2006 Instructor of the Year - Kathy Chiero

Kathy Chiero has been selected as the Columbus Board of REALTORS®' Joseph L. MacKinnon Instructor of the Year for 2006.

Kathy was chosen from a long list of distinguished instructors that CBR uses for our continuing education classes. Kathy teaches the "Train the Trainer: Consumer Education for the Affordable Housing Market." This course teaches REALTORS® how to develop a homebuying seminar for the affordable housing market. Kathy has consistently garnered outstanding evaluations from the students who have taken this course.

Kathy received her license in 1996. Prior to that, Kathy had lived and worked in Virginia Beach for the Fox/Family Cable Network, reporting news and producing television programming. After moving to Columbus, she decided to get her real estate license and to further her passion for training and teaching. She worked with new agents as a part of informal training for HER and continues to do so for RE/MAX. She realized that she enjoyed teaching and training as much or even more than selling.

Within the industry, Kathy has a number of achievements (Member of CBR's 25 Million Dollar Club; RE/MAX Platinum Club; RE/MAX #2 Top Selling Team in Central Ohio in 2004, and a nomination for the RE/MAX Hall of Fame Award 2007).

Kathy is married to Jim and they have three children (Jordan -- 17; Lindsay -- 15; and Christian -- 13).

Kathy says, "My passion is still about teaching and, training and providing other agents in skills necessary to succeed in real estate."