Michael Beninati / 2012 President Elect has been involved within the Real Estate Market for the past 12 years.  Michael keeps his license with Your Castel Real Estate.    His business is CORE Real Estate Services.  CORE focuses on client satisfaction.  Our business is about service and we not happy until our clients are happy. Our years in the business have provided us the experience to assist you with nearly every real estate.
Michael sits on the Board of the Denver Board of Realtors, the Construction Resource Group, the Denver Collective leadership council, and is the 2012 President of the Builder Reality Council.    In 2010, Michael earned his Short Sale/Foreclosure Certification through the National Association of Realtors.  (NAR)  In 2011, Michael continued to expand his knowledge and value proposition by earning his Registered Appraiser’s License.   You can reach Michael at 303.991.9880 or by email.

Kristin Peterson / 2013 President Elect – Brookfield Residential has been working within the marketing field of the homebuilding industry for 10 years. At Brookfield Residential, she is the Marketing Manager overseeing all marketing efforts for their Denver area new home communities – Solterra, Tallyn’s Reach, Brighton Crossing, Midtown and Barefoot Lakes. Prior to joining residential development, she worked in the corporate marketing departments of Richmond American Homes and Pulte Homes of Colorado. In addition to the BRC, Kristin also sits on the board of the Home Builders Foundation, the philanthropy arm of the HBA. Kristin can be reached at 303-790-6663 or by email.

Janice Craig / Treasurer

Cortney Ridens / Secretary – Meritage Homes

Ron Meier / 2011 Past President  was a top producing builder representative and has been the Division Sales Manager for two national builders. He currently operates Your Life 2 Learn, a skill-improvement training and consulting company helping ambitious business owners build more effective businesses.
Drawing on his eight years of hands-on construction experience and twenty-nine years of sales and sales-management experience, Ron is a qualified builder advocate. Ron also teaches D.O.R.A. approved CE classes about new home construction. His leadership, ideas and dedication to the BRC for the past few years has been a benefit to everyone involved with the organization. You can reach Ron at 303-898-7046 or by email.

Breanna DiGiorgio / 2010 Past President

Susan Sechrist / Aurora Liaison has been a Realtor® with Keller Williams Realty, LLC her entire real estate career. Over the years she has served as an Agent Leadership Council member in her office and has participated in many activities within the Keller Williams family, and has served the community outside of the Keller Williams family. As a learning-based individual, Susan has earned various designations to better serve her clients: ABR, GRI, CHRE, and SFR. Not only has Susan served as the Aurora Liaison for the BRC for two years, she has been re-elected for a third year in this position. In addition, Susan has been elected to the Directorship of the Aurora Association of Realtors® for a three-year term beginning in January 2012 and is a Member of the Women’s Council of Realtors®. Susan was named 2011 Realtor® of the Year by the Mile High Chapter of the Women’s Council of Realtors. ® Susan continually strives to keep abreast of the market to keep her clients better informed, and she looks forward to serving her board as the Aurora Liaison of the BRC for 2012. You can reach Susan at 303-324-3545 or by email.

Tim O’brien / Aurora Liaison Alternate

Carol McLaughlin / Denver Liaison Alternate  is a seasoned REALTOR® representing clients for over 30 years. She is also a founding member of the Builder-Realty Council. Carol provides ethical, outstanding services to her clients including contract terms, negotiation, execution, financing, home inspections, remedial mitigation and closing. Carols knowledge of new construction and re-sale homes has been recognized through citations and awards from various REALTOR® Associations and Agencies. You can reach Carol at 303-909-9931or by email.

Sally Blinn / NMDRA Liaison began her real estate career 13 years ago in Florida and for the past 7 years she has worked as a new home consultant and community manager for builders in several locations in the Denver Metro area and prior to that she specialized in historic homes and has a degree in Landscape Design. She also sits on the board for several organizations.
Sally loves helping clients stage their homes inside and out for a quicker sale at a higher price. If you’re buying, she can help with design ideas once you’re all moved in. You can reach Sally at 720-299-7125 or by email.

Diane Peltier / NMDRA Liaison Alternate

Linda Sweetman / DERA Liaison is a 3rd generation Denver Realtor and has been licensed since 1983 and holds her GRI, SRES designations. She began her career in residential real estate with Metro Brokers in Aurora and from there has been a Senior Vice President of Goldberg Property Associates, Closing Department Manager at Land Title Guarantee, Vice President at D.R. Horton, and founder of TerraVisions. Linda has come full circle in her real estate career returning to her roots and again selling residential real estate as the Owner/Broker of Metro Brokers Sweetman Realty.
Linda has lived in Castle Rock for 14 years and has served on the Planning Commission, Chair for Citizens for TAP, and Board of Adjustment Leadership Committee. She has also been involved with several organizations including Douglas Elbert Realtor Association Board, Homebuilders Association, Commercial Real Estate Women, International Council of Shopping Centers, Denver Board of Realtors, Aurora Board of Realtors, DMCAR, South Metro Denver Realtor Association and of course BRC. You can reach Linda at 303-472-7862 or by email.

Lynn Synder Goetz / SMDRA Liaison is a 2^nd generation Realtor with Keller Williams DTC.  She has served on the Agent Leadership Council of Keller Williams since 2005.  Lynn is in her second term as a Director with the South Metro Denver Realtor Association and has had the pleasure of being her board’s liaison to the Builder Realty Council for the past 4 years. She is involved in the Realtor community working on the state convention and chairing the marketing for the annual “Realtor Rally”.  She is passionate about Real Estate and holds her GRI, CRS and CNE designations.  She loves to teach and train her fellow Realtors to help them reach success. Whether you are buying or selling a home and want the most professional and knowledgeable representation.  Call Lynn/ Your calmanector sandbox referee; just ask her what that means! You can reach Lynn at 303-478-5986 or by email.

Kelly Spencer / SMDRA Liaison Alternate

Allen Kenfield / JCAR Liaison

Mike Welk / JCAR Liaison Alternate

Mike Davidson / Builder Representative – Standard Pacific Homes As Marketing Manager, Mike’s roles include graphic design, media buying, oversight of sales office presentation, model interior decoration, collateral and marketing budgets. Other responsibilitis include: Online Sales Counselor, Closing Coordinator, Divisional Technologist and Contract Administrator. Mike is a Denver native. He attended Cherry Creek High School and graduated from the University of Northern Colorado with a degree in Social Science and a minor in Economics. In his “spare time” Mike is a long time baritone singer of the local barbershop chorus Sound of the Rockies and spends a lot of time preparing for regional and national competitions and rehearsing for local shows. You can contact Mike at 303-846-8536 or by email.

Denny Farrell / Builder Representative – DR Horton

Kathy Curtis / Builder Representative – Taylor Morrison Homes

Christine Busboom / Builder Representative – Cardel Homes

Brain Karpowich / Representative – KB Home

Kathy Fogel / Affiliate Representative – Assured Title Agency

Denise Ryerson / Affiliate Representative/Academy Mortgage

Jay Peterson / Affiliate Representative – Hanley Wood Market Intelligence

John Reither / Affiliate Representative/Reither Construction

Sunny Banka / Political Action Committee Chair