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The Windermere Real Estate brand continues to levy the benchmark of elegance, stature, integrity, honesty, and continual learning. With investment in best-in-class strategic support and technology, our instantly recognizable brand is the barometer of a trusted advisory. As one of the only guests not affiliated with the company at the time to attend its January 2018 event to celebrate Realty Trust Group merging their talent to create Windermere Realty Trust, I am proud of how our greater network of 300 offices and 7,000 agents throughout the Western United States and Mexico work in concert together. Founded by John Jacobi in 1972, our lead- ership includes OB Jacobi, Jill Jacobi Wood, and Geoff Wood who are co-presidents with Geoff as CEO. The Windermere Foundation’s importance continues to be a key factor in aligning us as a forward-thinking corporate leader in supporting organizations I have been associated with in the long-term like Bridge Meadows and most recently Path Home. Windermere’s commitment to its brokers is an additional layer of sophistication in representation for the client. My managing principal broker Joe Menashe is the undisputed example of grace and wisdom in navigating a quickly-changing landscape in real estate. Many of you followed the 2024 settlement of Moehrl, et al. v. National Association of Realtors® (NAR), et al. and Sitzer/Burnett et al v. NAR et al that fundamentally redefined the framework of broker compensation. Windermere provided first-to-market expert counsel to train brokers how to explain changes and work with new regulation to eliminate confusion for consumers well before other companies. As one of the only real estate companies to have a principal economist, this last year we welcomed Jeff Tucker to the role who was formerly with Zillow where he was media spokesman for economic research.
n Representatives with Path Home receive a small grant from the Windermere Foundation at our Portland Heights office. n WFG VP and Senior Escrow Officer Eva Swenson and her team continue to provide platinum-level guidance for The Horswell Collection’s transac- tions. n Portland Cleanup mobilizing thousands of volun- teers in downtown [with Adopt One Block Founder Frank Moscow]. n WRT Central Oregon Broker Angela Boothroyd, 2024 President-Elect of the Cascades East Association of REALTORS® is an active volunteer while Richard serves on the Political Affairs Key Committee for Oregon REALTORS®, the statewide trade association for the profession. It could be said that 2024 was the “Year of Windermere” statewide, with Windermere Heritage Managing Principal Broker/Owner Ashleigh Fordham as the association’s president; WRT Moreland Managing Principal Broker Robin Springer chairing its Gov- ernment Affairs Committee; and, Good Neighbor Award Recipient WRT Raleigh Hills Broker Jon Co- hen. In addition, WRT MLK Principal Broker Debra Neal is a recent addition to the State of Oregon’s Real Estate Board. As a company, Windermere and its brokers are guardians of the consumer with an activist voice in the industry.
Thank you to Weedman Design Partners for their kind acknowledgment in social media for their role in the 2024 Fall / 2025 Winter issue of REGENCY.
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