2018 RPAC President’s Circle Conference March 1–4, 2018 Bahamas #RPACPCConf Welcome to Paradise Island! Table of Contents Welcome Letter 3 Program Agenda 4 Speaker Bios 6 President’s Circle and Platinum R Investors By State 18 Atlantis Paradise Island Map 26 2 | #RPACPCConf Dear RPAC President’s Circle Conference Attendees: It’s said that the water here in the Bahamas is ten shades of blue. Well, I’m delighted to add our own REALTOR® Blue to the mix! If you’re like me, you’re looking forward to being away from the cold and some of the pressures of the office. A few days of warm sunshine, beautiful beaches and tropical breezes are just the ticket about now. And, I might add, you deserve this! This is our 15th Annual President’s Circle Conference — and we’re at record- high attendance with more than 750 attendees. We also have more President’s Circle members than ever! Like the slogan says: “It’s Better in the Bahamas.” What better place to take ownership of our accomplishments and do a little celebrating, too? This is Our Moment. Let’s Own It — right here in beautiful Paradise Island! As President’s Circle Investors, your tireless investments of time and resources are the heartbeats of our grassroots strength. You lead us to a stronger, more effective advocacy position when and where we need it most. Thank you! I need your energy. I need you to keep leading the charge. But for the next few days, we are here to learn from each other, enjoy each other’s company, and gain insights from a great line-up of political insiders. Thank you for being here. Thank you for your leadership. Thank you for all you do. Elizabeth Mendenhall 2018 NAR President #RPACPCConf | 3 Program Agenda All conference sessions are in Imperial Ballroom ABCDE unless otherwise indicated. Thursday, March 1, 2018 12:00 noon – 5:00 pm Registration Desk | Location: Hermes 5:00 – 6:30 pm Kids Club Welcome Reception | Location: Dig Deck 7:00 – 9:00 pm Welcome Reception | Location: Royal Deck 9:00 – 11:00 pm Group Gathering | Plato’s Friday, March 2, 2018 7:00 am – 1:00 pm Registration Desk | Location: Hermes 7:00 – 8:00 am Buffet Breakfast | Location: Imperial Ballroom FGHI 8:00 – 8:15 am Welcome Messages from 2018 NAR President Elizabeth Mendenhall Introduction by Colleen Badagliacco, Vice President of Association Affairs 8:15 – 9:00 am Political Analyst Amy Walter: Where to Turn when the Political Climate Heats Up Introduction by Mary Dykstra, 2018 Community Engagement Liaison 9:00 – 10:00 am Political media expert Mark McKinnon: It’s a Circus Introduction by Tray Bates, 2018 RPAC Fundraising Liaison 10:00 – 10:05 am Announcement of Round 2 President’s Circle Targets Eric Sain, 2018 RPAC Disbursements Liaison 10:05 – 10:25 am Break 10:25 – 10:50 am Economic Update with NAR’s Chief Economist Lawrence Yun Introduction by Tamara Suminski, 2018 Major Investor Council Chair 10:50 – 11:15 am An Interview with NAR’s CEO Bob Goldberg Introduced & interviewed by Kenny Parcell, 2018 Vice President, Government Affairs 11:15 am – 12:15 pm Point/Counterpoint Session with Stephanie Cutter and Amy Holmes Introduced & moderated by Vince Malta, 2018 First Vice President 12:15 – 12:30 pm Day One Closing Remarks Pete Kopf, 2018 RPAC Participation Council Chair 2:00 – 5:30 pm Beach Volleyball Tournament | West Beach Afternoon/Evening Free time and Dinner on Your Own 9:00 – 11:00 pm Group Gathering | Plato’s 4 | #RPACPCConf Saturday, March 3, 2018 7:00 – 8:00 am Buffet Breakfast | Location: Imperial Ballroom FGHI 8:00 – 8:15 am Morning Kick-Off Julie Minto, 2018 Member Involvement Liaison & John Smaby, 2018 President-Elect 8:15 – 9:15 am Military Historian Rick Atkinson: 10 Things Every American Should Know about WWII Introduction by Margo Wheeler, 2018 REALTOR® Party Director 9:15 – 9:30 am Break 9:30 – 10:00 am 2018 Legislative Update with NAR’s Chief Lobbyist Jerry Giovaniello and special guest U.S. Senator Tim Scott Introduction by Leigh Brown, 2018 RPAC Trustees Fundraising Committee Chair 10:00 – 10:30 am Legal Update with NAR’s General Counsel, Katie Johnson and Associate General Counsel Ralph Holmen Introduction by Steve LaRue, 2018 RPAC Trustees Federal Disbursement Committee Chair 10:30 – 10:45 am Break 10:45 – 11:45 am A Conversation with former First Lady Laura Bush Introduced & interviewed by Elizabeth Mendenhall, 2018 NAR President 11:45 – 12:00 noon Closing Remarks with 2018 NAR President-Elect John Smaby and 2018 NAR President Elizabeth Mendenhall Afternoon Free Time 6:00 – 8:00 pm Closing Reception | Location: Paradise Harbor 9:00 – 11:00 pm Group Gathering | Plato’s Sunday, March 4, 2018 12:00 noon Check-out #RPACPCConf | 5 Speaker Bios Rick Atkinson Rick Atkinson is a best-selling author, three-time Pulitzer Prize winner, and former Washington Post journalist. He is the author of the Liberation Trilogy, a narrative history of the liberation of Europe in World War II. The third volume of that series, The Guns at Last Light, quickly became a No. 1 New York Times best-seller in 2013 and was named one of Washington Post’s “Top 10 Books of 2013.” Of it, the paper said, “Atkinson weaves a multitude of tiny details into a tapestry of sublime prose.” Similarly, journalist George Will praised the book as “history written at the level of literature,” while David Ignatius said it “teaches the greatest lesson of all for the present, which is the need for patience and perseverance against obstacles.” The first volume of the Liberation Trilogy, An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943, received the Pulitzer Prize and was acclaimed by the Wall Street Journal as “the best World War II battle narrative since Cornelius Ryan’s classics The Longest Day and A Bridge Too Far.” The second volume, The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943- 1944, drew praise from the New York Times as “a triumph of narrative history … elegantly written.” The final volume was received with incredible praise, with The Los Angeles Times calling it “Monumental…A masterpiece of deep reporting and powerful storytelling,” and the Dallas Morning News remarking that “Soon, if not already, Atkinson will show up on the list of giants.” Atkinson is also the best-selling author of The Long Gray Line, a narrative saga about the West Point class of 1966, and Crusade, a history of the Persian Gulf War. He also wrote In the Company of Soldiers: A Chronicle of Combat, an account of his two months with General David H. Petraeus during the invasion of Iraq in 2003. The New York Times Book Review called the book “the most intimate, vivid, and well-informed account yet published,” and Newsweek cited it as “one of the 10 best books of 2004.” Atkinson is also the lead essayist in Where Valor Rests: Arlington National Cemetery, which was published by National Geographic in 2007. Atkinson’s many awards include the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for history; the 1982 Pulitzer Prize for national reporting; and the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for public service, awarded to the Washington Post for a series of investigative articles directed and edited by Atkinson on shootings by the District of Columbia police department. He is winner of the 1989 George Polk Award for national reporting, the 2003 Society for Military History Distinguished Book Award, the 2007 Gerald R. Ford Award for Distinguished Reporting on National Defense, the 2010 Pritzker Military Library Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing, the 2014 Samuel Eliot Morison Prize for lifetime achievement, and the 2015 Peggy V. Helmerich Distinguished Author Award. Atkinson has served as the Gen. Omar N. Bradley Chair of Strategic Leadership at the U.S. Army War College, where he remains an adjunct faculty member. Atkinson served as a reporter, foreign correspondent, and senior editor for 25 years at the Washington Post. His most recent assignments were covering the 101st Airborne during the invasion of Iraq, and writing about roadside bombs in Iraq and Afghanistan in 2007. Among other assignments, he served as the Post’s assistant managing editor for investigations as well as the paper’s Berlin bureau chief. In that post he covered not only Germany and NATO, but also spending considerable time in Somalia and Bosnia. Born in Munich, Germany, Atkinson is the son of a U.S. Army officer and grew up on military posts. He holds a Master of Arts degree in English literature from the University of Chicago and an honorary doctorate from Norwich University. 6 | #RPACPCConf Laura W. Bush Laura Bush, former First Lady of the United States, is an advocate for literacy, education and women’s rights. After leaving the White House, President and Mrs. Bush founded the George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas, Texas. The Center is home to the Bush Presidential Museum and Library and the George W. Bush Institute, a public policy center established to solve today’s most pressing challenging by developing leaders, advancing policy, and taking action. As Chair of the Bush Institute’s Women’s Initiative, Mrs. Bush promotes access to education, healthcare, and economic opportunity for women and girls around the world. The Women’s Initiative programs are preparing and empowering the next generation of women leaders in North Africa and the Middle East, working to ensure the expansion and protection of women’s rights in Afghanistan, and engaging and supporting First Ladies from around the world to effectively use their unique platforms to advance issues for women and girls in their countries.