REALTOR® Conference Information

Just fifteen years ago, the notion of buyer representation was a foreign concept in the real estate industry. Now, the Real Estate BUYERS AGENT Council (REBAC) has over 50,000 members and more than 38,000 ABR^® (Accredited Buyer Representatives) designees. And, as the industry continues to grow and flourish, there are certain members performing exemplary acts who deserve recognition. 

It was on Sunday, November 11, 2000, with more than 1,400 in attendance at the 2000 REBAC Conference during the REALTOR^® Conference & Expo in San Francisco, when seven pioneers in buyer representation became the first inductees into the new REBAC Hall of Fame.

Since then, REBAC has continued to acknowledge the achievements of our most consummate members.  Candidates for the REBAC Hall of Fame are first nominated by REBAC members and then selected by an independent panel of real estate industry leaders once a year.  Any REBAC member holding either the ABR^® or the ABRM^sm Designation is eligible for the honor.  Please click on an individual's name to view their extraordinary accomplishments. 

Read more about REBAC's Hall of Fame Distinguished Service Award >

Name			City	State / Province	Year Inducted
	2007
Edward Bugos			Willoughby Hills	Ohio	2007
Peter West			North Adams	Massachusetts	2007
Rhonda Hamilton			Longview	Texas	2007
Cathy Sheets			Belle Plaine	Kansas	2007
George Scott Glenfield			Princeton	New Jersey	2007
New York State Association of REALTORS®			Albany	New York	2007
	2006
Dr. Almon R. "Bud" Smith			Cincinnati	Ohio	2006
Joe Hanauer			Augusta	Georgia	2006
Al Mansell			Midvale	Utah	2006
Harley E. Rouda, Sr.			Columbus	Ohio	2006
Edmund Gill Woods, Jr.			Holyoke	Massachusetts	2006
Washington REALTORS®			Olympia	Washington	2006
Mary Ann Bush			Portage	Michigan	2006
	2005
Tommy Horner			Augusta	Georgia	2005
Frank Mears			Augusta	Georgia	2005
Merrill Ottwein			O'Fallon	Illinois	2005
Sylvia Shelnutt			Jonesboro	Georgia	2005
Institute of Florida Real Estate Careers (IFREC)			Orlando	Florida	2005
	2004
The team of Bill Dilny and Denise Brophy			St. John's	Newfoundland, Canada	2004
Lynn Madison			Palatine	Illinois	2004
Avery L. Yarbrough			Birmingham	Alabama	2004
Tom Daniel School of Real Estate			Fayetteville	North Carolina	2004
Cape Cod & Islands Association of REALTORS®			West Yarmouth	Massachusetts	2004
	2003
Ron Henderson			Charleston	South Carolina	2003
Rita Santamaria			Houston	Texas	2003
Sophie Sirpanlis			Lake Katrine	New York	2003
Gerald Jerry Stoffer			Winter Park	Florida	2003
Georgia Assn. of REALTORS®			Atlanta	Georgia	2003
Pennsylvania Assn. of REALTORS®			Harrisburg	Pennsylvania	2003
	2002
Debbie Ashbrook-Schultz			Des Moines	Iowa	2002
Charlie Dahlheimer			Saint Louis	Missouri	2002
Debby Noreen Miller			Snyder	Texas	2002
Skip Weber			Newtown Square	Pennsylvania	2002
RealtyU			Columbus	Indiana	2002
RE/MAX International			Greenwood Village	Colorado	2002
	2001
Adorna Carroll			Berlin	Connecticut	2001
Bill French			Chesterfield	Missouri	2001
The team of Gail Lyons and Don Harlan			Boulder	Colorado	2001
The team of Jim Hogan and Esther Hogan			Tucson	Arizona	2001
Barry Miller			Denver	Colorado	2001
Marcie Roggow			Sioux Falls	South Dakota	2001
Hugh Ryall			Lexington	South Carolina	2001
Randy Templeman			Endicott	New York	2001
Abraham Tieh			Houston	Texas	2001
Terry Watson			Chicago	Illinois	2001
Memphis Area Assn. of REALTORS®			Memphis	Tennessee	2001
	2000
Stephen Casper			Cincinnati	Ohio	2000
Bob Dixon			Richmond	Virginia	2000
Thomas Dooley			Arlington Height	Illinois	2000
Orville Fillbrandt			Minneapolis	Minnesota	2000
Curtis Hall			Tempe	Arizona	2000
Sheila Hensley			Memphis	Tennessee	2000
Ronn Huth			Hamilton	Massachusetts	2000
Grace Kroeger			Brentwood	Tennessee	2000
David Liniger			Englewood	Colorado	2000
Larry Romito			San Juan Capistrano	California	2000