2019 Florida Realtors Leadership
Meet the 2019 Florida Realtors Leadership — and Learn Their Superpower
Officers
President
Eric Sain, CIPS, GRI
Sain is a Realtor and district sales manager with Illustrated Properties. He served as president of the Realtors Association of the Palm Beaches and was named a Realtor of the Year in 2010. He has been a director and district vice president of Florida Realtors and served on many boards, forums and committees. He has also been a director of the National Association of Realtors® (NAR) and was the 2018 liaison to NAR's Realtor Party Disbursement Committee.
In the community, Sain was appointed to Governor Charlie Crist's Task Force for Housing Remediation in 2009 and served as 2018 vice chair of the West Palm Beach Flood Plain Management Committee. He also belongs to numerous other business and civic organizations.
As president of the state association, Sain focuses on providing Florida’s Realtors with robust information, education and advocacy programs to help them deliver the highest level of professional service to their clients and communities.
President-Elect: Barry M. Grooms
Vice President: Cheryl A. Lambert, SFR
Treasurer: Christina Pappas
Secretary: G. “Mike” McGraw
CEO
Margy Grant
Grant is the state association’s chief management officer, responsible for administration of Florida Realtors’ programs, services and policies, as well as its financial condition.
Grant is a Certified Association Executive (CAE) and also holds the Realtor Association Certified Executive (RCE) designation, earning recognition for specialized industry knowledge as well as association achievements and experience. She is a member of the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE).
She earned her Juris Doctor degree, cum laude, at the Suffolk University School of Law in Boston and her bachelor's degree in political science at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, N.H. Grant is a member of the Florida Bar, Massachusetts Bar and the California Bar (inactive status). She joined Florida Realtors in 2005.
2019 District Vice Presidents
- District 1: Marc Jernigan
- District 2: Michael J. Artelli
- District 3: H.B. Warren
- District 4: Stacy Stahl
- District 5: Dominic L. Pallini
- District 6: Mari L. Colgan
- District 7: Kim Ducharme Levensohn
- District 8: Will Shepherd
- District 9: Mark A. Miller
- District 10: Manuel A. “Manny” Quiros
- District 11: John H. Slivon
- District 12: Louis H. Nimkoff
- District 13: Vicky L. McPhee
Executive Management Team
Margy Grant, Chief Executive Officer
margy@floridarealtors.org
Jeff Zipper, Senior Vice President of Communications & Marketing
jeffz@floridarealtors.org
Eric Forsman, Vice President of Technology Services
ericf@floridarealtors.org
Dave Garrison, Vice President of Finance, Professional Development and Internal Operations
daveg@floridarealtors.org
Dr. Brad O'Connor, Chief Economist of Research
brado@floridarealtors.org
Danielle Scoggins, Vice President of Public Policy
danielles@floridarealtors.org
Juana Watkins, Esq., Vice President of Law and Policy & General Counsel
juanaw@floridarealtors.org