2007 AFFILIATE OF THE YEAR
Monica Lamley
Goshen Community Bank

The 2007 Affiliate of the Year is Monica Lamley from Goshen Community Bank.  Monica is very supportive of board events and attends virtually every membership meeting and event that is sponsored.  She has served as a committee member and the 2006 Entertainment committee co-chair. Monica will serve again this year as 2007 Entertainment Committee co-chair.  She is an asset to our organization and the real estate industry. Monica has worked in the service business for most of her career, primarily in the title insurance and banking industry where she is currently employed as a mortgage loan officer.

2007 REALTOR® OF THE YEAR
Joyce Ott
Prudential One Realty

The Realtor® of the Year award stands for high principles in real estate practice both among fellow Realtors® and the general public and Joyce Ott exemplifies this principle.

Joyce joined the Elkhart Board in September of 1984 before the Elkhart-Goshen merged to become the Elkhart County Board of REALTORS®.  Joyce has been with the same firm since joining the Board in 1984 but the firm has changed their name several times over the years. Joyce has volunteered on almost every committee and Board position.  She has served on several MLS computer conversion committees, lock box conversion committees, merger committees, forms committees as well as President of the Board in 1993 and the MLS in 2002. 

Currently she is a member of the MLS Directors and a member of the Indiana Association of Realtors® forms committee. She is a woman who serves with integrity and professionalism.  She has a heart of gold and this really shows when she talks of her children, Tracey and Jeff and her 3 little grandchildren.

2007 LIFE MEMBER AWARD
Tom Shultz

The Life Member Award is given to members who helped contribute to the rich history of this Board.  Tom has been a dedicated volunteer who dedication has helped advance this Board to the place we are today.      

Tom Shultz was awarded the Life Member Award at the January 12th Installation -Realtor®/Affiliate of the Year Banquet. Tom has been a part of the Elkhart real estate community since 1959 when he sold his first home.  He then joined the Air Force reserves and attended Ball State. After completing college and the service he returned to Elkhart to enter into the family business, Shultz Realty.  He received his broker’s license in 1972 and his GRI designation in 1974.  Over the years, he has served as a committee person, committee Chair and also President of the Elkhart Board of Realtors® in 1975-76. He also served the Indiana Association of Realtors® as a Director and as District Vice President.  He became a Life Member of RPAC in 1979.  In 1986, Tom started Shultz Appraisal Services with offices in Granger, Syracuse and Rochester. Tom also taught the Real Estate Approved Salespersons and Broker’s pre-licensing courses and the Appraisal courses at IUSB.  In 2006, Tom made the decision to retire from the real estate business and focus more on his Drug Testing Laboratory and the game of golf. Tom is married to Joyce and has 3 daughters, Tena, Kathy and Teresa.

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