The North Carolina Real Estate Educators Conference

The North Carolina Real Estate Commission was pleased to host its 2024 Spring Educators Conference on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, at the McKimmon Center in Raleigh. The theme of the conference was NCREC Education Superhero Comicon.

The registration for the conference was limited to 300 participants. Len Elder, Director of Education and Licensing and Kizzy Crawford Heath, Assistant Director of Education and Licensing, opened the conference. Jeff Malarney, Commission Chair, welcomed all of the attendees.

The day-long event featured the following presentations by Commission Staff members. 

• Inside the Justice League by Miriam Baer, Executive Director
• Headline from the Daily Planet by Len Elder, Director of Education and Licensing
• Preserving Your Superhero Identity by Andrew Cox, Education Approval & Renewal Officer
• The Opportunities We Face by Cox, Beth McGonigle, Education Content Officer, Cathy Worsley, Course Review Officer, Deb Carpenter, Education & Examination Officer, Diana Jasany, Communications Officer, Kizzy Crawford Heath, Assistant Director of Education & Licensing, Tiffany Ross, Consumer Protection Officer, and Elder.
• Using Animatrons to Increase Your Superpowers by Jasany, Ross, and Worsley
• The S.H.I.E.L.D. Report by Janet Thoren, Director of Regulatory Affairs and Kristen Fetter, Assistant Director of Regulatory Affairs
• Superhero Training Academy by Carpenter
• Deploying Countermeasures by Cox, Carpenter, Crawford Heath, Elder, Jasany, McGonigle, Ross, and Worsley
• Force Fields and Magic Scepters by Carpenter and McGonigle
• Superhero Recognition by Commission Chair Malarney
• Truth, Justice, and the American Way by Elder

The conference concluded with the presentation of the 2024 Larry A. Outlaw Excellence in Education Award to Bill Gallagher by Commission Chair Malarney. The Commission established the Larry A. Outlaw Excellence in Education Award in 2016 to honor the Commission’s late former Director of Education and Licensing Division. This year’s recipient of the Larry A. Outlaw Award, Bill Gallagher, demonstrated ongoing excellence in outstanding contributions to real estate education in North Carolina. The Commission thanks North Carolina’s real estate education community for its continued interest and support, and congratulates Bill Gallagher on his award.