By Natalie Terchek
The Mainstreet Organization of
Realtors (MORe) has appointed Tonya Corder, managing broker of Keller
Williams Preferred Realty in Orland Park, as its new president for the coming
year.
Corder says she plans
to build on the momentum of the 2011 merger with the Realtors Association
of Northwest Chicagoland that made MORe the largest local association in the
state and the fourth largest in the nation.
Tonya Corder – New
President of MORe
“The merger has been a
resounding success, but my goal now is to move forward as one organization,”
said Corder, also noting the burgeoning opportunity provided by a housing
market that is on the road to recovery.
Corder, who will serve
as the first sole president of the unified association, started her real estate
career in 1994 as a Realtorswith Century 21 Dabbs in Homewood. Previously,
she worked as vice president at the global insurance brokerage firm Marsh &
McLennan in Chicago.
Corder has been able
to draw on her business acumen, as well as her many years of experience to help
the nearly 150 agents in her office navigate today’s complex real estate
market. She has also served on the Illinois Association
of RealtorsBusiness Diversity Committee, and as president of the Women’s
Council of RealtorsS/SW chapter. She began her involvement with MORe in
1999.
Corder to Focus on
Diversity
As president of MORe,
Corder also has an interest in promoting increased diversity in the
organization and the industry. She plans to create a diversity task force and
recruit a wider range of candidates to the organization’s leadership program.
“We are a geographically
diverse association that serves hundreds of suburban Chicago communities from
the Wisconsin border down to Indiana,” she said. “I would like to also find
more ways to promote diversity in culture, ethnicity and age.”