Kay Wirth of Crystal Lake Installed as President of the Illinois Association of REALTORS®

SPRINGFIELD, Ill.– Kay Wirth, ABR, CRS, GRI, LTG, PMN, has been installed as the 2008 President of the Illinois Association of REALTORS®. A licensed REALTOR® for 22 years and a broker since 1987, Wirth is affiliated with Re/Max Unlimited Northwest in Crystal Lake. She is a past president of the McHenry County Association of REALTORS® and was named REALTOR® of the Year by the McHenry County Association in 1997.

She has been an active participant with the Women’s Council of REALTORS® (WCR) serving as president of the McHenry County WCR and the Illinois State WCR. She also served on the WCR Board of Directors and Leadership Development System Committee for the National WCR. For the McHenry County Association of REALTORS®, she served six years on its Board of Directors and chaired the Nominating Committee.

On the statewide level, Wirth served as a Leadership Liaison in 2004 representing the Illinois Association of REALTORS® (IAR) to seven local REALTOR® associations in northwestern Illinois. She has served on the IAR Board of Directors and numerous committees including chair of the IAR Strategic Planning and Finance committees and chair of the Statewide Ombudsman and Mediation task forces.

She has served with distinction on IAR’s Economic Development Working Group, Professional Standards Committee, Political Advisory Working Group, Public Policy and Governmental Affairs Member Involvement Group as well as the Issues Mobilization Political Action Committee Trustees. In 2008, Wirth will chair the IAR Executive and Leadership committees. She will also serve as chair of IAR’s National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) Political Advisory Working Group.

For the National Association of REALTORS®, Wirth has served on the Sergeant at Arms Committee and the Federal Housing Policy Committee.

She resides in Crystal Lake with her husband, Bob, and daughter, Sarah.

Installation ceremonies were conducted at the Illinois Association of REALTORS® Convention on September 20 at the Drury Lane Conference Center in Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois. Other 2008 officers installed were President-Elect Pat Callan of Glen Ellyn and Treasurer Michael Onorato of Coal City.

The Illinois Association of REALTORS® is a voluntary trade association whose 60,000 members are engaged in all facets of the real estate industry.  In addition to serving the professional needs of its members, the Illinois Association of REALTORS® works to protect the rights of private property owners in the state by recommending and promoting legislation which safeguards and advances the interest of real property ownership.

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