INSIDEDecember 2014

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movesManagement Changes

Ben DroukasHillsboro

new Branch Manager

Shar GiardSunset Corridor

new Branch Manager

Nancy RasmussenSuburban SW

new Sales Manager

Russ Newcomer

December brought changes to the management of RE/MAX Equity Group as Russ Newcomer traded his role as Executive Vice-President for more time off and a return to sales. He turned the helm of the company over to the very capable hands of Jeff Davis, Vice-President of Administration, and Alan Mehrwein, Vice-President of Brokerage Services.

Also returning to sales were Sunset Corridor/Hillsboro branch manager Pat Walker and Suburban SW/West Valley branch manager Bill Brewer. Both have had long careers in the industry and have made lasting contributions. We wish them well as they get back to their roots of selling and enjoy more time off. Bill will be joining his brothers Pat and Tom Brewer at the Suburban SW branch while Pat will be at the Hillsboro branch.

The Hillsboro branch welcomed Ben Droukas as their new branch manager. Ben comes to the company from Keller Williams.

Shar Giard, who has been an agent at our Gresham branch since 1998, has moved to Sunset Corridor to manage that office.

Suburban SW promoted one of its own to take over for Bill. Nancy Rasmussen of the Suburban SW office has stepped up to lead the branch. Nancy has been with the company since 2003.

We are excited about the changes these new leaders will bring to the company! Call or email them to congratulate them on their new roles.

Relaxin’ RussAfter 12 years in senior Management with RE/MAX equity group, the last three as the top executive at the company, Russ Newcomer traded it all in for some relaxing and a return to sales.

A send off party was held for him at the Portland Golf Club on December 30 but if you didn’t get a chance to wish him well on his new adventure, you may find him still hanging around at the Canby branch.

We thank him for his leadership during the critical transition after the downturn. Enjoy this new chapter!

Lyn SchubelVancouver Mall

Karen SchaafGresham

Cathy CoverSunnyside

Tony ByersSuburban SW

Olga FabyanchukVancouver Mall

NEW TRIPLE DIAMOND

CLUB MEMBER - 15 YEAR

ANNIVERSARY

Brenda TurnerLake Oswego

Mike PooleBroadway

NEW DIAMOND CLUB MEMBERS

- 5 YEAR ANNIVERSARIES

NEW 20 YEAR CLUB MEMBER - 20 YEAR

ANNIVERSARY

NEW 25 YEAR CLUB MEMBERS - 25 YEAR

ANNIVERSARIES

NEW DOUBLE DIAMOND CLUB MEMBERS - 10 YEAR

ANNIVERSARIES

Joyce KauWest Hills

Dominque MahlowVancouver Mall

Tanyua PrinceSuburban SW

Tim SaelandWest Hills

Liz CarpenterWest Hills

Matt KennedySuburban SW

We congratulate our agents who have qualified for RE/MAX career awards in the 3rd quarter of 2014.

The RE/MAX Hall of Fame Award honors agents who have earned more than $1 million in commissions during their careers with the RE/MAX network. Recipients of the Lifetime Achievement Award must have been with the RE/MAX network for at least 7 years and earned at least 3 million in gross commissions.

RE/MAX Career Awards

Ilyse BallMoreland-Sellwood

Betty WalkerSunnyside

WELCOME NEW AGENTS!

Michelle BaylisCanby

Indira Hadziosmanovic

Hillsboro

Rayne HubbardSunnyside

Jenene PhilippiVancouver Mall

Matt ReddingWest Hills

NOT PICTURED:

Faith Bowers, Canby

Julie Jarvis, Suburban SW

Mark TrunkSunnyside

One Warm Coat Drive

Vancouver Mall agents, staff, and family volunteered at Share House to prep their Thanksgiving meal

The Broadway branch again collected toys for the Randall Children’s Hospital Holiday Toy Drive.

Kylie Totten (center), the daugther of Sunnyside’s branch coordinator Kari Totten held her 3rd annual toy drive. With help from the Sunnyside and Sunset Corridor branches she collected nearly 500 toys for Doernbecher Children’s Hospital.

Agent Retirements

The RE/MAX Equity Group Foundation partnered with One Warm Coat to collect new and gently used coats for those in need this winter. Each branch that participated picked an agency local to them to donate coats to. As you can see they did a fabulous job keeping people in their communities warm this winter!

Holiday Help For Our Communities

Doris Cherachanko of the West Hills office retired in December after more than 36 years as a REALTOR, with countless hours of service to the industry. Enjoy your retirement!

After 34 years in the industry, Sunnyside’s Jean Burns hung up her real estate hat, confident she did it HER way. The branch threw her a Frank Sinatra party to celebrate her career. We wish you all the best in your retirement!

Bob Hoggard of the Hillsboro branch retired after more than 33 years in the industry. He does have his license at ERS to do

referrals so we may still see him around.

Chris Monty, Pat Brewer, and Tony Byers were just a few of the Suburban SW agents who once again made it a Merry Christmas for the boys of the Imani House.

Canby’s Becky Nugent and Susan Hull are members of“Tiny Bubbles” a card-carrying ukulele strumming, melody singing group of gals that perform during the holidays. Here they are performing at the Canby Rotary.

Lake Oswego’s Nancy Mason has recently self-published a children’s book, The Barrette Boogie, an imaginative illustrated rhyming story that speaks to the daily dilemmas of girls’ with long hair.

You can pick up a copy at Amazon or Powell’s.

When not selling real estate, she is also working on her next book, a family biography.

Holiday Fun Agents “In The News”

Vancouver Mall agents and staff celebrated the holidays together at the Marshall House at Fort Vancouver.

Gresham’s Michelle Carter and husband Barry rang in the new year by participating in Portland’s First Run 10K. The clock struck midnight and they were off!

The weekend after Christmas brought VP Alan Mehrwein, Foundation Chair Shar Giard, and Equity Home Mortgage President David Baker to a Blazer game to present a check representing the more than $42,000 raised by our agents and EHM for Doernbecher Children’s Hospital.

Vancouver Mall’s Terrie Cox was featured on the cover of RE/MAX’s Above Magazine Fall issue.

Donna Elliott of the Vancouver Mall office was featured in the Columbian’s Realtor Spotlight on January 4th while Vancouver Mall’s Lori Anderson-Benson appeared in the January 11th issue.

Agents After Hours

West Hills’ Joyce Kau and Lisa Pridgen enjoyed showing off the company’s sponsorship of the sign making station at a recent Blazer game.

Baby-Palooza

Vancouver Mall’s Kevin Schubel and wife Katie welcomed their first child - daughter Parker May - on November 12, 2014. She weighed 7lb 10oz and 21” long. Congrats to Grandpa Lyn Schubel too!

Lake Oswego’s Mindi Holstein shows off her new daughter Sarah Grace, born on November 23, 2014. She weighed 8lbs and was 20 & 3/4 inches long.

West Hills’ Matt Redding got a late Christmas present with the birth of son Gunnar on December 26, 2014. He weighed 9 lbs 3 oz and was 21 inches long.

Suburban SW had their own mini baby boom in December. Lincoln Reichen welcomed his first child - a son named Jude DiMaggio on December 10, 2014 weighing 7 lbs. 14 oz.

Steve White, wife April, and big sister Payton got an unexpected Christmas present when twins Rylee Nicole White Madison (Madi) Jean White arrived early on December 18. Rylee was born at 12:37 pm and was 5 lbs 2 oz and 18.75 inches. Madi was born at 12:51 pm and was 4 lbs 14 oz and 18.75 inches.

Grandbabies also got in on the December baby boom. West Valley’s Carrie Palmore added a grandson to her family with the birth of Mason Timothy Blanchard, born to her daughter Chanelle on December 12, 2014 weighing 6lbs. 2 oz.

Canby’s Bill and JoEllen Reif got another granddaughter when Juniper Rose was born on November 9th, weighing 6 lbs 9oz and 21 inches long.