Leadership Team
President | |
 | President-elect |
 | Vice-president |
 | Treasurer John Daly, SFR Rose & Womble Realty 123 S Lynnhaven Road Virginia Beach, VA 23452 Office: (757) 486-8800 Click here for e-mail Click here for biographical information |
 | Immediate Past President John R. Dickinson, GRI, CCIM Hall Associates Inc 213 S Jefferson St Ste 1007 Roanoke, VA 24011 Phone: (540) 982-0011 Click here for e-mail Click here for biographical information |
 | Chief Executive Officer |
TRISH SZEGO, VAR'S 2012 PRESIDENT
Trish Szego has been a Realtor more than 30 years, and for 20 of them has been co-owner of ERA Elite Group in Fairfax. She’s a member of the Northern Virginia Association of Realtors, where she was named chairman of the board in 2004 and RPAC fundraising chair in 2010. She also served on MRIS’s board from 2005-2010.
At the state level, Trish has served on a long list of VAR committees and work groups, and has been a member of its Board of Directors since 2005. After serving in several leadership roles, she became VAR’s 2012 president.
Trish has been involved in various charitable organizations and fundraising events through her firm. She has two children and currently lives in Haymarket.
MARY DYKSTRA, VAR's 2012 PRESIDENT-ELECT
Mary Dykstra of MKB in Roanoke has been an active member of the Roanoke Valley Association of Realtors, serving as its president in 2005; in 2008 she was named RVAR’s Realtor of the Year. She currently serves on RVAR’s Grievance and Public Relations committees.
Mary has chaired several Virginia Association of Realtors committees, and has been a member of the Board of Directors since 2006. At the national level, she is a member of NAR’s Board of Directors and 2012 chair of its communications committee.
Mary serves her local community as a member of Roanoke’s Architectural Review Board, and as a Court Appointed Special Advocate for Abused and Neglected Children. She lives in Roanoke with her husband and two children.
BRAD BOLAND, VAR'S 2012 VICE PRESIDENT
Brad Boland has been a licensed real estate agent since 1975 and a licensed broker since 1978. Since 2001 he’s been owner of Jobin Realty of Reston. His real estate experience includes residential, commercial, land development, construction, and both commercial and residential property management.
Brad was the 2009 chairman of the Board of Directors for the Dulles Area Association of Realtors, and in 2011 was elected president of the Blue Ridge Association of Realtors.
At the state level, he is VAR’s 2011 Chairman of the RPAC Board of Trustees, Chairman of the Professionalism Work Group, and former chair of the Public Policy Committee. He’s a 2007 graduate of the Virginia Realtors® Leadership Academy and a long standing member of the Honor Society. He also serves on NAR’s Conventional Financing and Lending and Public Policy Coordinating committees.
Brad and his wife Elaine live in Purcellville and are the proud parents of five beautiful daughters. They operate Fields of Athenry Farm where they specialize in raising lamb, cattle, and poultry.
JOHN DALY, VAR'S 2012 TREASURER
John has been a volunteer at the local level since becoming a REALTOR® in 1989. He served as a Virginia Peninsula Association of REALTORS® board member from 1998-2003 and as President in 2004 and Treasurer in 2006. John has also served as the VPAR MLS Chairman in 1996, as well as on the REIN MLS board of directors from 1996-1998. John has won several awards from his peers, including VPAR Manager of the Year in 2003 and VPAR REALTOR® of the Year in 2005. He has also received recognition from his firm for his consistent best practices, accepting the GSH Excellence in Management Award from 2001-2007. John has been involved in countless committees, with responsibilities ranging from Ways and Means to Grievance and Professional Standards, from Strategic Planning to Budget and Finance.
John began volunteering at the state level in 2003, serving on the Public Policy Advocacy group. He broadened his level of involvement by participating in the Virginia Real Estate Education Foundation work group, which actively supports real estate education throughout the state. John has also been an elected member of VAR’s Board of Directors since 2005 and an RPAC Trustee since 2007-2009. He was elected by fellow Policy Board members to the position of Treasurer for the 2009-2010 leadership term, and was re-elected for a 2011-2012 term.
John currently serves at the national level on The Business Issues Committee and has served since 2008.
John is passionate about real estate education, taking an active interest in the development of his agents. John has been a technology instructor since 2005 within the GSH Real Estate firm. He holds certification as a Post Licensure and Continuing Education Instructor.
While John devotes much of his time to volunteering on behalf of the real estate industry, he also makes time to enjoy spending time with his family, animals and to pursue his hobbies, including wine tasting, scuba diving and several variations of martial arts.
JOHN DICKINSON, VAR'S IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
John Dickinson has been a licensed real-estate agent since 1988, currently as associate broker with Hall Associates, western Virginia’s largest commercial real estate firm. He also owns apartment, industrial, and office properties in the Roanoke area, and is president and owner of the Moseley-Dickinson Academy of Real Estate.
He is a past director of the Roanoke Valley Association of Realtors, having served as its president in 1998. At the state level, besides his term as 2011 VAR president, John serves on its Board of Directors, and is past chairman of the Virginia state RPAC trustees. He is also on the Board of Directors of NAR, as well as its Nominating Committee, Major Donor Council, and as chairman of its Legal Action Committee.
John holds degrees in mathematics and economics from the University of Virginia, and is chairman of the board of equalization of Franklin County, Virginia. He enjoys skiing, tennis, and raising his children, Katie, 25, Anne 23, and Tyler 21. He lives in Union Hall with his wife Sonya and their little dog Max.
SCOTT BRUNNER, VAR'S CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
A native of Bessemer, Alabama, Scott holds degrees from both the University of Montevallo and Auburn University. Among other posts, he has served as dean of NAR’s Association Executive Institute, and as committee liaison for 2006 NAR President Tom Stevens. More than 30 state Realtor® associations now use the Realtor® leadership development strategy Scott developed while in Mississippi.
Scott is a former commentator on National Public Radio’s All Things Considered program, and is the author of two books — Due South: Dispatches from Down Home and Carryin' On and Other Strange Things Southerners Do — both published by Random House.
He lives in Henrico with his wife Karen; daughter Claire (15); and twin boys, Pate and Jackson (13).
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