ASHBURN, Va. – The Dulles Area Association of REALTORS® (DAAR) celebrated the success of its members on Wednesday, April 11, at the 2023 DAAR REALTOR® Awards, which are held annually.
The ceremony included the presentation of many prestigious awards, including REALTOR® of the Year which recognizes a member who has achieved the highest level of professionalism in terms of community service, education and industry involvement. This year’s top honor was awarded to Dawn Tollus of Century 21 Redwood Realty.
Award Winners
2023 REALTOR® of the Year
Dawn Tollus, Century 21 Redwood Realty
2023 Circle of Excellence
Sharon Buchanan, RE/MAX Executives
Robin Frank, Brown-Carrera LLC
Tania Gonda, Weichert, Realtors
Pamela Jones, Long & Foster
Sue Puleo, BHHS/ PenFed Realty
Scotti Sellers, Compass
Ned Stock, BHHS /PenFed Realty
Dawn Tollus, Century 21 Redwood Realty
Jeanette Newton Community Leadership Award
Dawn Tollus, Century 21 Redwood Realty
2023 Top Producers
1st – Lisa Thompson, Hunt Country Sotheby’s International Realty
2nd – Jeddie Busch, Compass
3rd – Kelly Gaitten, BHHS/PenFed Realty
2023 Top Producer Team
The Carolyn Young Team, Samson Properties (Leann Benton, Lisa Bergman, Mona Botwick, Gage Cole, Melissa Donnelly, Maribel Duarte, Madeline Fortin, William Fowler, Crystopher Herrera, Ruth Jacobsen, Robert Mann Jr., TracyLynn Pater, Angela Perez, Kashif Rasul, Hans Schenk, Elizabeth Stang, Heather Stauffer, Tammi Tulloch, Helena May Wilson, Delana Winslow, Carolyn Young, Nicholas Zarou)
2023 Educator of the Year
Keith Barrett, Vesta Settlements
2023 Affiliate of the Year
Sherry Skinner, Interstate Moving and Storage
Award Nominees
Top Producers Nominees ($6M+)
Angela Bresnahan, Keller Williams Loudoun Gateway
Alexa Brown, BHHS/ PenFed Realty
Sharon Buchanan, RE/MAX Executives
Marie Bui, Keller Williams Loudoun Gateway
Jeddie Busch, Compass
Natalie Caprano, Century 21 Redwood
Ida Dennis, Century 21 Redwood Realty
Kristen Develli, Keller Williams Loudoun Gateway
Kay Dillon, Keller Williams Loudoun Gateway
Adrianna Duggan, Keller Williams Loudoun Gateway
Kelly Ettrich, Century 21 Redwood
Samantha Fisher, On The Market Properties
Kelly Gaitten, BHHS/PenFed Realty
Ariana Gillette, Pearson Smith Realty
Tania Gonda, Weichert, Realtors
Daniel Gwak, Pearson Smith Realty
Keren Jayne, Pearson Smith Realty
Elizabeth Kovalak, Keller Williams Realty Loudoun Gateway
Jackie Lawlor, Jack Lawlor Realty Co.
Laura Lawlor, Jack Lawlor Realty Co.
Cynthia Lopresti, Century 21 Redwood
Olena Odkan, Pearson Smith Realty
Guillermo Patino, Long & Foster Real Estate
Chloe Powell, Hunt Country Sotheby’s
Matt Rice, Coldwell Banker Realty
Sherry Santmyer, Hunt Country Sotheby’s
Curt Schaber, On The Market Properties
Rasha Shammout, Pearson Smith Realty
Jim Shebest, Coldwell Banker Realty
Jennifer Solomon, Pearson Smith Realty
Ned Stock, BHHS/ PenFed Realty
Seti Tabatabai, Long & Foster Real Estate
Lisa Thompson, Hunt Country Sotheby’s
Dawn Tollus, Century 21 Redwood Realty
Holly Weatherwax, Momentum Realty
Charles Witt, NOVA Home Hunters Realty
May Lee Witt, NOVA Home Hunters Realty
Amanda White, NOVA Home Hunters Realty
Top Producer Team Nominees
Blankenship Properties, Pearson Smith Realty
Boyer RE Group, Keller Williams Loudoun Gateway
Carolyn Young Team, Samson Properties
Dandridge Realty Group
Extraordinary Transitions, Long & Foster – One Loudoun
Kathy Colville & Associates, Century 21 Redwood Realty
Sellers & Co., Compass
The Greg Wells Team, Keller Williams Loudoun Gateway
The Local Group, Hunt Country Sotheby’s International Realty
The Lutkins Group, Real Broker LLC
Tanya & Co., Keller Williams Realty Loudoun Gateway
Top Producer ($3M to $6M)
Veronica Aramburu, Atoka Properties – Middleburg Real Estate
Tania Argueta, Coldwell Banker Realty
Karen Broussard, Keller Williams Realty Dulles
Jeanne Brown, Brown-Carrera Realty LLC
Katie Cawood, Keller Williams Realty
Rose Marie Chabaneix, Long & Foster Real Estate
Jen Fox, Coldwell Banker Realty
Kathryn Dunnigan, Keller Williams Realty Loudoun Gateway
Charlotte Ferrigno, Century 21 Redwood
Robin Frank, Brown-Carrera Realty LLC
Shannon Gilmore, Washington Fine Properties
Christopher Kilpatrick, Brown-Carrera Realty LLC
Espe Labate, Pearson Smith Realty
Peter Leonard-Morgan, Hunt Country Sotheby’s
Rebecca Luther, NOVA Home Hunters Realty
Lara Rhoades, eXp Realty LLC
Christy Stuart, Real Broker LLC
Charisma Ware, Samson Properties
Michael Wilson, eXp Realty LLC
Nina Yalung, Long & Foster
Kim Yotko, Keller Williams Loudoun Gateway
DAAR Anniversaries
55 Years
Edna Cross, BHHS/PenFed Realty
50 Years
Linda Lawson, Dulles Properties ,Inc
45 Years
Eleanor Schlosser, Brown-Carrera Realty
40 Years
Kathy Jones, Long and Foster Real Estate
35 Years
Mark Featherstone, Keller Williams Realty Loudoun Gateway
Carl Fischer, Vylla Home
Gwen Pangle, Compass
30 Years
Marilyn Brennan, Long and Foster Real Estate
Gloria Burn, Coldwell Banker Realty
Mary Roth, Middleburg Real Estate-Atoka Properties
David Snyder, Keller Williams Realty
Dennis Virts, RE/MAC Distinctive Real Estate
25 Years
Carol Kearney, Momentum Realty, LLC
Brenda MacEoin, National Realty, LLC
Glen Poe, Realty F.C.
Michael Severin, eXp Realty
Helen Vos, Century 21 Redwood
Leslie Woods-Hulse, Century 21 Redwood
20 Years
Stephen Adamson, Samson Properties
Stacy Bienacker, Samson Properties
Beckwith Bolle, Carter Braxton Preferred Properties
Anthony Bowers, Samson Properties
Karl Bowers, Samson Properties
Scott Buzzelli, Middleburg Real Estate-Atoka Properties
Wendy Cain, Coldwell Banker Realty
Terrie Carmell, Keller Williams Realty
Shannon Casper, Hunt Country Sotheby’s
Marcia Coss, Weichert, Realtors
Sean Dunn, Fieldstone Real Estate Company
Antonio Feijoo, MAXVALUE, Realtors
Sheri Gershen, Hunt Country Sotheby’s
Joseph Hamilton, Samson Properties
Linda Hess, Pearson Smith Realty
David Jones, Long and Foster Real Estate
Christine LeTourneau, Long and Foster Real Estate
Patrick McCabe, Coldwell Banker Realty
Adeline Medeiros, Samson Properties
Stanley Reed, Samson Properties
Photini Riner, Century 21 Redwood
Kristen Roberts, Keller Williams Loudoun Gateway
Christopher Russell, Long and Foster Real Estate
Hans Schenk, Samson Properties
Glorianne Schultz, Pearson Smith Realty
Scotti Sellers, Compass
Christopher Shand, BHHS/Penfed Realty
Jason Thomas, Keller Williams Realty
Joy Thompson, Middleburg Real Estate-Atoka Properties
Mary Tippett, Keller Williams Loudoun Gateway
Kenneth Turner, Berkshire Hathaway Homeservice
Michael Valliere, Atoka Properties
15 Years
Robert Andersen, Samson Properties
Lisa Bergman, Samson Properties
Jeanne Brown, Brown-Carrera Realty
Lisa Clippinger, Pearson Smith Realty
Kristine Condie, Long and Foster Real Estate
Karen Cooper, Real Broker LLC
Chandrasekhar Gogineni, Ikon Realty Ashburn
Andrea Hayes, Samson Properties
Roxanne Hemphill, Keller Williams Realty Dulles
Carla Houchens, Pearson Smith Realty
Suzanne Kim, Washington Fine Properties
Charles La Rock, Keller Williams Loudoun Gateway
Sultan Mahmud, Samson Properties
Sharon Matera, Matera Realty Group LLC
Robert Pullen, Samson Properties
Annette Schafer, United Real Estate
Walter Sobocienski,Long and Foster Real Estate
Christopher Trask, Samson Properties
Jennifer Warner, Fathom Realty
Michael Winslow, Premier Realty Group
10 Years
Rama Abboud, Long and Foster Real Estate
Waleed Ahsan, United Real Estate
Terrence Allen, Keller Williams Loudoun Gateway
Kenneth Arthur, Real Broker LLC
Ruba Ayoub, Long and Foster Real Estate
Richard Blessing, Weichert, Realtors
Alva Bourges, Keller Williams Realty Dulles
Scott Bresnahan, Keller Williams Loudoun Gateway
Natalie Bryant, United Real Estate Premier
Ryan Clegg, Atoka Properties
Debra Crosley, Keller Williams Realty
Mark Deane, BHHS/Penfed Realty
Kathrin Donovan, Keller Williams Realty
Jennifer Fox, Coldwell Banker Realty
Meredith Gurdak, Middleburg Real Estate-Atoka Properties
Lynna Hall, Pearson Smith Realty
Meredith Hannan, Century 21 Redwood
Justin Hayes, Samson Properties
Susan Hensley, Hunt Country Sotheby’s
Noel Igot, Keller Williams Loudoun Gateway
Janet Kahl, Real Broker LLC
Satha Keo, Pearson Smith Realty
Tanya Kerr, Keller Williams Loudoun Gateway
Elena Malyavko, Keller Williams Realty Dulles
Ryan Marquiss, Marquiss Realty LLC
David Massey, Real Broker LLC
Traci McAllister, Long and Foster Real Estate
Deborah McLoughlin, Century 21 Redwood
Herbert Medeiros, Samson Properties
Rohina Osmani, Pearson Smith Realty
Edna Otchere, Money Realty LLC
David Pena, Atoka Properties
Lara Rhoades, eXp Realty
Kathi Robinson, RE/MAX Executives
Sheri Sackett, Century 21 Redwood
Katharine Seville, Samson Properties
Jennifer Shah, Keller Williams Loudoun Gateway
Judith Smith, Keller Williams Realty Dulles
Leanna Spear Conoscenti, Keller Williams Loudoun Gateway
Lee Taylor, Long and Foster Real Estate
Juanita Tool, Atoka Properties
James Trautz, eXp Realty
Heidi Varrone, Pearson Smith Realty
Jodie Vaughn, BHHS/Penfed Realty
Stephanie Young, Century 21 New Millennium
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