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San Antonio Board of REALTORS®

9110 W IH-10
San Antonio, Texas 78230-3112
Voice (210) 593-1200 / Fax (210) 593-1251
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Accounting


 
Mary E. Badillo
Accounting Director
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Mary Ester Badillo is the Accounting Director of the San Antonio Board of REALTORS®. She assumed her position in January 2007. She has 12 years experience in public accounting which includes auditing, tax, and write-up work. She was Comptroller of a nonprofit organization for six years. Mary received her Bachelors in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting in December 1988 from Our Lady of the Lake University.
E-mail Mary E. Badillo

 

Sylvia Anguiano
Accounts Receivable
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Sylvia S. Anguiano is the Accounts Receivable Clerk of the San Antonio Board of REALTORS®. She began her employment on August 28, 1989 in the Membership Services Department. She then transferred into the Accounting Department in 1990 as the Account Receivable Clerk. Sylvia also has 13 years experience in publishing the MLS Listing Books prior to her employment with the San Antonio Board of REATORS®.
E-mail Sylvia Anguiano


 

Linda Carreon
REALTOR® Store Clerk
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Linda Carreon is the REALTOR® Store Clerk for the San Antonio Board of REALTORS®. She began working at SABOR in 2007 as a part-time receptionist and was promoted to her new position in 2008. Linda has seventeen years experience in customer service, retail, and merchandising.
E-mail Linda Carreon

Cathy Jo Sutton
Accounting  A/P  P/R
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Cathy Jo Sutton is the Accounts Payable/Payroll Clerk of the San Antonio Board of REALTORS®. She assumed her position in June 2007. She has 29 years experience in the public accounting field where her job duties included bookkeeper, Accounts Payable Clerk, Payroll Clerk, and other accounting functions.
E-mail Cathy Jo Sutton

 

Administration


 
Travis Kessler, RCE, CAE
Chief Executive Officer
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Travis Kessler is the President and CEO of the San Antonio Board of REALTORS®. He assumed this position in 1997 and has been involved in REALTOR® association management since 1977. Travis has served on more than 30 NAR committees and work groups ranging form chair of NAR's Association Executives Committee and AEC Recommendations and Recognition Subcommittee to chair of the AEC Models Resources Work Group. He is a member of the Almon R. (Bud) Smith Leadership Society and is a past recipient of the Tom Morton Memorial Award for excellence in association management. Travis holds the REALTOR® association Certified Executive (RCE) and Certified Association Executive (CAE) designations.
E-mail Travis Kessler, RCE, CAE


 

Tracy Ballard
CCIM Administratory
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E-mail Tracy Ballard

 

Linda Berban
Administrative Assistant
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SABOR 2008 Employee of the Year
E-mail Linda Berban

 

Patricia Botello
Assistant Executive Officer
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E-mail Patricia Botello

 

 
Robert Hernandez
Maintenance
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E-mail Robert Hernandez

 

Susan Landry
Receptionist
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E-mail Susan Landry

 

 

Cheryl Range
Events Coordinator
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Cheryl has worked with the San Antonio Board of REALTORS® for the past ten years.  Her duties include event planning, marketing, and fund raising for TREPAC.  Prior to working with the board, she has been with several different title companies in San Antonio.  She was involved in promoting and marketing to REALTORS® and was Marketing Director for one of the local title companies.  Cheryl also worked as a real estate agent and a fashion/cosmetic consultant for several years.  She has served on many professional and civic committees and boards including but not limited to Women’s Council of REALTORS®, which she also served as President, SABOR Affiliate Member of the Year, Any Baby can board member for six years, and local Homeowners Association board member.
E-mail Cheryl Range

 

 

Karen Whittenberg
Information Central Coordinator
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Karen Whittenberg joined SABOR on February 1st, 2008, as the “Information Central Coordinator”, which is in essence the “concierge” for SABOR. She helps to answer questions of both members and the public and/or guides them to sources for answers. Karen was the former Association Executive for the Greater McAllen Association of REALTORS® from 1973 thru 1978 and more recently from 2003 thru May 2007. Karen served on the Texas Association of REALTORS® Association Executive Committee and TAR’s International Committee helping to secure relationships between Texas REALTORS® and members of Mexico’s AMPI, which is Mexico’s equivalent of NAR. Karen enjoys living and working in San Antonio and educating both SABOR members and members of the public on real estate related topics.
E-mail Karen Whittenberg

 

 

Communication


 

Kate Cherry **
Communications Director
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E-mail Kate Cherry

 

Mame Kwayie
Administrative Assistant
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E-mail Mame Kwayie

 

Education


 
Ron Smith
Education Director
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E-mail Ron Smith

 

Sonia Ann Del Rosario
Administrative Assistant
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E-mail Sonia Ann Del Rosario


 
Faith Palacios
Education Services Administrator
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Faith Palacios joined the SABOR Staff in April, 1979 as Education Secretary. She earned a Certificate of Scholastic Achievement in the NAR® Executive Officers Self Study Program. In 1995 she was given the title Education Services Administrator and was awarded Employee of the Year in 2001.

Faith assists with managing the Real Estate School and works closely with students in the arena of Pre-Licensing and Sales Annual Education (SAE) as well as students who take 30-hour and MCE courses online.  She is also the facilitator for those students wishing to use their benefits from the VA and the Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services.

E-mail Faith Palacios

Dina Vullo
Administrative Assistant
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E-mail Dina Vullo

 

Government Affairs


 
Robyn Locke
Governmental Affairs Director
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Robyn Locke joined the San Antonio Board of REALTORS® (SABOR) in 2001 as the Director of Political & Community Affairs. Within her purview, she works with community leaders, local, state and national legislators. Her role takes her from the local arena, to Austin and onto Washington DC where she works on issues relating to the preservation of private property rights. Robyn holds a BBA from the University of Texas in Austin. SABOR is an advocate for the consumer championing advocacy issues that impact our community.
E-mail Robyn Locke
 

Christy Johnson
Administrative Assistant
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Email Christy Johnson

 

Member Services


 
Linda Drever
Member Services Director
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Linda joined SABOR as Member Services Director in 1989. Prior to joining SABOR she served as Customer Service Mgr. and Sales for Multi-List providing MLS books and on-line systems for to the real estate industry contracting with Board of Realtors® including SABOR.
E-mail Linda Drever
 

Janelle Chapman
Lockbox Administrator
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E-mail Janelle Chapman


 
Ardel Couch
LockBox Administrator
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E-mail Ardel Couch

 
Wanda Garlington
Administrative Assistant
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Wanda is an Administrative Assistant in the Member Services Department. She had a career in real estate prior to joining SABOR in 1996. Wanda earned a real estate license beginning in 1977 and received her broker’s license in 1979. She practiced real estate until moving to San Antonio in 1996. She enjoys working with members and serves as the liaison to the HOA management companies.
E-mail Wanda Garlington

 

Terri Hart
Technical Services Representative
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Terri Hart is the MLS Technical Representative in the Member Services Department of the San Antonio Board of REALTORS®.  She started SABOR in 1992 as the Receptionist and moved to the Member Services Department as an Administrative Assistant in 1994 and became the Technical Representative in 2000.  Terri has been through four MLS system changes in 16 years.
E-mail Terri Hart


 
Lupe Hernandez
Administrative Assistant
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E-mail Lupe Hernandez
  Elaine Leary
Listing Checker Administrator
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E-mail Elaine Leary

 
Carol Levandoski
Trainer
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E-mail Carol Levandoski

 
Della Owen
Administrative Assistant
ext. 118
E-mail Della Owen

 
Sylvia Perez
Administrative Assistant
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E-mail Sylvia Perez

Sylvia B. Perez joined the San Antonio Board of REALTORS® April 2001 as an Administrative Assistant in the Member Services Department. She helps to answer questions of Members in reference to MLS and Membership. She also helped with the training in the use of the MLS System(s). Prior to joining SABOR she served as Director of Member Services for 22 years with the Corpus Christi Association of REALTORS®.
  Steven Rowden
Webmaster
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E-mail Steven Rowden
 

 

 

** Employee of the Year