RE/MAX affiliates from offices across the seven-county metro Chicago real estate market recently earned career awards from RE/MAX, the leading international real estate organization. The awards were based on the agents’ continued success in the metropolitan Chicago real estate market, one of the most competitive arenas in the nation for real estate professionals.
RE/MAX affiliates are eligible to receive awards marking important professional milestones during their career with RE/MAX. These career honors include the Hall of Fame, Lifetime Achievement Award and Circle of Legends awards, which are distinct from the honors that agents can earn each year for their annual sales production.
Recently, four agents received the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award, which goes to those who have been part of the worldwide RE/MAX network for at least seven years and have completed 1,000 or more real estate transactions during that time.
Membership in the RE/MAX Hall of Fame was conferred on 36 others. Hall of Fame inductees have closed more than 350 transactions while affiliated with RE/MAX.
Grouped geographically, here are names and offices of those recently honored for career achievement:
City of Chicago
Inducted into the Hall of Fame were Juanita Flores of RE/MAX 10; William Grossman and Dena Rychtanek of RE/MAX Vision 212; Corina Moradi of RE/MAX Signature and Andrzej Swiderski of RE/MAX City.
North Suburbs
Val Napadov of RE/MAX Villager, Glenview, received the Lifetime Achievement Award. Membership in the RE/MAX Hall of Fame went to Donna Radke, RE/MAX Center, Grayslake; Karen Ginn, RE/MAX Showcase, Gurnee; Alise Ander and Anita Sullivan, RE/MAX Suburban, Libertyville, and Oleg Moldavsky, RE/MAX United, Wheeling.
Northwest Cook Suburbs and McHenry County
Basel Tarabein of RE/MAX At Home, Rolling Meadows, received the Lifetime Achievement Award. Membership in the RE/MAX Hall of Fame went to Pamela Jacobs, RE/MAX of Barrington; Sergio Cardoso and Halina Verzani, RE/MAX Countryside, Hoffman Estates; Heidi Engel, RE/MAX Suburban, Mount Prospect; Rita O’Connor and Peter Ogurek, RE/MAX Unlimited Northwest, Palatine, and John Reinert, RE/MAX Unlimited Northwest, Crystal Lake.
West Cook Suburbs and DuPage County
Jane McClelland of RE/MAX in the Village, Realtors, Oak Park, received the Lifetime Achievement Award. Membership in the RE/MAX Hall of Fame went to Mohammed Misbahuddin and Susan Rogus, RE/MAX All Pro, Bloomingdale; Darlene Campione, RE/MAX Elite, Darien; Donna Glazer, RE/MAX Enterprises, Downers Grove; Carolyn Kenna, RE/MAX Elite, Hinsdale; Peggy Bolger and William White, RE/MAX of Naperville, Naperville, and Jennifer Conte and Cathleen Michaels, RE/MAX Professionals Select, Naperville.
South Cook Suburbs and Will County
Inducted into the RE/MAX Hall of Fame were Milton Payton, RE/MAX South Suburban, Flossmoor; Louise O’Connor and MaryEllen Pickering, RE/MAX TEAM 2000, Orland Park; Jason Vander Meer, RE/MAX 10, Palos Park; Carol Boland, RE/MAX Realty of Joliet, Joliet; Lynn Johnson, RE/MAX All Properties, New Lenox; Chelo Mendez, RE/MAX Professionals Bolingbrook, and Lisa Mulcahy, RE/MAX Professionals South, Plainfield.
Kane County
Jay Rodgers of RE/MAX Excels, Geneva, received the Lifetime Achievement Award. Membership in the RE/MAX Hall of Fame went to Tim Neal, RE/MAX Horizon, Elgin, and Kathy Brothers, RE/MAX Excels, Geneva.
“These outstanding agents all exemplify the commitment to client service that has made RE/MAX the real estate leader in the metro Chicago region. We wish each of them congratulations and continued success,” said Jim Merrion, regional director of the RE/MAX Northern Illinois real estate network.
RE/MAX has been the leader in the northern Illinois real estate market since 1989. The RE/MAX Northern Illinois network consists of 2,300 associates and 110 individually owned and operated RE/MAX offices that provide a full range of brokerage services throughout the northern one-third of Illinois. Its www.illinoisproperty.com and www.remax.com websites are leaders in consumer visits among real estate brokerage brands. The northern Illinois network is part of RE/MAX LLC, a global real estate organization with 91,000 sales associates in 83 nations.