Every December, the election results are revealed that announce the new Board of Directors for the Real Estate Standards organization or RESO. And every year, a stellar slate of industry leaders take the helm at RESO to help guide its vision for a streamlined real estate technology industry.

The real estate industry is well represented by this group, which includes:

Rebecca Jensen, MRED; Michael Wurzer, FBS; John Breault, State-Wide MLS; and Richard Renton, Triad MLS; Todd Carpenter, NAR; Jason Normandin, NAR; Matt Cohen, CoreLogic; Bob Evans, Move, Inc.; and Mark Lesswing, T3 Sixty; Turan Tekin, Zillow Group; Andy Woolley, Homes.com; Chris Carrillo, Metro MLS; Shayne Fairley, Stellar MLS; and Frank Major, Bright MLS; Marty Reed, CRMLS; Bill Fowler, Compass; Dan Troup, RE/MAX; Caitlin McCrory, Realogy; and Jeff Young, RPR.

RESO 2022 Board of Directors

As a Charter Member of RESO, WAV Group looks forward to the contributions of the new Board members as they continue to work hard to deliver RESO’s mission: to create and promote the adoption and utilization of standards that drive efficiency throughout the real estate industry.

Here is the full news release:

RESO Announces 2022 Board of Directors Election Winners

Raleigh, NC, December 9, 2021. The Real Estate Standards Organization (RESO) is honored to present the results of its 2022 Board of Directors election for nine open seats and other board appointments, as well as the industry professionals who will sit on its Executive Committee for the year 2022.

“RESO is not only delivering unified standards and certifications to the industry, it is now providing the objective, transparent reporting that will spur technology innovation,” said Rebecca Jensen, who was re-elected 2022 Chair of the RESO board and is President and CEO of Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED). “Leaders who see the impact of standards on their businesses are joining RESO’s leadership in greater numbers, and we are lucky to have them on our board.”

With that, here are the new 2022 RESO Board of Directors election winners.

  • Matt Cohen, Principal, Advisory Services, CoreLogic
  • Bob Evans, VP of Industry Relations, Move, Inc.
  • Shayne Fairley, COO, Stellar MLS
  • Rebecca Jensen, President and CEO, MRED
  • Mark Lesswing, CTO & SVP, T3 Sixty
  • Frank Major, CTO, Bright MLS
  • Marty Reed, Chief Innovation & Strategy Officer, California Regional MLS (CRMLS)
  • Michael Wurzer, President and CEO, FBS – Creators of Flexmls
  • Jeff Young, COO/GM, Realtors Property Resource (RPR)

The following at-large appointments were made by the board:

  • Caitlin McCrory, VP of Industry Relations, Realogy
  • Richard Renton, CEO, Triad MLS
  • Andy Woolley, VP of Industry Development, Homes.com and Homesnap

The 2022 RESO Executive Committee:

  • Chair: Rebecca Jensen, MRED
  • Vice-Chair: Michael Wurzer, FBS
  • Secretary: John Breault, State-Wide MLS
  • Treasurer: Richard Renton, Triad MLS

Continuing 2022 RESO Board Members: Todd Carpenter, Director, Strategic Investments, National Association of REALTORS®; Chris Carrillo, CEO, Metro MLS; Bill Fowler, Senior Director of Industry Relations, Compass; Jason Normandin, Project Manager, National Association of REALTORS®; Turan Tekin, Director, MLS and Industry Development, Zillow Group; and Dan Troup, Director of Data Operations & Strategy, RE/MAX.

“We welcome our new board members, and we are thankful for the time that our directors who are moving off the board gave to building our success and will continue to give to the organization as leaders in our industry,” said Sam DeBord, CEO of RESO. “We could not achieve the things we do without them.”

Departing RESO directors this year are Art Carter, CEO, CRMLS; Brian Donnellan, President & CEO, Bright MLS; Chip McAvoy, VP Emerging Products and Technology, Black Knight; and Liz Tewksbury, Industry Relations Director, Homesnap.

About RESO

RESO provides the foundation for streamlined real estate technology through the creation and certification of standards. Our member organizations include MLSs, brokerages, REALTOR® associations and technology partners serving more than one million real estate professionals. | reso.org