As president and CEO of Anywhere Brands, Yannaccone oversees the largest cadre of real estate brokerage brands in the world, including Coldwell Banker, Sotheby’s International Realty, Century 21, ERA, Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate and Corcoran Group. A respected and grounded leader in the industry, she has become the strong No. 2 at the nation’s largest real estate company, whose over 186,000 agents at company-owned and franchised offices do over $500 billion in annual sales.

Jill Jacobi Wood runs the nearly five-decade-old, family-owned Windermere Real Estate as co-president along with her brother and husband. Based in Seattle, the company operates brokerages and a franchise brand in nine western states and Mexico. Its more than 6,000 agents do over $33 billion in annual sales. In 2024, Lyon Real Estate, the large Sacramento-based brokerage the company acquired in 2021, rebranded to Windermere Real Estate, bringing over 700 agents to the firm’s franchise network.

Saunders co-founded Side with its innovative brokerage model in 2017 and, as chief broker officer, has seen it grow into the nation’s ninth largest brokerage by sales volume. The San Francisco-based company serves as the broker of record and provides key operational and back-office support for over 500 real estate teams, who do, collectively, $22 billion in sales volume. Before launching Side with Guy Gal, this 24-year industry veteran operated a boutique real estate brokerage and a law firm specializing in real estate.

Gehringer plays a key role in the growth and operation of Anywhere Real Estate’s franchise wing. Appointed president and CEO in 2023, she oversees Coldwell Banker Affiliates, Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate, Century 21 and ERA Real Estate. She previously led Coldwell Banker Affiliates as president after serving as its chief operating officer. Coming from a legal background with a focus in ethics and compliance, Gehringer remains vocal on issues of diversity and homeownership equality.

Lane has entered her second year in the top spot at Anywhere Real Estate’s company-owned offices affiliated with its Coldwell Banker Realty brand. Before joining Coldwell Banker, Lane was a president at Sotheby’s International Realty and various Compass regions. The Harvard Business School grad also has experience in marketing, communications, and fashion and remains involved in advising startup companies.

Liebman, a four-decade veteran of the industry, leads Anywhere Real Estate’s Corcoran Group franchise brand and company-owned offices branded to Corcoran Group. The brand, designed to serve megacities and leisure markets in the U.S. and around the world, has grown into a network of over 4,400 U.S. agents who do over $22 billion in annual sales. With Liebman at the helm, Corcoran added several new offices in 2024, including a first Massachusetts franchise in Boston and opening new markets in the Washington, D.C. area, Canada and Mexico.

Freedman helms the country’s 23rd largest brokerage with approximately 2,300 agents doing nearly 8 billion in annual sales. Brown Harris Stevens, which celebrated 150 years in business in 2023, operates as the brokerage wing under parent company Terra Holdings. As CEO since 2018, she oversees over 50 offices across New York, Connecticut, New Jersey and Florida. Freedman, who previously practiced law, is an active member of the Real Estate Board of New York Board of Governors.

Tushaus manages Re/Max Results whose agents in Minnesota and western Wisconsin do nearly $6 billion in annual sales. In 2024, the firm’s founder John Collopy retired and promoted his daughter Suzanne Bushard to the new role of president to work in tandem with Tushaus. Prior to becoming CEO in 2018, Tushaus held a variety of positions over 16 years with the company, most recently as chief operating officer.

Adams became president of the HomeServices of America-owned brokerage Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices New England Properties in 2010. She added the CEO role in 2013. Now she oversees approximately 2,600 agents in 63 offices in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York and Rhode Island. With over two decades at HomeServices of America, Adams in 2024 welcomed new residential agents and expanded the firm’s commercial presence in the Northeast region.

Navab leads operations at Compass, one of the nation’s largest brokerages with more than 26,000 agents doing over $184 billion in annual sales. The company continues to find consistent profitability elusive, but did report its first profitable quarter in five years with a $21.1 million net profit in the second quarter 2024. As president, Navab brokered more acquisitions in 2024 in Tennessee, Arizona, Florida, and Louisiana (Latter and Blum). Before joining Compass in 2018, the second-generation real estate professional worked at Google in a division focused on building smart cities

Anton oversees the continued growth of the Corcoran Group real estate brand, whose affiliates do nearly $23 billion in annual sales. In 2024, Corcoran added several new offices, including first franchises in Mexico, Massachusetts, and Washington, D.C. The firm also joined sister company Sotheby’s International Realty in providing parent company Anywhere with positive year-over-year growth for the luxury unit. Anton was previously managing director of global services for five of six Anywhere Real Estate brands.

Wilcox took the helm of Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate, which has more than 11,750 agents who do more than $23 billion in annual sales, in June 2023. Her 2024 focus was on preparing agents for discussions with consumers post compensation changes, expanding the brand’s reach and leveraging the connection to Dotdash Meredith (the publisher of Better Homes and Gardens). A third-generation real estate agent, Wilcox previously worked as co-CEO at RealSure, a joint venture of BHGRE’s parent company, Anywhere Real Estate, and HomePartners of America.

In 2023, Pappas became president of Florida’s largest independently owned brokerage with more than 3,500 agents who do over $7.5 billion in annual sales. The family-owned brokerage first launched in 1926 and is now under its fourth generation of family leadership. Pappas joined the company, which her father still leads as CEO, as an agent in 2011. The firm settled the Gibson-Umpa commissions case in 2024 and moved on to add more than 300 agents with the acquisition of Coral Shores Realty.

Bonnell leads the Exit Realty, which has nearly 22,000 U.S. agents who do over $22 billion in annual sales, as Co-Chair. The Canada-based firm continued to expand in 2024 opening 21 new American markets across the South, Northeast and Midwest. A renowned industry speaker and leader, Bonnell is also active in the National Women’s Council of Realtors.

The fourth-generation leader of family-owned Sibcy Cline Realtors, Sheakley helms this Cincinnati-based Midwest powerhouse. Sibcy Cline, which does nearly $2 billion in annual sales, in 2024 acquired one of its main regional competitors to add a reported 200 agents in Ohio, Northern Kentucky and Southeast Indiana. Sheakley started with the company in 1996 and in 2009 became president of Sibcy Cline Relocation Services, a role she continues to hold even after becoming the real estate firm’s CEO in 2018.

Lovett-Menkiti is president of Keller Williams Capital Properties, one of the strongest brokerages within the KW network, which she co-owns with her husband Bo. In this role, she leads offices across D.C., Maryland and Virginia, which do more than $1.6 billion in annual sales. She has also served as regional director for the Maryland/D.C. region of Keller Williams since 2018. She has served Realtor associations both locally and nationally as well.

Saunders founded the firm she leads as CEO in 1976. Working alongside her son Drayton, who serves as president, she has grown the Sarasota-based company into one of Florida’s largest brokerages with nearly 600 agents who do approximately $3 billion in annual sales. The luxury brokerage in December 2024 affiliated with Forbes Global Properties and opened its 18th office in the Gulf Coast region. Leading Real Estate Companies of the World has presented Michael with its Global Leadership Award; Drayton is a past president of Stellar MLS’s board of directors.

De la Vega leads Coral Gable-based One Sotheby’s International Realty, which she co-founded with her son Daniel in 2008. As CEO, she oversees more than 1,600 agents who do more than $5 billion in annual sales, making the firm the 35th largest in the U.S. In 2024, the firm launched a new ad campaign touting its Realtors as “curators of the unique” in luxury real estate and brought in a new managing director for markets in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. She began her real estate career in the 1990s as a Coldwell Banker sales associate.

Lessinger continued her move up the Re/Max org chart in 2024. After two years as senior vice president for Re/Max region development, she became president. In this role she oversees the Re/Max brand and network globally. Re/Max is the third largest real estate enterprise in the U.S. by sales volume and transaction sides. Lessinger began her real estate career with Re/Max as a Realtor in 1996. NOTE: On January 8, the same day the 2025 SP 200 went live, Lessinger resigned her position.

President of BHHS California Properties since 2021, Mosier leads the firm and oversees more than 1,200 agents who do approximately $882 million in offices throughout the Golden State. She started her real estate career as in-house counsel at Coldwell Banker Residential in California in 1998. Mosier has been with the firm, formerly Prudential California Realty, since 2008.

In 2024, McCloskey took on the role of president at the company that bears her grandfather’s name. She is a two-decade veteran of John R. Wood Properties, which has more than 850 agents who do over $4 billion in annual sales. McCloskey, Phil Wood’s daughter, was most recently executive vice president of operations at the firm, which affiliated with Christie’s International Real Estate in 2022.

Harrington has led First Team Real Estate as its CEO since October 2023. Founded by board chair Cameron Merage in 1976, the firm serves Southern California with annual sales of more than $5 billion. Previously, she held the chief operating officer position after merging the brokerage she grew from two to 130 agents, Star Estates, with First Team. Harrington, a former Marine, also serves as a federal political coordinator for NAR and is involved with the California Association of Realtors and the Orange County Association of Realtors.

Burdick has served as president of brokerage operations for Howard Hanna Real Estate Services since 2023. She oversees the nation’s largest privately-owned brokerage, which has more than 12,600 agents in 13 states who do more than $34 billion in annual sales. Previously, president of Northern Ohio and Michigan, this industry veteran now oversees business and operational efforts for the firm.

O’Connell has since 2018 led the day-to-day operations of Long Island, New York-based Daniel Gale Sotheby’s International Realty, which has nearly 800 agents who do more than $3 billion in annual sales. With a background in public and employee communications for an insurance company, she came to Daniel Gale in 2007, when the firm acquired her real estate business.

A second-generation broker, with over 25 years of industry experience, Golden has been president and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Georgia Properties since 2022. She joined the company in 2004 and, prior to becoming CEO, had been Georgia Services’ Regional Manager. She has previously served as president of the Atlanta Realtors Association’s Executive Committee.

As president and CEO of Houlihan Lawrence, Nunan oversees over 1,400 agents in and around upstate New York and Connecticut. Nunan began her real estate career in property management before joining another HomeServices of America company. She joined Houlihan Lawrence as chief operating officer in 2018. Nunan also serves on the board of the Mid-Hudson MLS.

After industry icon Vinnie Tracey’s retirement, Vasquez took over as president in September 2024. In her role, Vasquez focuses on growing the business. The nation’s 10th largest real estate enterprise by annual sales volume has over 19,000 agents who do nearly $34 billion in annual sales. The firm’s franchise wing expanded in 2024 to 14 new American markets. Vasquez, who will continue as the firm’s chief marketing officer, has nearly two decades experience in real estate among her almost 30 years in marketing, communications and management.

As president and CEO, Pearson leads more than 800 agents who do over $2 billion in annual sales. The Danville, California-based firm serves northern California and northern Nevada and is a top 100 brokerage in the nation. In her decade at the helm of the firm, Pearson has also overseen the launch of the Drysdale Community Foundation, which sees individual agents donating to a fund that benefits area nonprofits. She previously worked for Windermere Real Estate and was an owner for Prudential California.

As chief operating officer, Cheng oversees the development of new services for Canada’s 110-plus-year-old company Royal LePage, a division of Bridgemarq Real Estate Services with over 20,000 agents. COO since 2016, she has overseen the company’s introduction of new services since 2003. The London School of Economics grad is also an award-winning landscape photographer who has shown her work In Canadian galleries.

Young has led Naples, Florida-based Premiere Plus Realty as president since 2022. In 2024, the firm joined United Real Estate’s national network but retained its name and leadership. Young oversees approximately 1,500 agents who do nearly $3 billion in annual sales. Before joining the firm in 2018 in the marketing department, Young also served as a television host in the Orlando area and has over two decades of experience in broadcasting.

Mabery oversees broker operations at the nation’s third largest brokerage by sales volume, eXp Realty. Formerly a vice president building and organizing systems to serve the firm’s more than 74,000 agents, Mabery moved up in July 2024. She has worked at eXp, which does more than $143 billion in annual sales, since 2018 when she joined as an associate broker in Arizona.

As chief operating officer of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices PenFed Realty, Holt oversees the brokerage’s strategic direction with a focus on gaining efficiency and increasing revenue. Part of BHHS since 2014, PenFed Realty has approximately 2,000 agents doing nearly $6 billion in annual sales in Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Florida, Tennessee, Kansas, Texas and Washington, D.C. Holt joined PenFed Realty as its COO in 2016 from credit union leadership.

In her role as president of West Region of Anywhere Real Estate’s company-owned Coldwell Banker Realty-branded branches, Lind oversees more than 130 offices across California, Hawaii, Oregon and Washington. She previously served in leadership positions at Windermere Real Estate and John L. Scott Real Estate, both in Washington state. Having started her real estate career in 2003, Lind has served on NWMLS committees and held many roles at the Washington Realtors Association.

Johnson leads the Tomlinson Family of Companies, which collectively has more than 850 agents, working in Coldwell Banker, Century 21, and Sotheby’s International Realty franchisees, who do approximately $3 billion in annual sales in Washington, Idaho and Montana. Johnson began her career in insurance and risk management at companies such as Traveler’s and Safeco. She began her career in real estate in 2017, following the footsteps of three previous generations of her family in the Inland Northwest.

Human resources veteran Reu-Narvaez has been Chief People Officer at Anywhere since 2021. In this role, she leads people strategy for nearly 10,000 employees globally across multiple business units and six real estate brands. Prior to joining the C-suite, she oversaw human resources for the company’s brokerage and franchise groups, supporting Better Homes and Gardens, Century 21, Coldwell Banker, Corcoran, ERA and Sotheby’s International Realty. She is a current member of the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals Corporate Board of Governors and a former national board member of the Asian Real Estate Professional Association.

Conway orchestrated the sale of Louisiana-based Latter & Blum, which has over 3,000 agents who do nearly $4 billion in annual sales, to Compass in April 2024. The move gave the nation’s No. 1 largest brokerage a greater presence in the Gulf South as Latter & Blum has sales offices across Louisiana, Texas and Mississippi. Conway, who became the company’s principal broker in 2005 and took over its leadership in 2020 from her father, retained day-to-day oversight of the New Orleans-based firm. Conway is also on the board of managers for the Broker Public Portal.

In late 2023, Hamrick took the helm of the U.S. operations for Christie’s International Real Estate, the fast-growing luxury real estate brand owned by At World Properties, which Compass is set to acquire in early 2025. She leads affiliate and growth services while her co-president, Kevin Van Eck, focuses on strategy. She had rejoined Christie’s in January 2022 as executive vice president after a short detour to @properties. She began her real estate industry career in 2011 in Christie’s marketing.

Staub leads the independently owned West + Main Homes, which has nearly 450 agents who do approximately $1.1 billion in annual sales. The firm, which she co-founded in 2016, has offices in Colorado, Oklahoma, Oregon, Minnesota and North Carolina. She was previously in marketing for the industry and other verticals and has a master’s in marketing as well as her MBA.

Seasoned industry executive Forsythe joined eXp Realty as chief marketing officer in 2024. The cloud-based brokerage, the core subsidiary of eXp World Holdings, is the nation’s third largest with about 74,000 agents doing more than $143 billion in annual sales in 2023. The industry veteran has experience also in executive roles at major firms like Compass, Fathom Holdings and HomeSmart. She began her real estate career in Nova Scotia and was the youngest licensed real estate broker in the Canadian province’s history when she started out in 1994.