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NAR Leadership Team Recommendations On RPAC Fundraising Goal Policies

The REALTORS® Political Action Committee (RPAC) has a proud history of being one of the most powerful advocacy organizations in America.  Throughout its 46-year history, RPAC has leveraged the grassroots power of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® to advance property ownership and the free enterprise system. RPAC has been tremendously successful in this noble quest.

However, the cost of making the collective voice of our association’s one million members heard at the National, State and Local levels grew dramatically with the Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission Supreme Court ruling in 2010.  Now that unlimited soft dollars can be used when communicating with the public to influence voter opinions, competing in today’s new political landscape is more challenging – and expensive – than ever.    

With this in mind, NAR’s Leadership Team formed a Presidential Advisory Group (PAG) to take a hard look at the way RPAC fundraising goals are set and met.  The PAG recommended that NAR move from its traditional “fair share” form of goal setting, which is arbitrary, to a needs-based strategy.  This needs-based strategy would mean determining, every two year election cycle, what RPAC really needs to be effective in the campaigns in which NAR must engage.  In addition, the PAG recommended new ways to attract soft dollars – from corporate entities and Multiple Listing Services.

The recommendations have been approved by the NAR Leadership Team, affirmed by the RPAC Disbursements and Fundraising Trustees, and will come before the NAR Board of Directors for approval in November 2014.

Comprehensive materials on the recommendations are linked below. Additional information will be posted as it becomes available.

Full Recommendations and Associated Materials

Presidential Advisory Group (PAG) Contacts

PAG Members

Bob Kulick (CA) PAG Chair
Bill Brown (CA) 2015 First Vice President
David Charron (MD) MLS Representative
Gary Clayton (IL) State AE Representative
Mike Ford (AR) 2015 NAR Vice President
Jarrod Grasso (NJ) State AE Representative
Summer Greene (FL) 2014 RPAC Fundraising Liaison
Iona Harrison (MD)  2014 REALTOR® Party Disbursements Liaison
Greg Herb (PA) 2014 Member, Public Policy Coordinating Committee & REALTOR® Party Member Involvement Committee
Carole Horn (LA) 2014 NAR RPAC Fundraising Trustees Chair
Brooke Hunt (TX) 2015 REALTOR® Party Member Involvement Liaison
Lance Lacy (TX) 2014 NAR RPAC Disbursements Trustees Vice Chair
Carole Maclure (MD)  2014 NAR RPAC Disbursements Trustees Chair
Vince Malta (CA) 2015 Law & Policy Liaison
Chris Polychron (AR) 2015 NAR President
Kim Pontius (MI) Local AE Representative
JoAnne Poole (MD)  2014 NAR Vice President
Kevin Sears (MA) 2014 NAR RPAC Fundraising Trustees Vice Chair
Cathy Whatley (FL) Past NAR President

PAG NAR Staff Representatives

Walter Witek Senior Vice President, Community and Political Affairs 
wwitek@realtors.org
Bill Malkasian Vice President, Political Strategic Planning
bmalkasian@realtors.org   
Susie Helm Vice President, Advocacy Operations & Communications  shelm@realtors.org
Scott Reiter Vice President, RPAC Disbursements & Political Operations 
sreiter@realtors.org
Brooke Roth  Managing Director, RPAC Fundraising
broth@realtors.org        
Peter Kelly Director, RPAC Technology & Online Fundraising
pkelly@realtors.org
Jessica Naake RPAC Major Investor Fundraising Manager
jnaake@realtors.org

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