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Gail Anderson Gail Anderson received her undergraduate degree and law degree (cum laude) from the University of Illinois in 1985. Ms. Anderson represents developers, lenders, real estate brokers, title companies, and other businesses. She is a past chairperson of the Real Property Law Section of the State Bar. Ms. Anderson has authored numerous articles in the Michigan Real Property Review and is a frequent lecturer on real property law matters for both the Real Property Law Section and the Institute of Continuing Legal Education.
 Nancy is one of America's most ‘asked back' speakers to conferences such asthe Million Dollar Round Table; PCMA; National Association of Mortgage Brokers; International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association; Air Conditioning Contractors of America; Tom Hopkins Sales Boot Camp plus many others.
She has appeared on programs with such giants as General Colin Powell, Ken Blanchard, Bobby Knight, Lou Holtz and many others. It’s a perfect fit for owners, managers and top-level executives. Her style is dynamic and laugh-out-loud funny. Feedback ratings from attendees are off the charts. Her sales and service background allows Nancy to bring a most successful program to audiences all over the world.
Nancy is the founder and president of Telephone Doctor, a St. Louis based international customer service and communication skills training company and was selected as one of the 25 Most Influential Business Women in St. Louis. Nancy is a frequent guest on top TV and radio talk shows (OPRAH, TODAY SHOW, CBS THIS MORNING, GOOD MORNING AMERICA, CNN and FOX NEWS to name a few).
She is the author of hundreds of articles in leading newspapers and magazines, including “Manager’s Journal” in the WALL STREET JOURNAL. Nancy is also the author of 6 best selling books on customer service & communication skills.
 In 1993 she founded and operated Innovative Funding, a corporate and non-profit resource partner collaborating with leaders of corporations and non-profit organizations. In 1997, she joined forces with J.P. Weigand & Sons, Inc., in Wichita, Kansas specializing in residential real estate. After completing a Masters Degree in Business Administration in 2000, she became an adjunct instructor for her alma mater followed by a real estate instructor for Career Education Systems in Kansas City. Upon relocating to Colorado, Chandra serves as a real estate educator and instructor trainer at Kaplan Professional Schools in Colorado Springs and Denver. In 2008, Chandra was awarded the prestigious Distinguished Real Estate Instructor (DREI) designation.
In addition to being a CRS instructor, Chandra also teaches GRI and ABR courses for real estate groups across the nation. She is the managing broker/owner of Colorado Mesa Realty, LLC, is successful in several aspects of real estate--from residential resale to land development and building new homes--and has been recognized as the designer and creative consultant on three award winning Parade Homes in Colorado Springs.
Born an identical twin, Chandra appreciates the power of individual differences. She uses this belief to help others identify their natural abilities and create more of what they desire both personally and professionally. Her passion is to assist others in recognizing their unlimited potential and unique purpose in life. Through an engaging presentation style combining humor, knowledge, and motivation, audience members discover: Innovation + Implementation = The Realization of What is Possible.
 Steve Harney is the leading expert in negotiation and leadership training for residential real estate professionals. His 20 year history of success began as a top performing residential Realtor before he steadily built his own 500 agent real estate firm. It was during that process that he established his method for raising average sales agents and managers to the level of top performers. Recognizing this industry-wide need, he set out to help REALTORS® achieve their true potential, and launched Steve Harney, Inc., his own brand of training and negotiation seminars. Also, Steve Harney authors the popular monthly Keeping Current Matters™ audio visual report for top agents and managers, and travels the country as an industry speaker and trainer in high demand.
G. William JamesWilliam is one of the nation’s leading trainers on Treo Smartphones and handhelds for real estate professionals. He has addressed numerous NAR conferences since 2004 as the keynote presenter on Treo Smartphones for real estate. More about G. William James...
Since October 2000, Tim Kent has served as the chief executive officer for the 37,000-member North Carolina Association of REALTORS® with offices in Greensboro and Raleigh.
Prior to joining the REALTOR® organization, Tim spent 10 years as the chief executive officer of the American Institute of Architects, North Carolina Chapter. He served as the executive assistant to the Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives following a distinguished 13-year career in television news. Tim was named North Carolina Television Journalist of the Year in 1986 by the Radio-Television News Directors Association of the Carolinas and won first place for Best Reporting in 1988 from United Press International.
Tim has received the Certified Association Executive (CAE) designation from the American Society of Association Executives and the Center for Association Leadership. He was the 1995-1996 president of Association Executives of North Carolina and received the Outstanding CEO Award from AENC in 1997. Tim is an accomplished public speaker on issues affecting leadership, political action and the housing industry.
In a state with nearly 800 registered lobbyists, Tim is currently ranked as the 11th most effective lobbyist in North Carolina by the NC Center of Public Policy Research. The ranking is done every two years in a survey of legislators, news reporters and lobbyists.
Brian Kirksey
 Mr. Kirksey’s professional experience spans over nine years and includes increasingly responsible positions that have demanded his time, attention, and a highly sensitive articulation to detail. He has specialized in Real Estate Appraising as an Independent Fee Appraiser since 1997. He has prepared over 5,000 real estate appraisals rendering opinions of value in consultation and appraisal of many types of real property including one to four family residential, condominiums, commercial, industrial, and vacant land for individuals, attorneys, corporations, builders, real estate brokers, banks, mortgage companies, credit unions, relocation companies, and agencies of local, state and federal governments.
 Tom Kotzian is an experienced manager with an extensive background in real estate. Tom is a certified instructor and administrator in professional standards for the National Association of REALTORS®. Tom is a past-president of the Metropolitan Consolidated Association of REALTORS®, REALTOR®-of-the-Year and past Chairman of the State of Michigan Board of Real Estate Brokers & Salespersons. He was also the Birmingham-Bloomfield WCR Member-of-the-Year.
 Jackie Leavenworth, owner, has a business background in real estate. Licensed in 1984, Jackie has earned her ABR, CRB, CRS and GRI designations. Jackie was named Cleveland Area Board of REALTORS® "Instructor of the Year" in 1995 and "REALTOR of the Year" in 1996. She is the author, developer and trainer for many business and real estate courses. Jackie is a Senior CRS (Council of Residential Specialists) instructor traveling all over the United States where she is known for her knowledge, humor and creativity. Jackie is continually learning and growing from each new experience. Jackie also instructs GRI, Ohio’s Graduate Realtor Institute courses and the ABR, Accredited Buyer Representative designation courses for the national Real Estate Buyer Agent Council.
Karl LePan
Karl LePan is a business professional with over 23 years of experience in a wide variety of consumer, industrial, technology, and financial industries; he is now the President/CEO of the Northeast Indiana Innovation Park, a high tech, high touch 55-acre campus dedicated to accelerating the growth of innovatiove companies.
Greg McClelland
 Greg McClelland acts as primary outside general counsel to the Michigan Association of REALTORS®, and as counsel for numerous local REALTOR® Boards and Associations. He authors a regular article in the Michigan REALTOR® and the Michigan Home Builders Association News and has acted as litigation counsel for associations, developers, general contractors, owners, and businesses for the past 20 years in bankruptcy, state, and federal courts and has testified as an expert witness with respect to real estate and business practices and litigation. Mr. McClelland received his law degree magna cum laude from the University of Illinois in 1978 and served in the United States Marine Corp from 1969 to 1972.
Stephen Pacinelli began his career with Top Producer in July 2000. Over the past 9 years, Stephen has delivered presentations to thousands of REALTORS® on the benefits of Sales Automation and how Top Producer enables you to build a powerful and robust “book of business.” As one of Top Producer’s Senior Regional Associates, Stephen meets with REALTORS® daily, allowing him to understand what is needed to succeed in this competitive industry. His vast knowledge of the Top Producer suite of products and his ability to deliver tips and ideas that will benefit even the most seasoned REALTORS® gives him the edge in creating a comfortable, informative environment.
Margo Rosenthal
Margo Rosenthal is an attorney, licensed to practice in the state of Michigan.She is an Account Executive for Investment Property Exchange Services, Inc for Michigan . IPX is the premier Qualified Intermediary for IRC Section 1031 tax deferred exchange transactions. Margo is a frequent speaker on 1031 Exchanges, having done seminars for ICLE (Institute of Continuing Legal Education), Homeward Bound Series, Continuing Education for CPAs and for groups of attorneys and brokers. She has also published a chapter on Title Insurance for the Michigan Residential Real Estate Transaction Book published by ICLE (Institute of Continuing Legal Education)
Daniel Rothamel Daniel is a licensed real estate agent in the Commonwealth of Virginia and a member of the National Association of REALTORS®. As such, he adheres to a strict code of ethics and all laws with regard to equal housing. A REALTOR® for Strong Team REALTORS® in Palmyra, Va., Rothamel is what you might call a social media butterfly — he is a text and video blogger, and he also uses Twitter, flickr and online chat to expand his virtual presence. His Real Estate Zebra blog site offers commentary on industry issues, marketing and his local community. He is also the Community Manager at Inman News, the industry leader in real estate-related news and information. His purpose in that role is to get industry professionals involved with discussing and changing the industry. Inman’s focus on technology and real estate is a unique and refreshing perspective.
Karen RyanKaren L Ryan has been a tax consultant for the past 25 years. She received a Bachelor of Science from Indiana University. She has obtained many credentials and certifications, which include: Enrolled agent, Investment Representative, Certified Senior Advisor, and Real Estate Broker, ePRO.
 There isn't a time when Rich Sands doesn't remember being in the teaching business. For fifteen years he brought out the best in high school students, for sixteen years he educated his Buyers and Sellers and between 2000and Jan 2009,he was the Director of Education at Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in Colorado.As a CRS and GRI instructor he is a master at preparing real estate professionals for the challenges of a fast moving, rapidly changing business environment. Sands was accepted to the CRS faculty in 2004 to teach CRS 201 Listing Strategies and later the 202 Sales Strategies course. He is certified to teach "At Home with Diversity," the Coldwell Banker Negotiating Skills Specialist and E-Marketing courses, as well as being a facilitator for both Integrity Coaching and Integrity Selling. He has been a featured speaker at the Coldwell Banker International Business Conference in 2005 and 2007, the Cincinnati West Shell Passport to Success, the North Carolina Realtor Rally, CB Gundaker as well as the Coldwell Banker Global Management Summit in 2007, the Arizona Association of REALTORS® mid winter Conferenceand others. Sands currently teaches the country's hottest new class the Certified Negotiation Expert course.
Lisa Scoble 
Lisa has managed the Real Estate Errors and Omissions program for Pearl Insurance since 1994. In addition to her responsibilities in Michigan, she is currently Pearl’s VP of National Sales, managing Pearl’s outside Real Estate E&O sales force.
Lisa has also held her Real Estate license in Michigan for over 10 years in an effort to keep abreast of issues in the Real Estate market. She has been a licensed Michigan insurance producer for over 15 years with licenses in Property and Casualty, Life and Health, Excess and Surplus Lines as well as an Administrative Service Assistant License. She is also a graduate of Dale Carnegie and has served as a Graduate Assistant to the program.
Michael UrbanMichael has been with Rural Development for 1 year as an Area Specialist. Prior to joining Rural Development he worked for Wells Fargo Home Mortgage as a Wholesale Account Executive and Wholesale Area Manager. He has over 7 years of mortgage experience which includes experience in originating, underwriting and processing.
Will Weaver
Will Weaver is a National Real Estate Educator, Professional Real Estate Speaker and Real Estate Agent. Will Weaver has been in the Real Estate Business for the past 10+ years. He has traveled across this country for the past year and a half educating other Real Estate Agents how to help homeowner’s avoid Foreclosure. His articles have been published in RisMedia, Real Trends, Broker Agent News, Houston Realtor Mag, Quoted by “Realtor Mag”.
Trevor Winterowd
Trevor Winterowd is a graduate of Michigan State University with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Marketing. Mr. Winterowd currently works as a Business Development Representative for the Michigan State Housing Development Authority, and markets the Single Family Housing Program to lending institutions, real estate professionals, non profit agencies, governmental entities, and employers. Trevor previously worked with MSHDA’s Homeownership Counseling Program, in the Division of Homeownership, providing direction and program support to housing counselors. Mr. Winterowd has worked in the Division of Homeownership since November of 2001, and also has done web design for MSHDA’s Lender On-line website, and public website.
 Andrew Wooten is the President of Safety Awareness Firearms Education (S.A.F.E.), and has been in the safety and security industry for the past twenty-four years. His platform successes have led him to the creation of Crime Awareness Prevention Seminars (C.A.P.S.). He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration and a Master in Education Administration. Mr. Wooten’s experience consists of education and training in crime prevention and security management that has earned him many professional certifications in his field. He is considered to be an expert in the fields of safety and security, crime and loss prevention, and specializes in the anticipation, recognition, and prevention of crime on most property types. He has earned a solid reputation for conceiving solutions that are practical, reasonable, and effective. Throughout his career he has developed cost effective security programs for numerous small, medium, and large commercial properties and for many known corporations. He has provided safety programs internationally since 1984 and has conducted over six thousand training programs worldwide. Andrew’s philosophy is “A person’s best weapon is themselves: their mind, voice, and body”.
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