Programs and grants to provide direct assistance to address the housing crisis in California.
The Rising Star Awards are a new C.A.R. initiative designed to work with the brokerage community to recognize their up-and-coming agents.
C.A.R. stands ready to assist REALTORS® who have been impacted by these wildfires through its Disaster Relief Fund.
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Scholarships for California students planning to pursue a career in real estate.
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Steve White
2018 C.A.R. President
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C.A.R. President Steve White is a 32-year REALTOR® in the San Fernando and Santa Clarita Valleys of the Los Angeles area.
Active in organized real estate since 1986, White is co-owner of Keller Williams VIP Properties and Pathway Escrow, Inc, both in Valencia, Calif. He is also co-owner of Keller Williams Realty Central and Closing Solutions Escrow, both in Northridge, Calif.
He most recently served as C.A.R. President-elect and has served in numerous other leadership positions for his local, state, and national associations of REALTORS®. White began serving organized real estate in 1992 as a member and chair of the MLS Committee and a Director and Officer at the former Santa Clarita Valley Association of REALTORS® (SCVAOR). He led the efforts to regionalize five MLSs in 1996, then merged SCVAOR into the Southland Regional Association of REALTORS® (SRAR) in 1997. White was named SRAR’s REALTOR®-Associate of the Year in 2002, President in 2006, and REALTOR® of the Year in 2008. He has been a C.A.R. and NAR Director continuously since 1994 and 2004, respectively.
Serving on numerous committees at the local and state and levels, his service includes chair of C.A.R.’s Expo Advisory, IMPAC Trustees, Housing Opportunity, Legislative, CREPAC and CREIEC committees. He earned the honor of C.A.R. Outstanding Committee Chairman four times. His service at the national level includes NAR’s Issues Mobilization, Risk Management, and Executive committees.
White comes from a family of REALTORS®, with his mother, brother, and sister all active in the real estate business.
Jared Martin
2018 C.A.R. President-Elect |
Jared Martin, C.A.R. president-elect, is a Central Valley real estate broker and one of the owners of a real estate franchise, Keller Williams Westland Realty, in Fresno, Calif. Martin previously served as C.A.R. treasurer.
In addition to serving his clients, Martin also is active with his local, state, and national associations of REALTORS®. He was president of the Fresno Association of REALTORS® in 2009, served on its Executive Committee in 2008-2009 and 2014-2015, and was its treasurer in 2014 and 2015. At the state level, he has served on numerous committees, including Taxation and Government Finance (2014), Distressed Property Task Force (2012), Strategic Planning and Finance (Vice-chair in 2013), and Federal (Vice-chair in 2014) committees. Also active with NAR, Martin served on NAR’s Commercial Leadership Forum, Commercial, Research, and Commercial Economic Issues and Trends committees. Martin has been an NAR Golden “R” member since 2004.
As a third-generation REALTOR®, he has worked with his family’s business for the past 15 years.
Dave Walsh
2018 C.A.R. Treasurer |
Dave Walsh serves as C.A.R. treasurer. Walsh is the vice president and manager of Alain Pinel REALTORS®’ Almaden Valley office in San Jose.
As a former member of the board of directors for both the Silicon Valley Association of REALTORS® (SILVAR) and the Santa Clara County Association of REALTORS® (SCCAOR), Walsh has vast experience in leadership positions. In 2008, he was elected and served as president of SCCAOR, where association membership includes approximately 6,000 REALTORS®. Responsible for supervising 70 real estate sales professionals at the Almaden Valley office of Alain Pinel REALTORS®, Walsh reviews all transactions for professional, regulatory and disclosure compliance.
Joel Singer
CEO and State Secretary
C.A.R. CEO Joel Singer has held the Association's top staff position since November 1989 after serving as C.A.R.'s chief economist and heading the Association's public affairs department. He was instrumental in developing Real Estate Business Services Inc. (REBS), C.A.R.'s for-profit subsidiary, and serves as its president. He also is president and chief executive officer of zipLogix®, where he was influential in the recent transaction between the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (NAR) and zipLogixTM to provide zipForm Plus® and zipTMSTM as a free member benefit to all NAR members.
In 2015 and 2016, Singer was named to Swanepoel’s Power 200 list, which identifies the 200 leaders that have the most power and influence to impact the residential real estate brokerage industry. He was named to the 2015 Inman 101 list of real estate industry doers “whose ingenuity, outspokenness, strength, conviction, power, and persistence are driving change.”
