KC REALTOR® Graduates from NAR Leadership Academy

A Kansas City area REALTOR® recently completed the National Association of REALTORS® Leadership Academy. Lee McClelland of Prudential Kansas City in Overland Park was honored in commencement ceremonies held during the 2009 REALTOR® Midyear Legislative Meetings in Washington, D.C.

"REALTORS® are industry innovators and leaders, and the NAR Leadership Academy gives REALTORS® who have the potential to lead the association into the future the tools they need today," said NAR President Charles McMillan. "This year's class proves that NAR's position as an industry leader is as strong as ever, and that our membership is truly united toward tomorrow. Everyone at NAR congratulates all of the academy's graduates."

The NAR Leadership Academy is a nine-month, five-session training and development program structured around national REALTOR® meetings. REALTOR® members who served leadership roles at the local and state level, but who have not yet been actively involved in leadership positions at NAR, are encouraged to apply. The Leadership Academy helps participants develop their leadership knowledge and abilities to eventually assume a national role. Candidates are asked to complete an application that includes questions on issues and topics that impact the business of real estate, their civic involvement and leadership aspirations.

An advisory council selected a handful of REALTORS® for the leadership program that began in August 2008 at NAR's Leadership Summit in Chicago and concluded during the Midyear Legislative Meetings last week in Washington, D.C. The volunteer leaders were presented to NAR's Executive Committee as their final confirmation of leadership training.

McClelland is a graduate of The Right Track leadership academy from the Kansas Association of REALTORS®, and serves on the KAR Board of Directors, Good Neighbor Task Force, and RPAC Trustees. He is the Vice Chair of the KAR Governmental Affairs Committee, and is Treasurer of the Kansas City Regional Association of REALTORS®.

The 2009 Graduating Class

Francisco Angulo, ABR, CIPS, CRB, CRS, Weston, Fla.

Ennis Antoine, CRS, Powder Spring, Ga.

Mary Ann Bush, ABR, ABRM, CRS, GRI, Kalamazoo, Mich.

Otto Catrina, Castro Valley, Calif.

Lisa Conner, CRS, Anchorage, Alaska

Robert de Camara, CRS, GRI, ePRO, Boone, N.C.

Dee Denton, ABR, GRI, SRS, Madison, Miss.

Jan Ellingson, ABR, ABRM, CRB, CRS, GRI, Burlington, Wash.

Christine Hansen, CRB, GRI, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.

Craig Hawker, ABR, CRS, GRI, ePRO, Sandy, Utah

Carey Jensen, Council Bluff, Iowa

Tom Jones, Rogers, Ark.

David Kent, ABRM, Mt. Pleasant, S.C.

LuAnn Kidd, Flemington, N.J.

Michael Labout, CRS, GRI, ePRO, Colorado Springs, Colo.

Lynn Leegard, Esq., Coon Rapids, Minn.

Susanna Madden, ABR, CRB, CRS, GRI, Tampa, Fla.

Lee McClelland, Overland Park, Kan.

Rob Mehta, CIPS, Edina, Minn.

Paula Miller, ABR, CRS, GRI, Shepherdstown, W.Va.

Glenn Moore, CRB, Memphis, Tenn.

Faye Nelson, GRI, ePRO, Kennewick, Wash.

Jenny Olivo, GRI, ePRO, Manati, Puerto Rico

Kenny Parcell, Spanish Fork, Utah

Victor Raymos, Albuquerque, N.M.

Daniel Sullivan, Chelmsford, Mass.

Suzanne Yost, Aptos, Calif.