Special Posting
Aliso Viejo, CA,– With 3,460 respondents casting 6,099 votes, the real estate professional community has decided who the Top 25 Most Influential Women are. And what an incredible list of powerful women this list represents.
In theSwanepoel TRENDS Report entitled “Shattered Glass” featuredhow many women had reached leadership positions at national levels.
This trend lit the match to initiate a nationwide flame in search of the Top 100 Most Influential Women in leadership roles in the Real Estate Industry.
A blog post on ActiveRain by best selling author Stefan Swanepoel attracted over 11,000 views. Continued interest fanned the flames that soon expanded to other real estate social networks such as RealTown and Inman Community.
Though the survey was not billed as warranting scientific rigidity, the tremendous response rate and distribution of over 6,000 votes speaks to a strength in collective wisdom about the relative placement of the most influential women in the Top 100 list. Hence the results are being presented in alphabetical order within four group rankings. The Top 25, Top 50 and so on.
Top 25
The top 25 Most Influential Women include a power list of Who’s Who in real estate such as former National Association of REALTORS® Presidents, Dorcas Helfant-Browning (1992) and Sharon Millett (1999); co-founders of large real estate franchises and companies such as Gail Liniger (of REMAX International), Ebby Halliday (of Ebby Halliday Realtors) and Barbara Corcoran (of Corcoran in NY). Also featuring prominently are current presidents and senior executives of large real estate firms such as Helen Hanna Casey (of Howard Hanna Real Estate), Michael Saunders (of Michael Saunders Real Estate) and Virginia Cook (of Virginia Cook Realtors).
The top 25 list, however, also comprises a variety of interesting female leaders that deal with all different walks of the industry such as Avis Wukasch (Board member of the Texas Real Estate Commission), Susie Hale (Frogpond Publishing) and Leslie Appelton-Young (chief economist of the California Association of Realtors). For a photo and full details of all of the Top 25 Most Influential Women click on each person’s name in the list.
Here are the Top 25 in alphabetical order:
- Ann Defries
- Avis Wukasch
- Barbara Corcoran
- Blanche Evans
- Bonnie Mays
- Danielle Kennedy
- Dorcas Helfant-Browning
- Ebby Halliday
- Gail Liniger
- Helen Hanna-Casey
- Joeann Fossland
- Judy Ladeur
- Kelli Todd
- Laurie Janick
- Leslie Appleton-Young
- Margaret Kelly
- Mary Frances Burleson
- Mary Tennant
- Michael Saunders
- Mo Anderson
- Niki Rapattoni
- Rita Santamaria
- Sharon Millett
- Susie Hale
- Virginia Cook
Top 50
The next group of 25 women rounding out the top 50 includes numerous household names in the industry featuring esteemed authors such as Carla Cross and Bernice Ross and well known speakers and trainers such as Laurie Moore-Moore, Barb Schwartz and Dianna Kokoszka. The list is also adorned with numerous presidents of large real estate companies including Kaira Sturdivant Rouda (Real Living), Sherry Chris (Better Homes & Gardens) and Dottie Herman (Prudential Douglas Elliman).
Former NAR past presidents Cathy Whatley (2003) and Pat Vredevoogd Combs (2007), as well as incoming president for 2010, Vicki Cox also made the top 50 list.
The Top 50 (in alphabetical order) are:
- Adorna Carroll
- Amy Chorew
- Andy Capelluto
- Ann Bailey
- Anne Randolph
- Barb Schwarz
- Bernice Ross
- Carla Cross
- Cathy Whatley
- Darity Wesley
- Dianna Kokoszka
- Dottie Herman
- Frances Flynn Thorsen
- Kaira Sturdivant Rouda
- Kim Ades
- Laurie Moore-Moore
- Lenn Harley
- Marilyn Wilson
- Pam O’Connor
- Pat Vredevoogd Combs
- Patti Kouri
- Shari Chase
- Sherry Chris
- Terry Murphy
- Vicki Cox
Top 100
Rounding out the Top 100 Most Influential Women in Real Estate Leadership are (in alphabetical order by first name): Betty Graham, Beverly Faull, Bonnie Erikson, Brenda Casserly, Brenda Shipplett, Carmen Multhauf, Carol Clarke, Claudia Wicks, Darlene Lyons, Debbie Campagnola, Debra Ashwer, Donna Lee Laue, Edith Lank, Frances Martinez Myers, Ilyce Glink, Janet Branton, Jennifer Cummings, Joyce Bea Sterling, Joyce Paron, Judy Moses, Judy Stark, Karel Murray, Kimberly Gorsuch-Bradbury, Laurie Keenan, Lee Pappa, Lois Weis, Lorna Borenstein, Margaret Dixon, Maria Patterson, Mary Doyle Kimball, Mary Umberger, Maureen Mccabe, Nina Cottrell, Pamela Alexander, Pamela Geurds Kabati, Pamela Leibman, Pat Jensen, Patricia Choi, Robin Mueck, Ruth Ann Pepple, Sarah Shoemaker, Sharon Simms, Shelia Bair, Stacey Moncrieff, Sue Doerfler, Susan Johnson, Sylvia Shelnutt, Tami Bonnell and Tara-Nicholle Nelson. Bios of many of the finalists are also listed at www.realestatewiki.com