LAS VEGAS – Stephanie Hill, who directs the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) for the Greater Las Vegas Association of REALTORS® (GLVAR), has been elected to serve on the board of directors for the national Council of Multiple Listing Services (CMLS).
CMLS is the professional trade organization that serves the MLS industry across North America.
Starting in January, Hill will serve a one-year term on the CMLS board as its secretary/treasurer. In addition to Hill, new CMLS officers for 2018 include David Charron, chief strategy officer of Bright MLS in Maryland, who will serve as president, and Chris Carrillo, CEO of Metro MLS in Illinois, who will be president-elect. They will be joined on an executive committee by current CMLS President Lauren Hansen, CEO of Information and Real Estate Services, LLC in Colorado, when she becomes past president in 2018.
“It’s exciting to see that CMLS has become the organization where MLS industry leaders volunteer their time and expertise to build a better marketplace,” said Denee Evans, CEO of CMLS. “These are the right individuals at the right moment to help CMLS bring the real estate industry together to create a shared vision for what the future marketplace should look like.”
New CMLS officers and directors were elected by the general membership, with the exception of business partner directors. Business partner directors are appointed by the board of directors.
About the GLVAR
GLVAR was founded in 1947 and provides it is more than 14,000 local members with education, training, and political representation. The local representative of the National Association of REALTORS®, GLVAR is the largest professional organization in Southern Nevada. Each GLVAR member receives the highest level of professional training and must abide by a strict code of ethics. For more information, visit www.LasVegasRealtor.com.
About the Council of Multiple Listing Services (CMLS)
The Council of Multiple Listing Services (CMLS) is the professional trade organization that serves to advance the MLS industry in North America through unified leadership, collaboration, and education across the real estate industry. It was formed as a premier forum, advocate and resource in 1957 and has since evolved into a volunteer-led organization that is responsible for the advancement of MLS through education, innovation, and the implementation of best practices, industry standards, and next generation solutions in support of MLS providers with over 1 million subscribers.