Propel: Igniting Innovation in Technology - Heartland Registration

Shaheedah Hill is a former high school business & computer science teacher with a Master's Degree in Business Education and Realtor, licensed since 2003. Although she has been a licensed real estate agent since 2003, she gained nationwide popularity after starting a Real Estate YouTube Channel shortly before the pandemic in 2019. She has helped thousands of Americans "Get Over the HILL to Homeownership and CONFIDENTLY Buy Their First Home". She has taken her love for education and real estate and merged them with social media. Helping thousands of Americans Confidently Close™️ with over Million views on YouTube and over 100K subscribers. Featured on Zillow and highlighted as one of the Top 5 Realtors to watch on YouTube. Shaheedah lives in Metro Atlanta with her husband and 2 children.

Carrie J. Little is an early user of technology, Digital marketing and social media. With a back ground in digital marketing and analytics, she can make sense of information so REALTORS® are able to integrate data into relevant and understandable content. She is the 2021 Women's Council State Liaison and resent graduate of the Goldman Sach's 10,000 business program.  Carrie is the author of “The New Real Estate Agent’s Journal and a new adjunct professor for NAR’s New under graduate program. 

Carrie is driven to motivate others to dream big and reach their personal and professional goals.  Check out the January 2019 NAR REALTOR® Magazine in the feature, “3 Brokers walk into a Bar.”  Listen to Carrie's Real Estate Minute segment on WBBM radio.

With 17 years of experience in the real estate world, Amanda Albrecht has a unique perspective, having spent much of her career as part of a dynamic mother/daughter team. She's not just a seasoned REALTOR®; Amanda is a social media powerhouse  and the face behind SellingTheSuburbs who has spent years perfecting her approach to cultivating vibrant online communities across every platform. Now, she's dedicated to sharing her proven strategies to empower other agents to achieve similar success in their real estate businesses.

Justin is the big ole nerd and for over 25 years has made learning technology and the real estate business easy and fun to learn. He speaks locally and nationally to agents and other Real estate industry professionals. 

As a trainer and speaker, he just brings his experience, knowledge, and innovative thinking to his classes for the agents to see w...

Justin is the big ole nerd and for over 25 years has made learning technology and the real estate business easy and fun to learn. He speaks locally and nationally to agents and other Real estate industry professionals. 

As a trainer and speaker, he just brings his experience, knowledge, and innovative thinking to his classes for the agents to see what they can do today and tomorrow and into the future. He does this by keeping up to date with the latest information and trends in the industry and always looking for more things to learn. This learning has led him to many certifications from which he can teach. 

These help to grow agents to grow themselves to grow their business consistently! Justin has spent over 20 years speaking in person and also virtually. Which allows him to meet the audience where they are and can use the technology to keep them well informed and engaged. Today he is leading offices in all their training needs!

One of 100 speakers selected out of over 1,300 to speak at the REALTOR® Conference & Expo ten times (face-to-face and virtually) with high program evaluations and an INMAN Closing Keynote Speaker. Marki Lemons Ryhal is a licensed Managing Broker, REALTOR®, avid volunteer, Major Investor, President's Circle, Federal Political Coordinator, Podcast Host of Drive with NAR & Social Selling Made Simple, 30 times published author and six-time International Best-Selling Author. Marki Lemons-Ryhal is dedicated to all things real estate. With 30+ years of marketing and education experience, Marki has taught over 1,000,000 people (face-to-face and virtually) since 1993. Marki holds a Bachelor of Science in Management from Chicago State University, a Master's in Business Administration from Saint Xavier University and sixty-four real estate-related licenses, certifications and designations.

Myra, a Chicago native with Thai roots, built her real estate career on the belief that education drives success. She holds designations including ABR, CDPE, and CNE and is a CCIM candidate, with advanced training in both residential and commercial real estate.

A UIC Liautaud Graduate School of Business alum, Myra pairs deep market knowledge with a data-driven approach, advising developers, business owners and investors. Fluent in Thai, she leads a team focused on maximizing returns and long-term growth, offering clients personalized, high-level service.

Rebecca Jensen is president and CEO of Midwest Real Estate Data, which has grown to serve nearly 50,000 real estate professionals in Illinois and adjoining states. She is the board chair for the non-profit Real Estate Standards Organization (RESO) and she is the board vice chair of the Broker Public Portal.  She is the board chair of the MLS Grid, an MLS data initiative that powers over 65,000 apps and websites and includes MLSs across the country who jointly serve more than 325,000 licensed agents.

Previously, Jensen has served on the boards of the Council of Multiple Listing Services, and the California Regional MLS.  She has been a member of many committees and groups including those at NAR, Cove Group and MLS Roundtable.  Jensen holds a bachelor's degree in computer science and a master's degree in business administration/technology commercialization from Westminster College.

Sean Cochran is a licensed REALTOR® with eXp Realty. He specializes in residential buying and selling. A former loan officer for more than a decade, his strength is  knowing a lot of financing options for potential buyers.   He has a specific focus on helping first time homebuyers achieve the goal of homeownership. Sean is also considered a social media and Facebook marketing and branding expert. In July 2019, he made a REALTOR® parody  video of Garth Brooks‘, “Friends in low places,” that achieved viral status. The video garnered more than 1 million views and counting. Sean currently has more than 300,000 TikTok followers and 1.2 million likes.