Get Involved
Make an impact on the Marin real estate industry and enhance your career with new skills and knowledge by serving on a 2024 Marin REALTORS® committee, task force or working group. Serving as a part of one of our volunteer groups is a rewarding way to put your expertise to work on behalf of the real estate community, and your participation will enrich your career experience at the same time.
Committees, task forces, and working groups help the association implement its strategic plan and ensure that our programming, education, and benefits are aligned with your needs as a member. These groups generally meet between 6 and 12 times a year (with exceptions), and many offer a hybrid meeting schedule for your convenience.
Marin REALTORS®’s direction is led by our passionate members who volunteer their time on various committees. We encourage all of our members to look through the list of current committees and find your place to GET INVOLVED. Contact the Staff Liaisons for each committee for more information.
We have openings on seven committees or working groups this year, so apply to one (or more) that fits your interests!
2023 Committee List and Roster
Works with the CEO and Accounting firm to prepare annual balanced budgets and consider spending requests not covered by the budget. The committee receives and reviews detailed financial reports from the Marin REALTORS® staff which include an analysis of the required vs. actual reserves, monthly membership counts and updates concerning the collection of NAR, CAR and Marin REALTORS® dues. The Association’s budget allows for the execution of Association direction as set forth by the Association Executive Team and Board of Directors
Sylvia Barry – President
Lucas Meyer – Chair
Kathy Schlegel – Vice Chair
Blaine Morris
Christopher Backer
Francesca Hernandez-Veliz
Gary Newman
James Walsh
Joe Burns
Jose Contreras
Katherine Beacock
Margaret Deedy
Mary Kay Yamamoto
Norine Smith-Dickson
Romeo Arrieta
The committee, which is comprised of the five officers of the association and the CEO, meets prior to each board meeting and as needed to discuss issues and topics important to Marin REALTORS® members and the association.
Sylvia Barry – President
Joe Burns – President-Elect
Logan Link – Past President
Anna Frost – Secretary
Lucas Meyer – Treasurer
For the purpose of selecting candidates to fill unexpired seats on the 2025 Board of Directors. May be called upon to address other leadership responsibilities, including selection of 2025 special awards recipients.
Sylvia Barry – President
Logan Link – Past President
Christopher Backer – Chair
Carolyn Svenson
Gary Newman
Katherine Beacock
Mary Kay Yamamoto
Norine Smith-Dickson
Romeo Arrieta
Provides timely and objective advice to the Board of Directors about the advocacy of local government issues and proposed legislation that will impact REALTORS® and Marin communities. The committee also interviews advocates and opponents of local ballot initiatives, and then sends recommendations to the trustees of Marin REALTORS®’s Issues Mobilization Political Action Committee on which measures to support, oppose or abstain from taking positions.
Sylvia Barry – President
Blaine Morris – Chair
Alexander Green
Katherine Hogan
Christopher Backer
Diane Wagner
Evelyne Michaut
Francesca Hernandez-Veliz
Gary Newman
Homa Rassouli
James Walsh
Joe Burns
John Wilkinson
Katherine Beacock
Laurie Schenk
Leonard Perez
Logan Link
Margaret Deedy
Marilyn Riede
Mary Kay Yamamoto
Matt Hughes
Michele Westhoff
Missy Crowe
Norine Smith-Dickson
Romeo Arrieta
Stacy Lynch
Stevens Manning
Thomas Giuliano
Thomas Korzelius
Victor Gomez
President’s Advisory Groups
Current Officers & Directors may not serve on Grievance or Pro-Standards Committees but are required to complete training as they may be called upon to ratify a professional standards case.
Dana Kreuzberger – Chair
Andrew Gellepis
Arundel Burrell
Carol Scott
Gerald Piro
John Wilkinson
Katherine Beacock
Kathleen Murphy
Margaret Deedy
Renee Adelmann
Rick Keefer
Shari Wilkins
William McKeon
Jenn Pfeiffer – Chair
Barbara Ivy
Benjamin Faber
Catherine Cook
Dina Morrison
Jose Contreras
Mary Kay Yamamoto
Norine Smith-Dickson
Rachel Percival
Yoko Kasai