John Lynch Bio

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