The REALTOR® of the Year award is the Association’s most prestigious honor and is bestowed upon an individual who has excelled in their chosen profession, who has volunteered extensively within the REALTOR® organization, and who exemplifies the REALTOR® spirit.

Join us in congratulating our winners!

2025    Dare Tulloch

2024    Kristin Beran Krupp

2022    Libby Gatewood

2021    Jamie Younger

2019    Dawn Bradley

2018    Dianne Long

2017    John S. Finn, Jr.

2016    K. Mark Joyner, Jr.

2015    Scott F. Ruth

2014    Karen K. Smith

2013    Cheryl W. Hamm

2012    Cathy Saunders

2011    Scott Shaheen

2010    Jackie Atiyeh

2009    John Powell

2008    Wes Atiyeh

2007    William A. White

2006    John C. “Kurt” Negaard

2005    Ned Massie

2003    (December) Jim Napier

2003    (March) Darlene Brent

2002    Dottie  Figg

2001    William Barnes

2000    Suzanne Franke

1999    Frank M. Durnett

1998    Dianne G. Flournoy

1997    Boyd Y. Smith

1996    Jack F. Torza

1995    Joanne T. Cash

1994    Paul F. Silver

1993    Leroy B. Vaughan

1992    C. Lee  Hilbert

1991    Thomas N. Innes

1990    G. Edmond Massie, IV

1989    C. Richard Napier

1988    C. Porter Vaughan, Jr,

1987    M. Jackson Null

1986    Charles E. Blankenship, Jr.

1985    Thomas Jefferson, III

1984    John Bagby, III

1983    Richard E. Barham

1982    Crawley F. Joyner, III

1981    J.F. Williams, III

1980    Mitchell L. Appelrouth

1979    Richard M. Nelms

1978    Winfree H. Slater

1977    M. Merrill Plaisted, III