2026 State & National Volunteers

REALTOR® associations, including ours, harness the talent and leadership of our members to lead us forward. Thank you to the Chicago REALTORS® who volunteer as state and national leaders to help you and your business succeed.

National Association of REALTORS® Volunteers

Illinois REALTORS® Volunteers

FPCs & SLCs

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NAR Directors

Tommy Choi

Lutalo McGee

Erika Villegas

Gregory Desmond

Zeke Morris

Sarah Ware

Gaspar Flores Jr.

Vicky Silvano

Marki Lemons Ryhal

Matt Silver

NAR Liaisons, Chairs & Vice Chairs

Liaisons

Tommy Choi – REALTOR® Party Community Engagement Liaison

Chairs & Vice Chairs

Sarah Ware – Chair, Multicultural Partners Advisory Group
Zeke Morris – Vice Chair, Fair Housing Policy Committee

NAR Committee Appointments

Broker Engagement Committee
Antje Gehrken

CIPS Advisory Board
Erika Villegas

Commercial Real Estate Research Advisory Board
Oliver Stone

Consumer Advocacy Outreach Advisory Board
Mabél Guzmán

Consumer Communications Committee
Mabél Guzmán

Conventional Financing and Policy Committee
Matt Silver

Diversity Committee
Tommy Choi
Sarah Ware

Executive Committee
Tommy Choi

Fair Housing Policy Committee
Michelle Mills Clement

Federal Technology Policy Committee
Marki Lemons Ryhal

Global Alliances Advisory Board
Vicky Silvano

Global Business & Alliances Committee
Vicky Silvano

Member Policy and Board Jurisdiction Committee
Megan Oswald

Multicultural Partners Advisory Group
Tommy Choi

Professional Standards Committee
Gaspar Flores Jr.

Public Policy Coordinating Committee
Zeke Morris

Real Property Valuation Committee
Lutalo McGee

Research Committee
Oliver Stone

Smart Growth Advisory Board
Tommy Choi

State and Local Issues Policy Committee
Tommy Choi

Strategic Planning Committee
Sarah Ware

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Illinois REALTORS® officers & Directors

Officers

Directors

Gaspar Flores Jr.

Zeke Morris

Megan Oswald

Matt Silver

Illinois REALTORS® Chairs & Vice Chairs

Tommy Choi – Chair, Strategic Planning Committee
Myra Nimchaiyong – Vice Chair, Commercial and Property Management Committee
Sarah Ware – Vice Chair, Illinois REALTORS® Plaza Committee

Illinois REALTORS® Committee Appointments

Advisory Council
Tommy Choi
Jim Kinney
John C. Kmiecik
Zeke Morris
Gerald Perlow
Matt Silver
Sarah Ware
Robert Zoretich

Affordable Housing and Community Involvement Committee
Lonzetta McKennie
Dean Reid
Hugo Rodriguez

Association Executives Committee
Jessica Kern
Michelle Mills Clement
Dave Naso
Jay Turner

Audit Committee
Matt Silver
Sarah Ware

Commercial and Property Management Committee
Marki Lemons Ryhal
Travis Williams

Executive Committee
Tommy Choi
Sarah Ware

Ethics Citation Panel
Risa Weiss
Mario DiLorenzo

Finance Committee
Sarah Ware

Illinois Local Government IE Committee
Gaspar Flores Jr.

Illinois General Assembly and Statewide IE Committee
Tommy Choi
Sarah Ware

Leadership Development Working Group
Tommy Choi
Gaspar Flores Jr.
Dean Reid

Local Government Affairs Committee
Mike McElroy

NAR Leadership & Strategy Committee
Tommy Choi
Michelle Mills Clement
Zeke Morris
Sarah Ware

Nominating Committee
Tommy Choi
Zeke Morris
Megan Oswald
Matt Silver

Performance/Compensation Review Committee
Tommy Choi
Zeke Morris
Matt Silver
Sarah Ware

Policy and Programs Group
Ali Celikay
Jesse Colman
Mealea Da
Alfred Evans
Lutalo McGee
BreAune Sajna
Vicky Silvano
Richard Williams
Myesha Wright

Professional Standards Committee
Ashanti Cole
Mario DiLorenzo
Cynthia Dyce Johnson
Gaspar Flores Jr.
Evelyn Fred
Antje Gehrken
Lyle Harlow
Sherri Jordan
Kim Kerbis
Donna Leonard
Barbara Novak
Megan Oswald
Helen Parker
Tuqoise Pender
Paul Popp
Hugo Rodriguez
Margie Smigel

Public Policy Advisory Board
Tommy Choi|
Zeke Morris
Matt Silver
Sarah Ware

REALTOR® of the Year Working Group
Zeke Morris

RPAC Fundraising Working Group
Antje Gehrken
Travis Williams

RPAC Trustees
Matt Silver

Strategic Planning Committee
Antje Gehrken
Michelle Mills Clement
Chris Pezza
Matt Silver
Sarah Ware
Alice Weinert

YPN Advisory Group
Sherri Jordan
Ri Prasad

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Federal Political Coordinators & State Legislative Contacts (FPCs & SLCs)

FPCs

U.S. Senate
Matt Farrell | Sen. Dick Durbin 
Nancy Suvarnamani | Sen. Tammy Duckworth 

U.S. House of Representatives 
Tommy Choi | Rep. Mike Quigley 
Marki Lemons Ryhal | Rep. Jonathan Jackson 
Michelle Mills Clement | Rep. Robin Kelly 
Megan Oswald | Rep. Delia Ramirez
Staci Slattery | Rep. Danny Davis 
Matt Silver | Rep. Brad Schneider
Erika Villegas | Rep. Jesús “Chuy” García 

SLCs

Nick Apostal | Rep. Jaime Andrade
Gaspar Flores | Rep. Eva Dina Delgado
Moses Hall | Rep. Marcus Evans
Marki Lemons Ryhal | Rep. Nicholas Smith
Megan Oswald | Rep. Margaret Croke
Shaun Pinkston | Rep. Justin Slaughter
Hugh Rider | Rep. Kelly Cassidy
Tracey Royal | Rep. Jawaharial Williams
Erik Schwab | Rep. Lindsey LaPointe
Matt Silver | Rep. Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar & Rep. Bob Morgan
Margie Smigel | Rep. Sonya Harper
Nancy Suvarnamani | Rep. Theresa Mah     
Rebecca Thomson | Rep. Margaret Croke
Erika Villegas | Rep. Edgar Gonzalez
Sarah Ware | Rep. Kimberly Du Buclet
Antonia Mills Wesselink | Rep. Kambium Buckner