ALISO VIEJO, CA. December 28, 2005 – Previously
the Real Estate Apprentice Foundation has announced that Jeremy Conaway, Stephen
Roney, Kenneth Jenny, Thomas Dooley, Stu Siegel, Dr. Kenneth Edwards, Greg Herder
and Kendra Shearer had all accepted invitations to serve as Foundation Advisors
and Official Judges for the 2006. The Foundation has announced that joining
them are four additional real estate luminaries: NBC Apprentice Winner Kendra
Todd, Real Estate Broker Extraordinaire Lennox Scott, Real Estate Top Producer
Terry Moeler and Real Estate Educator Hugo “Skip” Weber. “This
is a magnificent group of 12 people - all heavy-hitters that are stepping
up to bat on behalf of Rookie agents,” said Stefan Swanepoel, Founder of
The Foundation.
Kendra Todd
Kendra Todd – a top producing RE/MAX agent – was hired by Donald
Trump as the first female winner of NBC’s “The Apprentice” (the
hit TV show created by Mark Burnett has no affiliation with the non profit real
estate grant program “Real Estate Apprentice.”) Kendra began her
first stage of apprenticeship under Carolyn Kepcher, Executive Vice President
of the Trump Organization and Donald Trump’s right-hand woman on the popular
reality TV show. She began working with Carolyn at the Trump National Gold
Club in Westchester County, to begin her integration into the Trump Organization. Her
training was focused on evaluating the potential of national and international
properties for purchase and development of golf courses. Following her
three months training with Carolyn, Kendra returned to her home state of Florida
to oversee the Trump Organization’s renovation of Palm Beach Mansion, a
48,000+ square foot oceanfront property.
Kendra is an ambitious and highly successful real estate agent and marketing
entrepreneur. She may appear to be a bubbly, blue-eyed blonde, but underneath
that soft exterior lays an intense, perfectionist personality. Though her father
was a top gun fighter pilot, it was her homemaker mother who taught her some
of the most valuable life lessons: The importance of education and recognizing
that in order to be a strong, independent woman, she must learn to support herself.
Ms. Todd obtained her undergraduate degree in linguistics from the University
of Florida, and upon graduation became the founding Editor-in-Chief of a lifestyle
magazine in South Florida. Kendra went on to obtain her real estate license,
which she hangs at RE/MAX Advantage Plus in Boca Raton, FL and incorporated her
media expertise into the development of My House Real Estate, Inc. an innovative
marketing company specializing in preconstruction and condo conversions
real estate projects. My House Real Estate, Inc.'s marketing strategies are unique,
and have generated involvement in marketing some of Florida's most sought after
real estate. Additionally, she is "Special Agent 53" on My House, Florida's
#1 real estate investment talk radio show on Clear Channel Radio. Upon acceptance
of the position on the Real Estate Apprentice Grant’s Official Judging
Panel for 2006, Kendra said: “The Real Estate Apprentice Grant Program
is a great idea and I am very pleased to be involved with it as an Official Judge
for 2006.”
J. Lennox Scott
John L. Scott Real Estate was founded in 1931 and is currently led by third
generation chairman and CEO, Lennox Scott. The company has 128 offices and over
4,000 sales associates in the states of Washington, Oregon and Idaho. Last
year the company closed over 44,000 transactions for more than 13 billion dollars
in sales volume. REAL Trends ranked John L. Scott Real Estate as the
5th largest regional real estate company in the United States and the 8th most
productive overall. The company’s website has also been the recipient of
the Inman Innovation Award in 2002 for Most Innovative Real Estate Company
in the nation.
Lennox
began his career in real estate in 1976, taking over as President of the company
in 1980, and then becoming Chairman and CEO in 2002. He has been recognized by REALTOR® Magazine as
one of the nation’s 25 Most Influential People in Real Estate and won The 2003 President’s
Award – Washington Association of REALTORS®, as
well as The REALTOR® of the Year – Seattle
King County in 2002.
He also
recently published his first book, entitled Next Generation Real Estate,
which discusses the evolution of the industry and the trends that are shaping
the future of real estate. Scott received his Business Administration Degree
from University of Washington.
Terry Moerler
Terry Moerler is top producing agent with a string of real estate certifications
and designations to her credit including: ABR, CRP, CRS, ERC, SRES, E-Pro Technology
Certified, STAR Power STAR, an iSucceed Mentor, a member of the Real Estate CyberSpace
Society and a member of the Women's Council of Realtors®.
Terry
has held a broker’s license for over 20 years specializing in real estate
counseling. Formerly a bank loan officer and Income Tax Practitioner, Terry has
helped over 2,000 families and individuals meet and/or exceed their real estate
goals. Ms. Moerler has a true passion for the real estate industry and loves
giving back to a business that has been so good to her. Terry’s energy,
commitment, enthusiasm and keen knowledge of the industry have made her one of
the most sought after speakers at real estate conferences and conventions. She
donates 100% of her speaking honorariums to local charities and has raised over
$50,000.
Terry spends her leisure time traveling with her husband Raymond. She is quite
proud of her daughter, Marlene, who graduated with a BSN and started her career
as a Pediatric Nurse at UCLA. Terry has been an active Rotarian since 1988 and
is involved in many charitable and community organizations. Terry also believes
that “one person can make a difference” and encourages everyone she
meets to bring a can of food to their local food bank for the less fortunate.
Hugo “Skip” Weber
Hugo C. A.
Weber, Jr., is the President of Realty Seminars, Inc (RSI) and for the last 22
years has been the Director of Education for RSI’s subsidiary, Polley Associates,
The Real Estate Education Company. Polley Associates is the largest real
estate education provider in Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey. Mr. Weber
has 28 years experience in “the real estate education by regulation” business
as an instructor, curriculum coordinator, administrator and more importantly
course marketer.
Weber is
currently a 17-year member and the current Chairman for the Voluntary Education
Advisory Committee to the Pennsylvania State Real Estate Commission. He has served
as an Advisory Board member to the National Association of Realtors®, Real
Estate Buyers Agent Council and RealtyU®. In 1991/92 he served as the
National President for the Real Estate Educators Association.
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