GCAAR is proud to present the final candidates for the 2026 GCAAR Board of Directors. The election will be held by electronic ballot beginning Friday, Oct. 17 at 8 a.m. and end on Sunday, Nov. 10 at 5 p.m.

All candidates for GCAAR's 2026 Board of Directors are GCAAR Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Champions.

Review the following list below and read their bios on gcaar.com/candidates. 

Candidates for election

Officers to be elected: 

• President-elect: M. Jacqueline Bennett, RE/MAX Excellence Realty
• Secretary: Ileann Jimenez-Sepulveda, Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc.

Officers to be elected:

• Bruce Cotting, RLAH Real Estate*
• Nelson Fuentes, Keller Williams Capital Properties*
• Hank May, Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc.
• D’Ann Melnick, eXp Realty LLC*
• Jessica Olevsky, JPAR Stellar Living* 
• Christopher Rhodes, Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc.
• Kirsten Williams, TTR Sotheby’s International Realty*

* Currently serving as a board member; term expiring

Officers: 

• President: Russell Brazil, RLAH Real Estate
• Immediate Past President: Samantha Damato, Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc.

Directors currently serving a two-year term: 

• Yves Jean Baptiste, Keller Williams Capital Properties
• Theresa Nielson, TTR Sotheby’s International Realty
• Tim Phelps, Compass
• Michele Young, Compass
• Monique Van Blaricom, RLAH Real Estate
• Christopher Darby, Counselors Title LLC (non-voting affiliate member)