Coldwell Banker Premier Realty holds awards ceremony

Coldwell Banker Premier Realty's Bob and Molly Hamrick at their annual awards ceremony, which was held Feb. 20 at The Smith Center for Performing Arts. (Elaina Hunley/Coldwell Banker Premier Realty)

Coldwell Banker Premier Realty’s Corporate Services Department was named a Cartus Masters Cup semi-finalist. It also earned a Cartus Platinum Award. (Elaina Hunley/Coldwell Banker Premier Realty)

Realtor Diane Varney won the Associate Vice President Award and was a Bronze Gross Commission Income Medalist. Bob and Molly Hamrick congratulate her. (Elaina Hunley/Coldwell Banker Premier Realty)

Lavert Benefield won the Marilyn Squitieri Award. He also won a Diamond Society Award. Here, he is with Bob and Molly Hamrick. (Elaina Hunley/Coldwell Banker Premier Realty)

Sarah Cadiz won Rookie of the Year. Here, she is with Bob and Molly Hamrick. (Elaina Hunley/Coldwell Banker Premier Realty)

Coldwell Banker Premier Realty Chairman and CEO Bob Hamrick, left, poses with Alan Sheleheda, who received a Diamond Society Award at a Feb 20 event. Molly Hamrick, right, is the company's chief operating officer. (Elaina Hunley/Coldwell Banker Premier Realty)

Bob and Molly Hamrick, left, poses with Audra Damore, who won a Outgoing Referral Excellence award. (Elaina Hunley/Coldwell Banker Premier Realty)

Coldwell Banker Premier Realty Chairman and CEO Bob Hamrick addresses his company Feb. 20 at an awards ceremony at the The Smith Center for Performing Arts. (Elaina Hunley/Coldwell Banker Premier Realty)

Bob and Molly Hamrick, left, poses with Brandon Bueltel, who was a Gross Commission Income Medalist. (Elaina Hunley/Coldwell Banker Premier Realty)

Bob and Molly Hamrick, left, poses with Brandon Bueltel, who won a Horizon Award. (Elaina Hunley/Coldwell Banker Premier Realty)

Bob and Molly Hamrick with the Coldwell Banker Premier Realty’s Corporate Services Department, which won Cartus awards. (Elaina Hunley/Coldwell Banker Premier Realty)

Bob and Molly Hamrick, left, poses with Cheri Sacenti, who won a Diamond Society Award. (Elaina Hunley/Coldwell Banker Premier Realty)

Bob and Molly Hamrick with the Cooper Kattau Team, which was a Gross Commission Income Medalist. (Elaina Hunley/Coldwell Banker Premier Realty)

Bob and Molly Hamrick with the Crowder Team, which won several awards at the Feb. 20 ceremony. (Elaina Hunley/Coldwell Banker Premier Realty)

Bob and Molly Hamrick with the Gaitan Group, which won five awards. (Elaina Hunley/Coldwell Banker Premier Realty)

German Tirado was the second runner-up for Rookie of the Year. Bob and Molly Hamrick join him as he collects his award. (Elaina Hunley/Coldwell Banker Premier Realty)

Ginger Campbell with Bob and Molly Hamrick. Campbell won four awards. (Elaina Hunley/Coldwell Banker Premier Realty)

Bob and Molly Hamrick with Greg Clemens, who won two awards. (Elaina Hunley/Coldwell Banker Premier Realty)

Bob and Molly Hamrick pose with Hanna Hanna Dam-Nardelli, who won three awards, including two Gold sales designations. (Elaina Hunley/Coldwell Banker Premier Realty)

Jessie Sorani won three awards. Here, she is with Bob and Molly Hamrick. (Elaina Hunley/Coldwell Banker Premier Realty)

Bob and Molly Hamrick with Jill Alegre, who won a Sterling Society Award. (Elaina Hunley/Coldwell Banker Premier Realty)

Jill Tyra won four awards. She poses for a photo with Bob and Molly Hamrick. (Elaina Hunley/Coldwell Banker Premier Realty)

Bob and Molly Hamrick join the Kaori Guerra Team, which won five awards. (Elaina Hunley/Coldwell Banker Premier Realty)

Lance Hamrick won a Sterling Society Award. Here, he is with Vanessa, Bob and Molly Hamrick. (Elaina Hunley/Coldwell Banker Premier Realty)

Lavert Benefield walks on stage to receive the Marilyn Squitieri Award. (Elaina Hunley/Coldwell Banker Premier Realty)

Lora Smith won the Horizon Award. Bob and Molly Hamrick pose for a photo with her. (Elaina Hunley/Coldwell Banker Premier Realty)

Bob and Molly Hamrick with Loralee Wood, who won five awards. (Elaina Hunley/Coldwell Banker Premier Realty)

Mark Peveler with Bob and Molly Hamrick. Peveler won the Diamond Society and Skyrocket awards. (Elaina Hunley/Coldwell Banker Premier Realty)

Matt Bruno won the Horizon Award. Here, he is with Bob and Molly Hamrick. (Elaina Hunley/Coldwell Banker Premier Realty)

Matthew Steiner with Bob and Molly Hamrick. Steiner won the President's Circle Award. (Elaina Hunley/Coldwell Banker Premier Realty)

The Mike McNamara Group won several awards. Here, they are with Bob and Molly Hamrick. (Elaina Hunley/Coldwell Banker Premier Realty)

The Moretti Team won four awards. Here, they are with Bob and Molly Hamrick. (Elaina Hunley/Coldwell Banker Premier Realty)

Myra Hatten won the Sterling Society Award. Here, she is with Bob and Molly Hamrick. (Elaina Hunley/Coldwell Banker Premier Realty)

Nancy Call won the Skyrocket Award. Here, she is with Bob and Molly Hamrick. (Elaina Hunley/Coldwell Banker Premier Realty)

Nichole LaVigne won two awards. Here, she is with Bob and Molly Hamrick. (Elaina Hunley/Coldwell Banker Premier Realty)

Paula Burlison with Bob and Molly Hamrick. Burlison won five awards. (Elaina Hunley/Coldwell Banker Premier Realty)

Regana Kooman-Henry won five awards. Here, she is with Bob and Molly Hamrick. (Elaina Hunley/Coldwell Banker Premier Realty)

Regana Kooman-Henry won five awards. Here, she is with Bob and Molly Hamrick. (Elaina Hunley/Coldwell Banker Premier Realty)

Robin Riedel won four awards. Here, she is with Bob and Molly Hamrick. (Elaina Hunley/Coldwell Banker Premier Realty)

About 200 people attended the Coldwell Banker Premier Realty Awards ceremony on Feb. 20 at The Smith Center for Performing Arts. (Elaina Hunley/Coldwell Banker Premier Realty)

The Coldwell Banker Premier Realty Awards ceremony was held Feb. 20 at The Smith Center for Performing Arts. (Elaina Hunley/Coldwell Banker Premier Realty)

Skip Schifrin won three awards. He is joined by Bob and Molly Hamrick. (Elaina Hunley/Coldwell Banker Premier Realty)

Stan Hicks won three awards. Here, he is with Bob and Molly Hamrick. (Elaina Hunley/Coldwell Banker Premier Realty)

The Hutchins Team is joined by Bob and Molly Hamrick. The team won four awards. (Elaina Hunley/Coldwell Banker Premier Realty)

Tina Mello won six awards. Here, she is with Bob and Molly Hamrick. (Elaina Hunley/Coldwell Banker Premier Realty)

Todd Lemoine with Bob and Molly Hamrick. Lemoine won a Skyrocket Award. (Elaina Hunley/Coldwell Banker Premier Realty)

Wanda Mullen won a Diamond Society Award. Here, she is with Bob and Molly Hamrick. (Elaina Hunley/Coldwell Banker Premier Realty)

Nancy Wong with Bob and Molly Hamrick. Wong won the Sterling Society Award. (Elaina Hunley/Coldwell Banker Premier Realty)

By Lyn Collier Las Vegas Business Press

February 25, 2019 - 4:26 pm

Updated February 26, 2019 - 11:27 am

Coldwell Banker Premier Realty gave out its annual awards and Chairman and CEO Bob Hamrick gave the state of the company and addressed the real estate market during a breakfast at the Smith Center on Feb. 20.

The real estate company has given out awards going back to its founding in Las Vegas in 1983 and it continued when Bob Hamrick and his wife Molly, the president and chief operating officer, took over ownership in 1998.

About 200 people attended the event that recognizes the success, production and tenure from the previous year. Coldwell Banker Premier Realty has 260 agents and 45 support staff spread out among three campuses in Green Valley, Centennial Hills and West Sahara Avenue.

The most prestigious award given is named for Marilyn Squitieri, a retired Coldwell Banker sales associate who was a leader in the real estate community from 1983 to 1996. It’s given to a sales or support staff person who consistently demonstrates high standards of service, including community service, productivity and leadership.

This year’s recipient is Lavert Benefield who’s been with Coldwell Banker Premier Realty since 2010.

Bob Hamrick said Benefield has been a top producer with the firm and always available to do training classes, share thoughts with agents on how to be successful and gives back to the community, Hamrick said. He has had a long career as a dancer, and continues to provide an annual scholarship to worthy kids.

“He’s someone who can’t say no in teaching a class, lead a discussion, participate in a program or bare his soul for the sake of others to help them accomplish the success he has enjoyed,” Hamrick said. “He consistently creating new goals to which he ascribes to achieve to.”

Benefield served as a dance supervisor for Celine Dion’s Las Vegas show “A New Day” for five years. He also worked as a dance captain for Gloria Estefan’s Las Vegas show. The 49-year-old Benefield said he became a Realtor in 2008 after Dion’s show finished.

“I was a speculator like everyone else during that period buying up multiple houses. I felt like I could have done a great job as an agent,” Benefield said. “I stepped into it and wanted to provide more education and better guidance.”

Benefield said he’s surprised, overwhelmed and honored about winning the award.

“This award is about production but how much I’m giving as well,” Benefield said. “Other than production, it’s about what we give back to our community as well as our fellow agents.”

Benefield said he helps provide scholarships for the performing arts.

In his address, Hamrick said the state of the company is very strong. The company’s gross sales volume went from $800 million in 2017 to $935 million in 2018. The gross commission income rose from $26 million to $27 million. The gross income per closing rose from $8,371 to $9,702.

The average gross commission income per agent is the highest in the marketplace at $107,570, Hamrick said.

Hamrick said even though inventory is increasing in the marketplace, he’s optimistic because that leads to a flight to quality.

“When listing inventory increases, the public is more concerned who they select to get their home sold,” Hamrick said. “We believe that is positioning us to be the one selected because our brand is recognized and agents are full-time and the most productive in the marketplace.”

Coldwell Banker Premier Realty’s Corporate Services Department was named a Cartus Masters Cup semi-finalist for the second year in a row and is one of eight semi-finalists in the country. The Masters Cup will be awarded next month during the Cartus Broker Network International Conference in Las Vegas. CBPR’s Corporate Services Department has also earned a Cartus Platinum Award for the fifth consecutive year and is the only Platinum broker in Southern Nevada. This department has a combined 64 years of relocation experience and closed 820 units in 2018.

Other award winners are:

2019 COLDWELL BANKER PREMIER REALTY ANNUAL AWARDS

GROSS COMMISSION INCOME MEDALISTS

Awarded to the top three sales associates and the top three teams with the highest-gross commission income.

• GOLD — Kiefer Lester Team

• SILVER — Gaitan Group

• BRONZE — Stan Hicks, Mason Richburg Group

• Moretti Team

• Kaori Guerra Team

• Crowder Team

• Hutchins Team

• Cooper Kattau Team

• Hallerman Team

• Greg Clemens Group

• GOLD — Hanna Dam-Nardelli

• SILVER — Loralee Wood

• BRONZE — Diane Varney

• Brandon Bueltel

• Tina Mello

• Kameron Kildea

• Paula Burlison

• Ginger Campbell

• Joel Lifschutz

• Jacki Evans

SALES MEDALISTS

Awarded to the top three sales associates and the top three teams with the most qualifying open transaction units.

• GOLD — Gaitan Group

• SILVER — Kiefer Lester Team

• BRONZE — Kaori Guerra Team

• GOLD — Hanna Dam-Nardelli

• SILVER — Tina Mello

• BRONZE — Joel Lifschutz

LISTING MEDALISTS

Awarded to the top three sales associates and the top three teams with the highest number of listings.

• GOLD — Gaitan Group

• SILVER — Kiefer Lester Team

• BRONZE — Cooper Kattau Team

• GOLD — Loralee Wood

• SILVER — Tina Mello

• BRONZE — Paula Burlison

COLDWELL BANKER PRESIDENT’S ELITE

Membership is awarded to sales associates with at least $400,000 in GCI or 55 closed units.

• Hanna Dam-Nardelli

• Joel Lifschutz

• Tina Mello

• Diane Varney

• Zach Walkerlieb

• Loralee Wood

COLDWELL BANKER PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE

Membership is awarded to sales associates with at least $245,000 in GCI or 35 closed units.

Teams: Membership is awarded to team with at least $625,000 or 85 closed units.

• Gaitan Group

• Kiefer Lester Team

• Brand Bueltel

• Paula Burlison

• Sarah Cadiz

• Ginger Campbell

• Jacki Evans

• Kameron Kildea

• Nichole LaVigne

• Mike Oliver

• Robin Riedel

• Diane Rowe

• Lisa Simpson

• Matthew Steiner

• Nanette Verdin

COLDWELL BANKER DIAMOND SOCIETY

Membership is awarded to sales associates with at least $165,000 in GCI or 25 closed units.

Teams: Membership is awarded to team with at least $425,000 or 70 closed units.

• Crowder Team

• Kaori Guerra Team

• Stan Hicks, Mason Richburg Group

• Hutchins Team

• Moretti Team

• Lavert Benefield

• Gary Egelin

• Ronda Hecker

• Ron Johnson

• Steve Kwasneski

• Randy Milmeister

• Wanda Mullen

• Mark Peveler

• David Riedel

• Cheri Sacenti

• Alan Sheleheda

• Jessie Sorani

• Felicia Struhl

• Rick Thompson

• Alex Vazquez

COLDWELL BANKER STERLING SOCIETY

Membership is awarded to sales associates with at least $120,000 in GCI or 18 closed units.

• Jill Alegre

• Karen Behringer

• Necia Bunnell

• Jim Croteau

• Vickey England

• Brenda Fischer

• Lance Hamrick

• Myra Hatten

• Christopher Huff

• Regana Kooman-Henry

• Mark Lambert

• Sandra Munley

• Mark Rink

• Skip Schifrin

• Katie Spilotro

• Jodi Tyra

• Nancy Wong

CIRCLE OF EXCELLENCE

Awarded to sales associates with a minimum of one open buyer sold or one open listing sold, and one new listing each month

• Crowder Team

• Gaitan Group

• Hutchins Team

• Kiefer Lester Team

• Tina Mello

• Zach Walkerlieb

• Loralee Wood

CIRCLE OF HONOR | SALES

Awarded to sales associates with a minimum of one open buyer sold or one open listing sold each month.

• Gary Egelin

• Kaori Guerra Team

• Stan Hicks, Mason Richburg Group

• Ronda Hecker

• Ron Johnson

• Regana Kooman-Henry

• Steve Kwasneski

• Nichole LaVigne

• Joel Lifschutz

• McNamara Group

• Moretti Team

• Robin Riedel

• Diane Rowe

• Jessie Sorani

• Felicia Struhl

• Nanette Verdin

• Zanoni Guinn Group

CIRCLE OF HONOR | LISTINGS

Awarded to sales associates with a minimum of one listing taken each month.

• Paula Burlison

• O’Brien Mulloy Group

LEADERSHIP TEAM MEMBER OF THE YEAR

Awarded to the Coldwell Banker Premier Realty Leadership Team members who have the largest impact on the successful performance of the company or their campus. Consideration is given to attitude, productivity and excellent service standards.

• Marizel Valenzuela,accounting services

• Caitlan Kerekes, director of sales associate services, Sahara Campus

SKYROCKET AWARD

Awarded to sales associates and teams with at least two years of tenure, a minimum of 10 closings and who have increased their gross commission income at least 50 percent over the previous year.

• Brandon Bueltel

• Nancy Call

• Jacki Evans

• Hutchins Team

• Ollie Arimado

• Necia Bunnell

• Ginger Campbell

• Gary Egelin

• Christopher Huff

• O’Brien Mulloy Group

• Mark Peveler

• Jessie Sorani

• Todd Lemoine

• Jim Reitz

• Diane Rowe

• Matt Steiner

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

Membership is awarded to the first-year sales associate of Coldwell Banker Premier Realty with the highest-gross commission income within their first 12 months in the real estate business.

• Winner: Sarah Cadiz

• First Runner Up: Casey Wheeler

• Second Runner Up: German Tirado

HORIZON AWARD

Awarded to the first-year sales associate of Coldwell Banker Premier Realty who achieve an average of$3,000 in gross commission income each month since their association.

• David Benson

• Matt Bruno

• Stephanie Bullock

• Stephen Davey

• Clark Kiat-Ong

• Mark Moore

• Carlye Sandoval

• Lora Smith

QUALIFIED LISTING EXPERT

Awarded to sales associate or team who achieve a minimum of 12 listings with no expired or withdrawn listings.

• Brandon Bueltel

• Ginger Campbell

• Jim Croteau

• Crowder Team

• Hallerman Team

• Mike McNamara

• David Riedel

• Robin Riedel

SALES SPECIALIST QUALIFICATION

Awarded to sales associate of Coldwell Banker Premier Realty who achieve a minimum of 12 sales and have less than five percent cancellation.

• Hallerman Team

• Mike McNamara

• Mark Rink

• Regana Kooman-Henry

• Robin Riedel

• Rick Thompson

• Jodi Tyra

CONCIERGE VENDOR OF THE YEAR

The Best Concierge Service Provider of the year voted by Coldwell Banker Premier Realty sales associates.

• Will Mitchell, Home Pride Inspections

ASSOCIATE ADVISORY COUNCIL

Presented to the sales associates for their leadership contributions within our Associate Advisory Council.

• Gary Egelin

• Jacki Evans

• Pam Mulloy

CUSTOMER SERVICE/FIVE STAR AGENTS

Awarded to the sales associates with a minimum of 12 annual closings and the combination of the highest response percentage and excellent service ratings.

• Winner: Mark Rink

• Honoree: David Riedel

• Honoree: Loralee Wood

GOOD SPORT OF THE YEAR

Voted on by our sales associates and presented to the individuals showing the most supportive encouragement, contagious enthusiasm and overall good-sport attitude within their office.

• Rick Aco, Sahara Campus

• Pam Mulloy, Green Valley Campus

• Alan Sheleheda, Centennial Hills Campus

SENIOR SALES ASSOCIATE

Title awarded to sales associates with more than $120,000 in gross commission income in each of any three years of continuous service with Coldwell Banker Premier Realty.

• Greg Clemens

• Jacki Evans

• Regana Kooman-Henry

• Skip Schifrin

• Katie Spilotro

• Matt Steiner

• Felicia Struhl

• Rick Thompson

ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT

Title awarded to sales associates with more than $240,000 in gross commission income in each of any seven years of continuous service with Coldwell Banker Premier Realty.

• Tina Mello

• Diane Varney

OUTGOING REFERRAL EXCELLENCE

Awarded to sales associates with three or more closed outgoing referrals during the year.

• Carol Crowder

• Audra Damore

• Vickey England

• Kaori Guerra Team

• Annette Johnson

• Moretti Team

• Skip Schifrin

• Felicia Struhl