Tara Furges Houston is the Founder and Vice-President of Houston Consulting Group & Associates, LLC, a consulting practice providing branding, marketing, and business development training and consultation to small businesses and independent contractors so they can leverage new business opportunities. She is a real estate professional with eXp Realty, where she is the former State Broker for the District of Columbia (DC) and Maryland (MD); as well as the former State Compliance Broker for Virginia (VA). Now, she works, alongside her husband Michael, leading the Legacy Builders Global agent partner group of eXp Realty with a gross sales volume of over $100MM a year! Tara and Michael are trainers, mentors, and coaches for their personal agent group as well as agents and brokers across the country. Their mission is to help agents and brokers build better businesses to live better lives.  

LaGreta Dennis has been a Real Estate Salesperson for over 20 years and is licensed in Virginia, Maryland and Washington, DC. She enjoys teaching and training real estate professionals. Currently, LaGreta is a Branch Manager for Long & Foster Real Estate. As a Branch Manager, her role includes creating and delivering training for agents. In addition to training and managing, LaGreta is an active Salesperson, which helps her stay current with the listing and selling process. She also holds the following designations: Graduate, REALTOR Institute (GRI); Certified Residential Specialist (CRS); Accredited Buyer’s Representative (ABR); and Seller Representative Specialist (SRS). LaGreta is holds a B.S. Degree in Statistics from Virginia Tech. Go Hokies!

Sandra Stewart is the District Manager of the Greater Washington Region. In this role, she performs the duties of Branch Vice President of Coldwell Banker's Arlington and Capitol Hill Sales Offices. Sandra is a non-competing manager whose primary focus is to support the business development and success of each Sales Associate affiliated with these offices. She works closely with both new and experienced associates to create strong business plans to ensure their success. Conduct monthly business development workshops and host quarterly continuing education courses. She provides one on one coaching and her "open door" policy allows associates to know there is support and guidance available at all times.

Sandra has over 20 years of real estate experience. She is known for her infectious enthusiasm for real estate, knowledge of D.C., Maryland, and Virginia real estate contracts, and her ability to motivate high-performing Agents. Prior to becoming a Branch Vice President in the Greater Washington Region, Sandra was the Assistant Branch Manager for Coldwell Banker's Annapolis Church Circle Sales Office located in Annapolis, MD. There she was responsible for managing profitability and education for over 100 Agents.

With more than 25 years of experience as a mortgage banker and title attorney, Marty began his legal career with Ridgway and Griffin in Rockville, Maryland. Rising to the rank of partner and subsequent co-owner of the firm’s title company, Universal Settlements, LLC, he conducted thousands of settlements. His contribution to Universal was instrumental in the firm’s growth and eventual sale to First American Title Insurance Company, where Marty assumed the role of Regional Vice President and Mid-Atlantic Direct Operations Manager.

Marty brought his dedication and experience to KVS Title, LLC, where he focuses his time on conducting residential and commercial real estate settlements and teaching continuing education courses for real estate professionals. He is an affiliate member of the Northern Virginia Association of Realtors, the Greater Capital Area Association of Realtors, and the District of Columbia Association of Realtors.

Colleen Sweeney is currently the Managing Attorney at MBH Settlement Group in the Fair Oaks office.  Colleen has 20+ years of legal experience ranging from drafting complex contracts, litigation, and conducting real estate closings.  Colleen has represented clients from cases at the trial court through the Supreme Court of the United States and the Commonwealth of Virginia.  She is an active member of the legal community and a lifelong resident of Northern Virginia.

Reggie Copeland is the 2022 NVAR President.

Reggie has served in a number of positions, giving back to the industry that he loves. He has especially enjoyed his time of service on the BOD and both the Grievance/ Professional Standards committee. Reggie is fully committed to the value that service on committees provides through NVAR, wholeheartedly believing he’s helping to impact realtors productively. Reggie remains committed to serving his fellow Realtor® colleagues through teaching, committees, board opportunities and being available as a direct resource to those who seek out his guidance. He looks forward to future growth opportunities with NVAR, and embracing creative ways to continue to improve upon a dynamic and ever-changing business.

Licensed as a Virginia Real Estate Salesperson in 1976, Larry currently serves as the director of education for Fairfax Realty in Annandale, Virginia. In 1982, he obtained his broker’s license and began his career in real estate management and agent training. Larry has been active in NVAR for more than 30 years, serving on the Board of Directors and on many committees, including chair of the Commercial Forum. A real estate educator for over 25 years, Larry teaches more than 15 courses for NVAR and VAR. He has received many association awards, but two he truly values are the NVAR Code of Ethics Award and the VAR George Rink Educator of the Year Award.

An Attorney and Entrepreneur, Keith founded Vesta Settlements in 2011 and has overseen its growth from one employee in a temporary office space to a team of over 20 across three offices. Keith established and oversees the “big picture” for Vesta and ensures execution across operations and business development. Vesta has been included in the Washington Business Journal’s List of Top Title Companies 7 years in a row. Keith is also the Managing Member of the law firm Keith D. Barrett, PLLC.

Keith is a licensed attorney in Virginia, New York, Connecticut and D.C., a licensed title agent, and a Virginia Real Estate Board approved instructor. He also serves on the NVAR Standard Forms Committee (including as Past Chairman), the NVAR Attorney Roundtable Committee, is a member of the Virginia Bar Association Real Estate Section and serves on the Virginia Bar Association Real Estate Council.

Florence L. Daniels, GRI, and Associate Broker of Governmental Employees Realty Associates Alexandria Virginia served as Consulting Co-Editor for Virginia Real Estate: Practice & Law, Eight Edition. Ms Daniels has been in the real estate business for over 25 years, starting first with two of the predominant brokerages in this region before co-founding a small boutique agency 1997. As a past member of the  nine member Virginia Real Estate Board for  eight years, she participated in the regulation  of the 70,000+ licensees in Virginia. Closer to home Florence Daniels was a member of the Metropolitan Regional Multiple Listing System (MRIS) compliance committee.

Doug Enger is a native of Washington, D.C. and has been active in residential real estate finance for over 20 years. Doug is currently a sales manager for Wells Fargo Home Mortgage for Northern Virginia and is actively involved in finance and sales training on a national level for Wells Fargo Home Mortgage. Doug has also written “Residential Financing Handbook” for Wells Fargo Home Mortgage. It has been also been adopted by NVAR as a training manual for all the Real Estate Finance Training courses. Doug still actively originates purchase mortgages for his clients to keep current on all new trends and creative financing alternatives. 

Licensed since 1969, and a principal broker since 1975, Tom is licensed in Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C. He began teaching real estate in 1972. Tom is currently certified in four states as an instructor for continuing education, and he also teaches the GRI Designation program for the Duchess County Association of Realtors®. When not teaching, managing agents or consulting, Tom is an expert witness in trial court for the District of Columbia, Virginia, Maryland and federal venues.

A partner in the law firm of Friedlander, Friedlander & Earman PC, Jerome’s law practice of more than 44 years focuses on wills, trusts, estate planning, real estate law, entity formation and disputes, as well as the litigation arising from those areas. He is a member of the VA and D.C. bars and a past president of the McLean Bar Association and the Northern Virginia Chapter of the Federal Bar Association. Jerome has been a substitute judge in the General District courts since 1985. He is the author of law books in landlord tenant law, real estate law (Broker’s Guide to Virginia’s Real Estate Law), and limited liability companies and has also written articles and conducted seminars. He has been an NVAR instructor for about 20 years. Jerome received his B.S. from Georgetown University and LLB from the University of Virginia.

Certified Residential Appraiser Diane is the owner of Quigley Appraisal Service, and has been appraising residential properties in Virginia and Maryland for more than 25 years. She has taught real estate principles and real estate appraisal for NVAR since 1995. Diane also holds a broker’s license in Florida, and is the broker/owner of Quigley Realty Services, LLC. She is currently the chairperson for the Virginia Appraisal Board, and has been involved in many professional appraisal organizations over the past 25 years.

A private mortgage banker with Wells Fargo Mortgage Banking, James offers over 30 years mortgage origination experience. In addition to his origination experience, James has also served as an industry speaker and trainer. Throughout his tenure in the mortgage banking industry, he has trained thousands of mortgage loan officers, underwriters, and real estate professionals on best practices for qualifying homebuyers utilizing both manual and automated underwriting technologies. James has received certifications from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for training Desktop Originator®, Desktop Underwriter®, Loan Prospector® and FHA’s TOTAL Mortgage Scorecard®. James has been a loan originator and licensed Realtor® since 1986, and for 28 years has provided financing courses for the Greater Capital Area Association of Realtors® and the Graduate, Realtor® Institute. He has also provided training for the Maryland Association of Realtors® and the District of Columbia Real Estate Commission. James graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Michigan.