Mike Brodie Vice President of Special Projects
In 2006, Mike Brodie was named executive vice president of special projects at Keller Williams Realty. In this capacity, Brodie is primarily responsible for the development of a luxury homes division for Keller Williams Realty.
A top-producing real estate agent since 1973, Brodie has earned numerous awards including the Legends Award, Keller Williams Realty President’s Award and numerous production awards. He was named REALTOR® of the Year by the Collin County Association of Realtors and the Texas Association of Realtors. Brodie was appointed to a seven-year term with the Texas Real Estate Commission by Governor George W. Bush and served as its chairman. He also served in 2004 and 2005 as treasurer of the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR). He is the co-founder of the Keller Williams Realty Dallas Preston Road office, co-owner of the Plano office, and co-owner of the company’s North California/Hawaii Region.
Dick Dillingham Dean of KWU - Faculty
Dick Dillingham was named dean of Keller Williams University in 2006. With a proven business record in real estate and 25 years of experience in training and instruction, Dillingham is responsible for ensuring the high standard of KWU courses and training programs. He oversees all decisions affecting the delivery of KWU courses across North America, the KWU Master Faculty and Millionaire Systems training.
Dillingham began his real estate career in 1977 and joined Keller Williams Realty in 1995. He has served as a senior instructor for the Council of Residential Specialists (CRS) for 20 years and balances his time in the classroom with his duties as an operating principal in Plano, Texas; Carmel, Calif.; and of the Northern California/Hawaii Region. Dillingham also continues to be a top-producing agent in Plano and an investor/partner for the Little Rock, Ark., market center.
Sharon Gibbons Vice President of Market Center Administration
In 2006, Sharon Gibbons was appointed vice president of market center administration. In this role, Gibbons oversees the support systems of more than 650 market center administrators (MCAs) in the Keller Williams system. The role of the MCA in the Keller Williams system is to support a market center financially and operationally, in addition to being one of the three members of the market center’s leadership team.
Gibbons is a 20-year veteran of Keller Williams Realty and is one of its founding associates. Prior to this role, Gibbons served as the vice president of financial and administrative systems. She directed all revenue streams into Keller Williams Realty as well as profit share, payroll and expenses for the company. She managed the Keller Williams profit share program, the MORE program and financial administration for all Keller Williams market centers.
Ginger Gibson Vice President of Franchise Systems
Formerly KWRI’s regional relations manager, Vice President of Franchise Systems Ginger Gibson’s focus is to meet growth and profit share goals; bring a higher level of accountability and profitability to regions and market centers; and ensure the company’s business model is implemented effectively in market centers across North America.
Gibson joined Keller Williams Realty in 1996 as an agent in Tulsa, OK, and continued to move up the ranks of the company, becoming the regional director of the Ohio Valley and Mid-American Regions. In 2005, the executive team tapped Gibson to join the leadership team of the company to provide a higher level of support to Keller Williams Realty’s 30 regions.
Dianna KokoszkaPresident of MAPS Institute
As president of Mega Achievement Productivity Systems or MAPS, Dianna Kokoszka is responsible for building the most powerful coaching and mastermind program in the industry. Kokoszka is passionately committed to providing a high level of motivation and accountability to her clients. Today, she leads a team of more than 40 MAPS coaches, who provide coaching programs tailor-made to help their clients build on the Keller Williams business models.
Kokoszka, who has been in real estate for 28 years, was team leader of the Keller Williams Realty Denver-West Market Center in Colorado prior to joining the international office. A pioneer in documenting office systems for real estate agents, Kokoszka began her real estate career as an agent and quickly moved up to mega agent status. Her entrepreneurial spirit and widely used published office systems have garnered Kokoszka many honors, including an appointment to the President of the United States’ Business Advisory Council, on which she has served since 2002. She also was named Denver Entrepreneur of the Year in 1984 and 1991, and Denver Businesswoman of the Year in 1986, 2003 and 2004.
Julie Lane Vice President of Legal and Compliance
Lane serves as General Counsel for Keller Williams Realty, Inc. After graduating from the University of Houston Law Center in 1994, Lane was selected to serve as Briefing Attorney to the Honorable John Powers with the Texas Court of Appeals, Third District in Austin, Texas. Prior to joining Keller Williams Realty, Lane was a Litigation Partner at the law firm of Cantey Hanger, LLP. She brings more than fourteen years of experience to her position.
Buddy Norman President of KWCommercial
Buddy Norman was named president of KW Commercial in 2008. A true leader in commercial real estate with approximately two decades of experience within the industry, Norman served in several leadership positions within international commercial firms such as The Staubach Company and Burnham Real Estate before joining Keller Williams Realty.
He has built new divisions and trained commercial brokers all over the United States – including Dallas, Atlanta, Washington D.C. and San Diego. A consistent top producer, Norman has averaged approximately 400,000 square feet per year commercial leasing and sales transactions over the last 10 years.
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Jay PapasanVice President of Publishing & Executive Editor
Jay Papasan is co-author and executive editor of The Millionaire Real Estate Agent and The Millionaire Real Estate Investor, with Gary Keller and Dave Jenks.
Prior to joining the company, Jay spent several years as an editor at Harper Collins Publishers, where he worked on such best-selling books as Body-for-Life by Bill Phillips and Go for the Goal by Mia Hamm. A graduate of the New York University graduate writing program, his freelance work has appeared in Texas Monthly and Memphis Magazine.
Papasan is co-author and executive editor of The Millionaire Real Estate Agent and The Millionaire Real Estate Investor, with Gary Keller and Dave Jenks.
Cary SylvesterExecutive Director of Technology
Cary Sylvester joined Keller Williams Realty International in 2002 as a consultant to the technology department, where she now serves as the Executive Director of Technology. Sylvester is responsible for the strategic vision for eAgentC, Keller Williams Realty’s software platform. Sylvester also has oversight over IT Operations, comprised of product development, Infrastructure support and customer support. Prior to joining Keller Williams Realty, Sylvester worked as an Oracle Consultant with Database Consultants, Inc., where she worked with clients to design their data management solutions. She also worked as an implementation manager for Copera, Inc. and as a database architect at Dell Computer Corporation. Sylvester is an Oracle Certified Professional.
