Advisors
Stephen W. Baird
President and Chief Executive Officer, Baird & Warner
He serves as chairman of The Realty Alliance — a consortium of the nation’s top real estate firms — and has testified before the U.S. Congress on matters of vital interest to the real estate community. In addition, he has long worked for the preservation of open space as past-president of CorLands, The Openlands Project and, currently, as a national board member of the Trust for Public Land. He holds memberships in the World Presidents Organization, the Chief Executives Organization and the Commercial Club of Chicago. He serves as a trustee of the Morton Arboretum and has recently been appointed to the boards of Children’s Memorial Hospital, Chicago Public Radio (WBEZ) and the local advisory board of US Bank. He also was selected by Fortune Small Business Magazine as a “Best Boss” for 2004.

A 1975 graduate of Harvard University, Baird remains active in the Harvard community. He serves as the national chairman for the HAA Schools and Scholarship Committee and is the co-chair of the Harvard Schools Committee in Chicago, which interviews applicants for admission. Baird earned his MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School of Business Management in 1985, and also serves as a director of that school’s Alumni Board.
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Lanny Baker
Chief Executive Officer, ZipRealty
Lanny Baker has served as Chief Executive Officer of ZipRealty since November 2010, having joined the company as Chief Financial Officer in late 2008. Under Mr. Baker’s leadership, ZipRealty has significantly upgraded its web, mobile and customer service technology, while simultaneously achieving dramatic improvement in financial performance and overall profitability. Today, ZipRealty is actively reinvesting recent gains into mobile technology, agent recruiting and expanding the rapidly growing Powered by Zip (PbZ) network serving leading local brokerages in top cities across the United States.

Prior to joining ZipRealty, Mr. Baker was Chief Financial Officer of Monster Worldwide, the global leader in online recruitment advertising, where he oversaw financial operations and directed Monster’s long-term strategic planning and M&A activities. Earlier in his career, Mr. Baker spent 16 years as a sell-side research analyst, where he was regularly recognized by Institutional Investor magazine for his coverage of the Internet/Online Media sector.

Mr. Baker currently serves on the Board of Directors of HomeAway, Inc. (NASDAQ: AWAY) and The XO Group (NYSE: XOXO), and is a member of the Audit and Financial Risk Committee of The Taft School in Watertown, Conn. Mr. Baker, his wife and four children live in Lafayette, Calif., in a home they found on ZipRealty.com.
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Gino Blefari
Chief Executive Officer, HSF Affiliates LLC
Gino Blefari has joined the leadership team at HSF Affiliates LLC, parent company to the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices, Prudential Real Estate and Real Living Real Estate brokerage networks. He will become CEO of HSF Affiliates January 1, 2015.

Previously, Blefari was president and CEO of Intero Real Estate Services, Inc., a leading U.S. real estate brokerage based in Cupertino, CA. Blefari founded Intero in 2002 and built the company into one of the fastest growing firms in real estate. Real Trends ranked Intero No. 12 for sales volume in its 2013 study of the 500 Largest Brokerages in the U.S.

In 2007, Blefari was recognized as the Italian American Businessman of the Year by the Italian American Heritage Foundation. In acknowledgement of Blefari’s green practices and support, EcoBroker Community Service Award out of more than one million brokers and agents nationally.

Out of 5,000 mentors across the country, Blefari was presented with the Mentor of the Year Award in 2012 by The Buffini Company. In July 2014, Blefari was inducted into the Mike Ferry Organization’s Hall of Fame. Additionally, in August 2014, Blefari received an award for “Executive of the Year for Leadership and Contribution to the Real Estate Industry” at Tom Ferry’s Success Summit in Anaheim, CA. Blefari was also honored with RISMedia’s National Homeownership Award for “outstanding achievements among residential real estate’s most influential and charismatic leaders.”
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Sherry Chris
Chief Executive Officer at Better Homes and Gardens
Sherry Chris was appointed President and CEO of Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate LLC in October of 2007. Well known within the real estate industry, Sherry is a frequent speaker at real estate and technology conferences. She serves on Zillow's broker advisory board and has served on a number of industry- and technology- related advisory boards, including Trulia and Google Real Estate. She is a past chairman of The Realty Alliance. Sherry is a graduate of The University of Western Ontario, and earned an MBA from the Ivey School of Business.

Most recently, she has won a 2010 Stevie Award for Best Executive in the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, an award that recognizes the accomplishments of outstanding women executives, entrepreneurs and the organizations they run. She was also named 2010 Inman Innovator of the Year.
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Rick Davidson
Chief Executive Officer and President, Century 21 Real Estate LLC
Richard W. “Rick” Davidson was appointed president and chief executive officer of Century 21 Real Estate in February 2010. In his role, Davidson leads the world’s largest residential real estate sales organization of approximately 7,000 independently owned and operated franchised brokerage offices and more than 100,000 sales associates in 73 countries and territories worldwide. Davidson has served in franchise senior executive roles since 2006, and prior to that he was a franchise owner of a Realogy brand.

Prior to his current post, Davidson served in a dual capacity as chief operating officer of Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC and as president and chief operating officer of Coldwell Banker Commercial Affiliates. In this role, Davidson was responsible for overseeing the Coldwell Banker residential franchise operations on a global basis after having led the brand’s commercial operations since May 2006. Specifically, he was responsible for directing the operations, field services, education and mortgage services programs across this global residential real estate network.

With more than 20 years of experience in the real estate industry, Davidson is a licensed real estate broker in Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia and earned the SIOR, Executive Management Specialist designation in 2009. Previously, Davidson was the founding principal and chief executive officer of Coldwell Banker Commercial Capitol Realty Services, an independently owned and operated company in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan market.

Before establishing Coldwell Banker Commercial Capitol Realty Services in 2003, Davidson spent nine years as managing director of CB Richard Ellis in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan market and three years with Insignia/ESG as executive vice president. During his tenure with CBRE, Davidson received several national awards, including Manager of the Year in 1994 and 1996, and the J. Frank Mahoney and James Didion Chairman’s Leadership Award for Real Estate Excellence in 1997, 1998 and 2000.

Davidson currently serves on the international board of directors for Easter Seals. He is also active in Big Brothers/Big Sisters and a number of other local and national charities.

He is an honors graduate of National Louis University in Chicago.
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Bryan Duncan
Assistant Treasurer, Jones Lang LaSalle
Bryan J. Duncan serves as an Assistant Treasurer of Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated. Previously, Mr. Duncan served as the Senior Vice President of Global Finance at Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated.
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Elie Finegold
Senior Vice President Global Innovation and Business Intelligence, CBRE
Elie Finegold is Senior​ Vice President, Global Innovation and Business Intelligence for CBRE. Reporting to the Global Chief Administrative Officer, Elie leads the identification, development and introduction of innovations that support the continued growth of existing CBRE businesses, and seeds the future by identifying and exploring options for the company to develop new long-term initiatives and/or businesses.

For more than 15 years, Elie has been an entrepreneur and senior officer in a wide variety of startup and growth-oriented technology, re​al estate and services companies. Prior to joining CBRE, Elie was the founding President of Island Global Yachting (IGY), the world's leading developer, owner and operator of luxury yacht marinas and waterfront mixed-use lifestyle developments. During his tenure, IGY grew from inception to nearly 1,000 worldwide employees with nearly $1.5 billion in net assets under management, with diversified operations, properties and developments around the world.

Previously, Elie was Chief Innovation Officer of Insignia Financial Group, the NYSE traded parent company of Insignia/ESG, prior to its acquisiti​on by CBRE in 2003. He also helped lead Octane, a technology consortium of leading real estate companies, and was involved in oversight of Octane’s collaborative investments in companies such as SiteStuff and WorkplaceIQ.

Prior to joining Insignia, Elie founded and managed two technology-oriented companies in the Seattle area: Cubitz.com, Inc., a web-based porta​l for companies seeking to find, source and occupy commercial real estate, and Syncretic Media, Inc., a web services and development company.​​​​​
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Marty Frame
President, Realtors Property Resource
Marty is the president of RPR, in which capacity he is responsible for the company’s product strategies and business operations. Prior to RPR, he was the general manager of Cyberhomes.com for Fidelity National Financial and Lender Processing Services, and the Chief Technology Officer of REALTOR.com for Move, Inc. Marty is a graduate of Yale University and was one of Inman News’s “100 Most Influential Real Estate People” in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010.
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Bob Goldberg
CEO, National Association of REALTORS®
Bob Goldberg is the Chief Executive Officer of the National Association of REALTORS®. The National Association of REALTORS® is America's largest trade association, representing more than 1.2 million members involved in all aspects of the residential and commercial real estate industries.

A 22-year veteran of NAR, Goldberg took over the reins on August 1, 2017. Prior to assuming the CEO position, he served as NAR senior vice president of Sales & Marketing, Business Development & Strategic Investments, Professional Development and Conventions for NAR.

In his SVP role, Goldberg was responsible for brand and strategic marketing and association non-dues revenue, and oversaw the largest employee base at NAR, with 69 division personnel. He guided a broad range of association initiatives including business development, strategic planning and partnerships, association product and marketing services and management, member professional development, competitive brand positioning, marketing, advertising and promotions, and group conventions.

Additionally, Mr. Goldberg is the President and Chief Executive Officer for the REALTORS® Information Network (RIN), a for profit, wholly-owned subsidiary of the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR), the nation’s largest professional trade association. As CEO, he is responsible for oversight of the realtor.com® Operating Agreement with Move, Inc. Previously, Mr. Goldberg was the Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice President of Marketing for RIN. As a member of the Executive Management team, he was responsible for business development and strategic partnerships, product marketing, management of all products and services, contract negotiations, strategic planning, competitive positioning, marketing and corporate communications, advertising and promotions, and conventions.

Prior to joining RIN, Mr. Goldberg was a Senior Vice President with PRC Realty Systems, the nation's leading provider of computer-based real estate information systems with $85M in annual revenues. As an Officer of the company, he was responsible for marketing, business development, strategic planning, business operations (specifically having P/L responsibility for a $20M business), operations review, business process re-engineering, and employee growth, as well as playing an active role in the $60M sale of PRC Realty Systems. Additionally, Mr. Goldberg was responsible for product management (online services, application software products, and published products), software development and support, product launches and positioning, convention planning, field sales support, third party product evaluation, customer advisory group liaison, competitive analysis, and internal and external communications.

In his 11 years with PRC, Mr. Goldberg also held key management positions in Business Operations, Sales (led company in 1992 with $24M in sales), Product Marketing, Product Support and Customer Services.

Previously, he was the National Marketing Manager with IFI/Plenum Data Corp., a leader in online information database products distributed through Dialog Information Services.

Mr. Goldberg holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.
Advisors
Dayna Grayson
Partner, New Enterprise Associates (NEA)
Dayna joined NEA in 2012 and focuses on early stage consumer internet and enterprise companies.

Prior to joining NEA, Dayna was an investor at North Bridge Venture Partners in Boston where she focused on seed and early stage consumer internet and SaaS investments. She is an active member of the startup communities along the east coast including Boston and New York.

Her investment career follows operational success in product design and management. Before joining North Bridge in 2006, Dayna led product design efforts at Blackbaud [BLKB], the leading global provider of software to nonprofit organizations. She managed products throughout their life cycle as the company grew to over $130 million in revenue and completed a successful public offering. Previously, Dayna was a consultant at Cap Gemini Ernst and Young.

Dayna has a BS from the University of Virginia in Systems Engineering and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
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Sam Guren
Owner, Guren Capital Management, LLC
Sam started in the private equity business in 1975, with Continental Illinois Venture Corporation (CIVC). During his tenure with CIVC, where he was second in command, the firm’s investments ranged from Apple Computer to Yoplait to Kohlberg, Kravis & Roberts (introduced by Stan Golder). KKR took the firm into the buyout investment business, and the formation of CIEC. Sam was an early investor in the retail industry; that has been a focus that has continued throughout his career.

In 1981, Sam was recruited by William Blair to co-found and manage William Blair Venture Partners (WBVP). He grew the business to six professionals during three funds. Investments ranged from the founding of The Sports Authority to the buyout of Sanford Corporation to various technology, healthcare and cable television companies.

Robert Baird recruited Sam in 1996 to manage the Baird Capital Funds I (already fully invested) and II. While there, BCP grew from two to five professionals with a focus on outsourcing and temporary staffing.

Sam joined Allied Capital in 1999, and stayed through 2002. He managed the Chicago office, and was on their Investment and Operating Committees.​​​​​
Advisors
Joe Hanauer
Former Chairman of the Board, Move Inc.,Grubb Ellis and Coldwell Banker
Joe F. Hanauer has served as one of the Company’s directors since November 1996, as vice chairman of our board of directors from November 2001 to January 2002, chairman of the Board since January 2002, and lead independent director since December 2004; he was the National Association of REALTORS® representative on the Board through November 2000. Since 1988, Mr. Hanauer, through Combined Investments, L.P., has directed investments in companies primarily involved in real estate and financial services. Mr. Hanauer is a former chairman and director of Grubb & Ellis Company, a former chairman and chief executive officer of Coldwell Banker Residential Group, Inc. and a member of the National Association of REALTORS®. Mr. Hanauer was a trustee of the Calamos Fund Complex, a fund complex of 19 portfolios, from 2001 to December 2009. Mr. Hanauer served as a director of MAF Bancorp Inc. from 1990 until its acquisition in August 2007. Mr. Hanauer serves as one of the Company’s representatives on the Policy Advisory Board of the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University.