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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ARIZONA HOUSING COALITION Joan has more than 20 years of experience in program coordination with a focus on educating the community on issues of social needs through state and federal legislative advocacy, community organizing, coalition building and public ...

PRESIDENT & CEO HOME BUILDERS ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL ARIZONA Connie Wilhelm is the president and CEO of the Home Builders Association of Central Arizona, which is made up of builders, traders, entrepreneurs and more that works to build relationships by ...

REAL ESTATE EXPERT REALTY ONE GROUP Joan Levinson is the No. 1 Realtor in Arizona, nationally ranked by Newsweek as one of “America’s Best Realtors” in 2020. Levinson has lived in Paradise Valley for 30 years and is serving a ...

PRESIDENT MARK-TAYLOR COMPANIES Nearly two decades ago, John Carlson was pursuing work in electrical engineering. During his job search, he accepted an opportunity to work as a leasing consultant at his Mark-Taylor apartment community. That decision launched his career, leading ...

PRESIDENT/CEO ARIZONA MULTIHOUSING ASSOCIATION Courtney Gilstrap LeVinus’ experience directing government affairs programs and managing non-profits spans 20 years. LeVinus, an Arizona native who earned a degree in business administration and a minor in speech communication, joined the Arizona Multihousing Association ...

FOUNDER 72SOLD.COM Greg Hague received his first real estate license at 18 and his first license to practice law at 26. After college and law school, he went to work in his family’s real estate business that was at the ...

BOARD PRESIDENT ARIZONA HOUSING, INC. Howard Epstein is a Phoenix-based Bank of America executive who specializes in real estate assets and sales. He is the board president of Arizona Housing, Inc., a nonprofit that works closely with homeless shelters and ...

AGENT CALDWELL BANKER Over the past two decades, Scottsdale Realtor Paula Serven has taken an active role in advocating for the industry while also receiving accolades and recognition from her peers for her work. She is a past president of ...

CEO OPTIMA David C. Hovey Sr. has overseen the construction of 6,000 condominium and apartment units in the Phoenix, Scottsdale and Chicago areas since he founded Optima in 1978, according to his company profile. Hovey set out to make the ...

2022 PRESIDENT ARIZONA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS Gary Nelson is a longtime Realtor in Flagstaff, the city he has called home his whole life. Nelson has represented homebuyers and sellers in Flagstaff and the surrounding area since 1994, and currently runs ...