Award Recipients
CABOR members are eligible to receive prestigious awards for their dedication and service to CABOR and the real estate industry. Listed below are the previous award winners.
REALTOR® of the Year
1961
F. Ross Ellis
1964
Raymond T. Cragin
1968
William B. West
1972
Harrold Klarreich
1976
Chris Markos
1980
Dominic Sabatino
1984
Joseph G. Jancsurak
1988
Charlene Barta
1992
William P. Woodburn
1996
Jackie Morton
2000
Vicki Maeder
2004
Mike Fanous
2008
Carol Woodard
1962
Donald C. Lawrence
1965
Ben Beyer
1969
Vincent T. Aveni
1973
Robert H. Arnold
1977
Sam D. Canitia
1981
Armin Guggenheim
1985
Phillip R. Barnes
1989
J. Everett Prewitt
1993
Joseph Ditchman, Jr.
1997
Robert F. Redmond
2001
Barbara Lachowicz
2005
Sharon Sweda
2009
Dennis Steed
1963
Clarence Gruelhl
1966
Louis Laronge
1970
Laurence H. Lang
1974
William T. Byrne
1978
Elmer F. Synek
1982
Irving N. Rosenblatt
1986
Mary Jane Balazs
1990
John R. Chandler
1994
John J. Lynch
1998
Joyce Goldsmith
2002
Jane-ann Bell
2006
Beverly Gates
2010
D. Hosta-Stickney
1963
Herbert Laronge
1967
Edith O'Boyle
1971
Paul J. Everson
1975
Stephen Morris
1979
Edward Rybka
1983
Richard Schanfarbert
1987
Joseph T. Aveni
1991
Peter K. Garson
1995
Garth McAdoo
1999
David M. Browning
2003
Joanne Zettl
2007
Jolyn Brown
2011
Howard Lichtig
Rookie REALTOR® of the Year
2003
Gretchen Gallmann
2005
Scott Boyer
2003
Suzanne Kuhn
2006
Mary Kocheff
2004
Denise Kovatch
2008
Leilani Bowersock
2004
Merri Newman
2010
Gretchen Gallmann
REALTOR® Associate of the Year
1961
Dominic Sabatino
1964
Helene Shepard
1968
Wayne Wyles
1972
Joseph Baudo, Jr.
1976
John E. Kolesar
1962
William J. Baker
1965
August Bondi
1969
James C. Miller
1973
Joseph Jancsurak
1977
Joseph Lapsevich
1963
Catherine Prusha
1966
Elmer Synek
1970
William Kaplan
1974
Eugene H. Grancha
1963
Rocco Neri
1967
Charles L. Brooks
1971
Orton Reed
1975
Dennis Troyan
Affiliate of the Year
1972
Stanley Mayberry
1976
Robert Brennan
1980
Edwin Dolinsky
1984
Linda J. Greene
1988
Rachel Torchia
1992
Michael R. Torchia
1996
Tony Kazmierczak
2000
Richard J. Rennell
2004
Denise Enderlein
2008
Valerie Toccci
1973
Edward Eckart
1977
John Cola
1981
Joseph W. Sbrocco
1985
Paul Maloney
1989
William Feller
1993
Ruth Clements
1997
Terry Feller
2001
Michael P. Maniche
2005
Terri Kopinsky
2009
Laura Cappelletti
1974
Sherman C. Boswell
1978
Gene Bluhm
1982
Roger L. Frisman
1986
Beatrice Hovanec
1990
Don Pawlowski
1994
Nancy Pivon
1998
Valerie A. Tocci
2002
Mary Reutzel Mraz
2006
Jacqueline Merker
2010
Larry Pope
1975
Jack J. Wise
1979
Harry Milhoff
1983
Leonard M. English
1987
Thomas Rankin
1991
Al Tegel
1995
Troy Summers
1999
Andy Neidus
2003
Corri O'Brien
2007
Gayle Schwarz
2011
Thom Rankin
NAR Realtor Emeritus
Realtor 40+ Years
Alex Brent
F. Ross Ellis
Bebe Ober
Larry Brewster
Donald Greif
Carolyn Ray
Jennie Chiccola
Mike Haas
Dominic Sabatino
Gwyneth Crysler
Yvonne Highley
Dennis Troyan
DSA Emeritus
Distinguished Service Award of NAR
Vincent T. Aveni
Paul J. Everson
William T. Byrne
J. Howard Battle Equal Opportunity in Housing Award Recipients
1987
Armin Guggenheim
1989
Stuart Wallace
1991
Mary Hudson
1993
Anda Cook
1995
Winston Richie
1997
Ruth Stadler
1998
City of Cleveland Heights
1999
Bethel Temple Assembly of God Church
2001
Greater Cleveland Habitat for Humanity
2003
Cleveland State University
2005
Mayor Jane Campbell
2007
National City Development Corporation
2009
Cleveland Housing Network
1988
Dr. Anne Lulow
1990
L. B. McKelvey
1992
Jo Ann Cooper
1994
Myldred B. Howell
1996
Marcella McCord
1998
City of Shaker Heights
1999
The Penny Family
2000
Mayor Michael R. White
2002
Charlotte Guggenheim
2004
Frank Jackson, Cleveland City Council President
2006
Progressive Urban Real Estate
2008
Neighborhood Housing Service
2010
Famicos Foundation
Educator of the Year
1988
Elmer Synek
1992
Dr. Anne Lulow
1996
Jo Ann Cooper
1989
Mary Jane Balazs
1993
David Paul
1997
James D. Irvin
1990
J. Terence Burke
1994
John Braman
1998
Elizabeth Justice
1991
William T. Byrne
1995
Jackie Morton
1999
Cynthia Lammert
Commercial REALTOR® of the Year
1998
Jeffrey D. Cristal
2002
Russell Rogers
2006
Matt Parnell
1999
Phillip R. Barnes
2003
Vicki Maeder
2008
George Pofok
2000
Robert J. Walick
2004
Howard Lichtig
2001
Robert F. Redmond
2005
David M. Browning
Commercial Rookie of the Year
1999
Terrence Coyne
2000
Kevin Malinowski
2001
Rocco DiPuccio
2002
Enrico Pitro
Commercial Affiliate of the Year
John Fulton
James S. Brooker
Mary Beth Ballard
Michael P. Maniche








