Annual Awards
2024 Award Recipients
A big thank you to everyone who joined us for the ARA Annual Meeting and Awards Program! It was an inspiring celebration of a successful year and a special opportunity to honor the incredible leadership of our 2024 ARA President, Kelly Guin Thrash, and the 2024 Board of Directors.
Affiliate of the Year
This award was created in 1991 to be given to the Affiliate member of the Atlanta REALTORS® Association who has made the greatest contribution of time, energy, and resources to the Atlanta REALTORS® Association in the calendar year.
2024 Affiliate of the Year Recipient
Brian Walker
America's First Choice Home Warranty
Past Affiliate of the Year Recipients
2020–Present
| Name | Year |
|---|---|
| Edmund Ruiz | 2023 |
| Jeremy Crawford | 2022 |
| Shaun Graham | 2021 |
| Gina Niederhauser | 2020 |
2010–2019
| Name | Year |
|---|---|
| Natalie Cooper | 2019 |
| FMLS | 2018 |
| Joe Riggs | 2017 |
| Campbell & Brannon | 2016 |
| Maria Riggs | 2015 |
| Nikki Bell | 2014 |
| Orlando Lynch | 2013 |
| Brian Hartley | 2012 |
| Arrow Exterminators | 2011 |
| Gina Niederhauser | 2010 |
2000–2009
| Name | Year |
|---|---|
| Wells Fargo Home Mortgage | 2009 |
| FMLS | 2008 |
| Rick Darlington | 2007 |
| Ed Beard | 2006 |
| Gloria Richardson | 2005 |
| Denise Gryder | 2004 |
| Sandi Edelson | 2003 |
| Lawrence Cohen | 2002 |
| Andrea Chase-Ward | 2001 |
| Joe Thomas | 2000 |
1990–1999
| Name | Year |
|---|---|
| Judy Grant | 1999 |
| Sylvia Glover | 1998 |
| Rhonda Poitevent | 1997 |
| Ginger Mitchell | 1996 |
| HomeBanc | 1995 |
| Sandie Tate | 1994 |
| HomeBanc | 1993 |
| Carol Bolka | 1992 |
| Sandie Tate | 1991 |