Economic Summit
Join DAAR for our 20th Annual Economic Summit!
Economic experts will highlight the 2026 housing market and economic trends in Northern Virginia and beyond.
Join other real estate professionals, attorneys, affiliate partners, and county officials. Breakfast included.
March 12th, 2026
8:30 AM – 11:30 AM
The Lodge at Hanson Park, Aldie VA
Pricing
Early-Bird (ends Feb 12): $30
Non-Member Early-Bird (ends Feb 13): $40
Regular: $35
Non-Members: $45
MEET OUR SPEAKERS
Dr. Lawrence Yun
Lawrence Yun is Chief Economist and oversees the Research group at the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®. He supervises and is responsible for a wide range of research activities for the association, including NAR’s Existing Home Sales statistics, Affordability Index, and Home Buyers and Sellers Profile Report. He regularly provides commentary on real estate market trends.
Dr. Yun creates NAR’s forecasts and participates in many economic forecasting panels, among them the Blue Chip Council and the Wall Street Journal Forecasting Survey. He also participates in the Industrial Economists Discussion Group at the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University. He appears regularly on financial news outlets, is a frequent speaker at real estate conferences throughout the United States, and has testified before Congress. Dr. Yun has also appeared as a guest on CSPAN’s Washington Journal. In 2025, the Wall Street Journal congratulated him for having one of the closest forecasts for 2024.
Dr. Lisa Sturtevant
As Bright MLS Chief Economist, Dr. Lisa Sturtevant is the only MLS-focused chief economist in the country. Lisa’s experience in economic, demographic, and housing market research spans more than 20 years. Lisa currently leads the research and forecast activities for Bright, serving as a thought leader on the housing market.
Prior to Bright MLS, Lisa was Chief Economist with Virginia REALTORS®, founder and president of LSA Planning, a housing consulting firm, and served in other research capacities at non-profit organizations and universities.
Lisa completed her PhD in public policy from George Mason University, earned a master’s degree in public policy from University of Maryland and received a BS in mathematical economics from Wake Forest University. In her spare time, Lisa grows specialty cut flowers and enjoys dystopian fiction novels.
Buddy Rizer
Buddy Rizer serves as the Executive Director for economic development in Loudoun County, Virginia, which was named the 2021 Economic Development Organization of the Year by the International Economic Development Council. He leads the agency responsible for encouraging growth and developing relationships with Loudoun’s business community in both the commercial and agricultural-based business sectors. During his tenure, Rizer and his team have attracted more than $65 billion in new commercial investment and more than 60 thousand new jobs. During this time, the growth in the commercial based has helped lower the tax rate in Loudoun by more than 48 cents on the dollar, saving residents thousands of dollars annually on their tax bill.
Mr. Rizer has been named a Tech Titan eight times by Washingtonian Magazine (2017 – 2024), one of the 50 most influential Virginians six times by Virginia Business Magazine (2018 – 2023), a five-time member of Virginia’s Power 500 (2020 – 2024), and three times named to the Washington Business Journal’s Power 100 as one of the most influential businesspeople in Washington, DC (2020, 2022, 2023). In 2024, he was named as one of the 50 most influential people in Northern Virginia by Northern Virginia Magazine.
Mr. Rizer is a Certified Economic Developer (CEcD), a certified Entrepreneurship Development Professional (EDP), has a master’s in business administration/economics from Longwood University and is a graduate of Virginia Tech’s Local Government Management Graduate Program.