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John Lynch

Real Estate Brokerage Experience:

    • Keller Williams Realty, Crocker Realty Group LLC dba Greater Cleveland West, now dba Keller Williams CITYWIDE, Broker/Partner, 2005 – present
    • Real Trends and Wall Street Journal Top 400 Real Estate Professionals in 2009-2013
    • Licensed in real estate since 1972, Broker since 1982
    • KW Commercial Member since 2013
    • United States Postal Service (USPS) – BRETC contractor for appraisal, sale and lease of real estate in Ohio 1987, 1988
    • Elite Real Estate Network (ERN), Ohio member
    • The Force member

Certified General Appraisal Experience:

    • Real Estate Appraiser Board, State of Ohio, Division Of Real Estate Chairman 20-18-2020
      Board member 2018-2020-Governor’s appointee
    • REO Appraiser for several Appraisal and Asset Management Companies and for HUD Properties
    • The Appraisal Foundation Advisory Council (TAFAC) appointed as National Association of Realtors (NAR) representative 2014- 2016
    • Lynch and Company, Appraisers – Owner, 1982 – present.
      • Offering complete commercial real estate service including: brokerage, site location
        work, consulting, management, and appraisal.
      • Lynch and Company – Appraiser and real estate consultant, 1986 – present
      • Foreclosure Appraiser for US District Court of Northern Ohio and Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Dept.

Governmental Experience:

    • Real Estate Appraiser Board, State of Ohio, Division of Real Estate, 2-2-2018 TO 6-30-2020, Chairman 2020
    • Member of the Ohio Housing Finance Agency – August 2007 to January 2013, Single Family Chairman
    • Chairman of Property Valuation Subcommittee for Cuyahoga County Transition Team
    • Responsible for reviewing the roles, functions, and structure of the Auditor and
      appraisal department within the new county government beginning in 2011
    • Cleveland City Councilman 1974-1986: Ward 1, 1974-1982; Ward 17, 1982-1986.

Civic and Legislative Advocacy:

    • Real Estate Appraiser Board, State of Ohio, Division Of Real Estate Chairman 20-18-2020
    • Board member 2018-2020-Governor’s appointee
    • Ohio Housing Finance Agency – Board Member 2007-2015- Governor’s appointee
    • National Association of Realtors (NAR) Federal Political Coordinator to: US Senator Sherrod Brown; Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich; Congresswoman Mary Rose Oakar
    • Testified on behalf of NAR before Congress for Reform of Brownfield legislation
    • Legislative advocate in Washington, Columbus, and Cleveland on behalf of real estate industry
    • Greater Cleveland Real Estate Organization (GCREO) – one of charter members of this organization, which represents some 17 real estate related organizations which included: The Cleveland Area Board of Realtors (CABOR); BOMA; SIOR; NAIOP; NOAA; ICSC; MBA and other real estate associations
    • Leadership Cleveland – active member of the original 1977/78 class of this leadership program sponsored by the Cleveland Plus
    • A.F.F.O.R.D. INC., (A Family’s First Opportunity to Realize its Dream), as a volunteer, represents this, not-for-profit developer of new affordable housing in Cleveland, on the Near West Side Rental Housing Collaborative
    • Built 10 energy efficient affordable homes and arranged affordable financing for lower income families
    • Affordable Housing Task Force member, Ohio Department of Development, 2003 representing the Ohio Association of Realtors (OAR)

Professional Memberships:

    • National Association of Realtors (NAR) – Member, 1972 – present
    • NAR Regional Vice President – Region 6 (Michigan and Ohio), Executive Committee 2018
      • National Director – 1994-2008 and 2011-2021, Nominating Committee 2002,
      • Housing Opportunity PAG (Presidential Advisory Group) –2002, Business Issues Committee, Public Policy Coordinating Committee, Land Use, Property Rights and Environment Committee, Appraisal Committee, Conventional Finance and Lending Committee
      • Member of Valuation Section,1995 – present
      • Member of Commercial Committee 2014-2017
      • Attend various NAR committees and forums regarding housing, MLS, commercial and legislative topics
      • The Appraisal Foundation Advisory Council (TAFAC) appointed as NAR representative 2014 and 2015
    • Ohio Association of Realtors (OAR) – Member, 1972 – present -Trustee, 1988 – present
      • President, 1999 – President-Elect, 1998 – Treasurer, 1997;
      • Executive Committee, 1996-2001, 2003, 2021
      • Ohio Realtor of the Year- 2020
      • Realtors Political Action Committee (R-PAC) Chair 2004, Vice Chair 2003, member 2009-2011
      • State Legislative Steering Committee:-1988-2011, 2014-2016, Chairman-1994, Vice Chairman-1993
      • State and Municipal Committees: Chairman – 1993, Vice Chairman – 1992
      • Commercial-Industrial Committee: 1988-present, Chair 2002, 2013, Vice Chair 2001 and 2012
      • Issues Mobilization Committee
      • Nominating Committee, Chair 2001, Vice Chair 2000
      • Chair of Housing Affordability Task Force 2002
      • Appraisal Committee member since its inception, Chairman 2007, Vice Chairman 2006, 2015
      • 2014 Phillip R. Barnes RPAC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD, in recognition of dedication, promotion and contributions to the REALTORS Political Action Committee of OAR
    • Akron Cleveland Association of Realtors (ACAR) formerly Cleveland Area Board of Realtors (CABOR)
      • Member, 1972 – present, Board of Directors – 1990 – 1994;
      • President -1993;
      • Vice President – 1992;
      • Treasurer – 1991;
      • Realtor of the Year – 2019 and 1994
      • Past Legislative Chairman, RPAC Trustee and long-time RPAC Contributor
      • Member – Governance Committee for the merger of the Akron and Cleveland Area Boards of Realtors
      • ACAR – CIE, initiator of the ACAR CIE program for Commercial Real Estate in Ohio
    • YES-MLS, – Chairman 2018-2019
    • Northern Ohio Regional Multiple Listing Service-1982– present, Governor 2006-2015, Chairman 2010, 2015
      • Assisted in the creation of NEOHREX for shared MLS services between the CRIS and NORMLS systems and the expansion of the system for our members
      • A Founding member of the initial Xceligent venture in Cleveland and the subsequent venture in 2012-2013 to establish a CIE, (Commercial Information Exchange) for the Commercial, Industrial and Investment brokers, agents, and appraisers in Northeast Ohio
    • National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals (NAHREP), former
    • Asian Real Estate Association of America (AREAA), former
    • National Association of Real Estate Boards (NAREB), former
    • The Cleveland Realtists Association (Realtists)

Education:

    • Xavier University, Cincinnati, OHIO
      • BS in Political Science, Minor Degree in Economics
      • Graduated Cum Laude, 1964 – 1967
    • Additional MBA, Urban Study and Law Courses at:
      • Cleveland State University – 1969/1971
      • Case Western Reserve University – 1968/1969
      • Notre Dame Law School – 1967
    • John Carroll University – 1966
    • St. Ignatius High School – 1960 – 1964