Matt Silver, a top real estate agent with Rubloff Residential Properties, has been named Dean of the Illinois Association of Realtors (IAR) Realtor Institute. The IAR Realtor Institute, which provides educational programs designed to increase the knowledge of real

Gary Davis was awarded a Presidential Citation by the Home Builders Association of Greater Chicago. The award was given at the organization’s annual Installation Dinner, held Jan. 19, 2008 at the Westin North Shore. Davis was recognized by 2007

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage announced that the Matt Garrison Group was ranked as the No. 9 team nationwide by transaction sides and No. 25 by sales volume in 2006, according to the second annual “Real Estate Top 200,” a

Warren Habib has been appointed chief financial officer and senior vice president of Baird & Warner. Habib has more than 21 years of success in finance and process management. Habib comes from HSBC where he held a number of

Stephanie Rosley joined Century 21 Sussex & Reilly’s Lincoln Square office at 4762 N. Lincoln Ave. She entered real estate 12 years ago and is currently a broker and studying for the GRI designation. Rosley was formerly managing broker

Weichert, Realtors-Monarque Properties, located at 20 W. Jefferson St. in Naperville, has added Susan Casas to its sales roster as a specialist in residential sales. She serves north Naperville and surrounding areas as a member of the Mainstreet Organization

Carmen B. Krushas has been named director of marketing, and Craig Orth has been named customer relations manager at the Belgravia Group. The announcement was made by Alan D. Lev, the company’s president. Krushas comes to the Chicago-based home

Education/Background: HORNER: Undergraduate degree in finance and banking from Northwestern University and an MBA from New York University, with an emphasis in finance SHIHADEH: Bachelor of Science degree with an emphasis in structural engineering from the University of Illinois

Education: Bachelor of Science and Architecture from Chicago Technical College, class of 1971 Work Experience: After working for Walgreens Corporation and Austin Engineering Co., Rich Pietranek Sr. took his first residential development job with Miller Builders as a construction

Installation ceremonies for the Illinois Association of Realtor officers were conducted at the Illinois Association of Realtors Convention at the Drury Lane Conference Center in Oakbrook Terrace. Kay Wirth, ABR, CRS, GRI, LTG, PMN, has been installed as the

Local entrepreneur, Steven Gramarossa has acquired two RE/MAX franchise offices in Kane County: RE/MAX Professionals West of Elgin and the RE/MAX office in Elburn. The office in Elburn has been renamed RE/MAX Specialists. Gramarossa is already part-owner of five

Prudential Preferred Properties (PPP) has signed a 4,000-square-foot lease for a state-of-the-art office at 778 N. Western Ave. in north suburban Lake Forest. Wendy Bergseth, a leader in metropolitan Chicago residential sales, has been named executive VP of the

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage recently appointed Kathy Kalnes as the new regional VP for the city of Chicago and its northwest suburbs. She will supervise 17 offices and more than 1,500 agents. Previously, Kalnes served as branch manager of

Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from the University of Iowa Work Experience: In the early 1970s, Dan McLean worked as a loan officer in Lincoln Park. Not content with only making loans, he soon got out from behind

Mary Jane Cleeland has been appointed sales manager of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage’s Bradley office. Her responsibilities include overseeing 45-plus associates. Cleeland joins the management team with 21-plus years of experience in real estate, most recently as a branch

Sara Snyder has been named senior account supervisor at McElroy Associates, a boutique public relations, marketing and public policy firm based in downtown Naperville. Snyder was most recently associate managing editor for the Naperville Sun in Naperville, where she