involvement in Civic, Service & Community Organizations.

Past Recipients:

  • Gail M. Wanless (1983)
  • Leonard W. Sapp (1984)
  • Marthann Sescleifer (1985)
  • Randall C. Raynolds (1986)
  • Julie Davis (1987)
  • J. Barry Johnson (1988)
  • Ronald D. Ladley (1989)
  • Phillip B. Gebben (1990)
  • Martin Baptist (1991)
  • Rita Victor (1992)
  • William Furling (1993)
  • Cynthia Nagle (1994)
  • William B. Thomas (1995)
  • Bonnie VanDerSlik (1996)
  • Marggie Zimmerman (1997)
  • Clark E. ABud@ Denton (1998)
  • Allan Young (1999)
  • Joseph Metzger (2000)
  • Mike Buscher (2001)
  • ​Ron Duff (2002)
  • Patrick Regan (2003)
  • Barbara Krueger (2004)
  • Rick Hanselman (2005)
  • Gail Chevalier Zini (2006)
  • Cheryl Dambacher (2007)
  • Peter Steward (2008)
  • Ed Mahoney (2009)
  • Steve Contri (2010)
  • Phil Chiles (2011)
  • Nancy Long (2012)
  • Susan Madison (2013)
  • Kristie DeBrun (2014)
  • Todd Musso (2015)
  • Mike Buscher (2016)
  • Mike Oldenettel (2017)
  • Steve Myers (2018)
  • Cindy Nagle (2019)
  • Kyle Killebrew (2020)
  • Nicholas Campo (2021)
  • Debra Sarsany (2022)
  • Dominic Campo (2023)