Everett “Vic” Knight Elected Chairman, Thomas R. Lawing, Jr., Vice Chairman

Everett “Vic” Knight of Raleigh has been elected Chairman and Thomas R. Lawing, Jr., of Charlotte, Vice Chairman, of the North Carolina Real Estate Commission effective August 1, 2013, it was announced by Miriam J. Baer, Executive Director.

Knight, a member of the Commission since 2009, has been a licensed broker since 1984. He is also a North Carolina Certified General Appraiser and the owner of Chapel Hill Appraisals and Consultants and AppraiZR.com. Previously, he was broker/owner of Century 21 Vic Knight Realty in Hillsborough for 10 years.

A native of Burlington, Knight graduated from North Carolina State University with a BS in Civil Engineering and worked internationally for Bechtel Corporation for several years.

Knight is currently a director of the National Association of REALTORS®, a past president of the North Carolina Association of REALTORS®, past president of the Chapel Hill Board of REALTORS®, past president of the Triangle Multiple Listing Service, and past-chair of the National Association of REALTORS® Appraisal Committee. He is a Continuing Education Instructor for the North Carolina Real Estate Commission and the North Carolina Appraisal Board, and serves on the Board of Trustees of the Appraisal Foundation.

Lawing is a Certified Property Manager and President of T. R. Lawing Realty, a family-owned residential property management company serving the Charlotte region since 1957.

He is a past president and REALTOR® of the Year of both the North Carolina Association of REALTORS® (NCAR) and the Charlotte Regional REALTORS® Association (CRRA) and a past director of the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR).

Active in civic affairs, Lawing currently serves as Chair of the Church Council at Hawthorne Lane United Methodist Church and is a past president of the Charlotte West Rotary Club and past chair of the Eagle Projects Committee of the Mecklenburg County Council of the Boy Scouts of America.

This article came from the October 2013-Vol44-2 edition of the bulletin.