Illinois REALTORS® committee chairs and vice chairs chosen for 2025

Congratulations to the following Illinois REALTORS®, who were selected as 2025 committee chairs and vice chairs, who work to advance the association's goals, help shape the association's policies and make recommendations to the board.

The committee chair and vice chair appointments are:

• Alice Weinert, chair; Lonzetta McKennie, vice chair - Affordable Housing & Economic Development Committee
• Kathy Nichelson, chair; Janet Cheney, vice chair - Association Executives Committee
• Michael Gobber, chair - Audit Committee
• Sarah Ware, chair; Celeste Wheeler, vice chair - Business Issues Forum
• Brian Palm, chair; Jana Herdova, vice chair - Commercial and Property Management Committee
• Jean Lewis, chair - Conference and Expo Working Group
• Joel Raynes, chair - Ethics Citation Panel
• Debbie Prodehl, chair - Finance Committee
• Theresa Mueller, chair; William Mustafa, vice chair - Global Forum
• Christopher Stephens, chair; Brandon Shaffer, vice chair - Grievance Committee
• Michael Simpson, chair - Illinois General Assembly and Statewide Independent Expenditure Committee
• Matt Persicketti, chair - Illinois Local Government Independent Expenditure Committee
• Jeff Kolbus, chair; Debbie Prodehl, vice chair - Illinois REALTORS® Plaza Inc., Committee
• Ayn Bartok, chair; Andrea Greenwalt, vice chair - Leadership Development Working Group
• Kinga Korpacz, chair; Ethan Nagar, vice chair - Local Government Affairs Committee
• Tommy Choi, chair - NAR Leadership & Strategy Committee
• Zeke Morris, chair; Michael Gobber, vice chair - Nominating Committee
• Michael Gobber, chair - Performance/Compensation Review Committee
• Shawn Strach, chair; Teresa Camarato, vice chair - Professional Standards Committee
• Megan Oswald, chair; Suzanne Miller, vice chair - Public Policy Forum
• Zeke Morris, chair - REALTOR® of the Year Working Group
• Matt Persicketti, chair; Debbie Pawlowicz, vice chair - REALTORS® Political Involvement Committee
• Brian Kwilosz, chair; Tracy Patkunas, vice chair - RPAC Fundraising Working Group
• Jonathan Zivojnovic, chair; Carrie Little, vice chair - RPAC Trustees
• Matt Difanis, chair - Screening and Audit Working Group
• Ethan Nagar, chair; David Ferrel, vice chair - Young Professionals Network Advisory Group