| Marki Lemons Ryhal | ReMarkiTable, LLC |  | Marki is a licensed Managing Broker, REALTOR®, avid volunteer, Major Donor, and 6X International Best-Selling Author. She is dedicated to all things real estate. Marki is known for her candid, engaging, and relevant approach to teaching real estate professionals. Her new classes on A.I. and ChatGPT are designed to help real estate professionals stay ahead of the curve and improve their business practices while increasing their ROTI (return on time invested). |
| Elizabeth Mendenhall | Boone Realty |  | A REALTOR from Columbia, Missouri, Elizabeth served as the 2018 President of the National Association of REALTORS. A sixth-generation REALTOR, she is the CEO for RE/MAX Boone Realty and has been in the business since 1996. She has two offices with 170 agents and maintains number one market share in both territories.
As President of the National Association of REALTORS, Elizabeth helped drive bold innovation, specifically aimed at heightening NAR's communications, technology and advocacy strategies. Accomplishments include amplifying real-time member communications, championing fair housing, and positioning REALTORS as technology advocates to further emphasize the critical nature of the role REALTORS play in the industry.
An accomplished speaker, Elizabeth has presented to REALTOR and industry alliances, nationwide and abroad. Elizabeth has earned numerous industry accolades and awards such as the RIS Media 2018 Newsmaker Award, 2017 & 2018 Swanepoel Power 200, Columbia Area Young Professionals Athena Award Inaugural Honoree, and RE/MAX Mid-States Broker Owner of the Year.
Active in her community, Elizabeth served on the board of directors for the Columbia Chamber of Commerce, the local United Way, and Job Point. She also founded and served as the first president of the Mid-Missouri Affiliate for the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation. |
| Tommy Choi | Weinberg Choi Residential |  | Tommy Choi co-founded the Weinberg Choi Residential team in 2007 with his business partner Josh Weinberg. The Weinberg Choi Residential team has sold over 2,000 properties and over $1 billion dollars in sales volume. They are consistently ranked in the top 10 real estate teams in Chicago, which puts them in the Top 1% of Chicago Association of Realtors' top producers. They celebrated the opening of their own Keller Williams brokerage in Chicago in January of 2017. Tommy also served as the 135th president of the Chicago Association of Realtors and the first Korean-American president in the association's 139-year history. He currently serves as the president-elect of the Illinois Realtors. In 2021, he was the Vice President of Association Affairs for the National Association of Realtors. In 2020 he received Realtor of the Year by the Chicago Association of Realtors and was recognized in the 2020 class of Crain’s Business Chicago 40 under 40. |
| Lawrence Yun | Zillow |  | Lawrence Yun is Chief Economist and oversees the Research group at the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®. He supervises and is responsible for a wide range of research activity for the association including NAR's Existing Home Sales statistics, Affordability Index, and Home Buyers and Sellers Profile Report. He regularly provides commentary on real estate market trends for its 1.4 million REALTORS®.
Dr. Yun creates NAR's forecasts and participates in many economic forecasting panels, among them the Blue Chip Council and the Wall Street Journal Forecasting Survey. He also participates in the Industrial Economists Discussion Group at the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University. He appears regularly on financial news outlets, is a frequent speaker at real estate conferences throughout the United States, and has testified before Congress. Dr. Yun has also appeared as a guest on CSPAN's Washington Journal.
Dr. Yun received his undergraduate degree from Purdue University and earned his Ph.D. from the University of Maryland at College Park. |
| Guyla Greenly | Dandelion Leadership Coaching |  | Dr. Guyla Greenly, owner of Dandelion Leadership Coaching, possesses a background in leadership, business, and communications. She is a writer, speaker, coach, and consultant specializing in leadership enrichment. Guyla is a master certified professional of TypeCoach, an adaptive communication tool based on personality type. She is also a certified facilitator of Appreciation at Work, and Toxic Workplace Prevention and Repair.
Guyla worked for 11 years for the Wyoming Association of Realtors, including seven as the CEO. In this role, Guyla developed an excitement for strategic planning, bylaws, policies, procedures, and leadership training and development. Having completed her master’s degree through Regent University, she went on to pursue a doctorate in strategic leadership from that prestigious school of higher learning. She possesses more than 30 years of experience in business and non-profit management. She is certified in non-profit management from the University of Chicago, and is the author of Knock it Off! How to Quit Being a Jerk @ Work.
She desires to help leaders and emerging professionals make more confident decisions, manage stress, and avoid burnout so they are equipped to build impactful teams and create thriving work environments. |
| Nobu Hata | Zillow |  | A real estate industry veteran since 1996, Nobu is a student of real estate sales, marketing, communications trends, consumer trends, social media, and technology in the real estate industry having adapted new school techniques into multiple successful real estate sales businesses. From realtor to NAR director to Association CEO, Nobu is now the Director of Association and Industry Affairs for Zillow Group bringing tactical tips, tricks and advice to help real estate business owners succeed and thrive in the "Age of Amazon." |
