Woodridge REALTOR® Chris Read garnered the spotlight Tuesday night at the 35th Annual REALTOR® of the Year Banquet at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum in Springfield. (Photos courtesy of Terry Farmer.)

Read was recognized as the Illinois REALTORS®’ 2016 REALTOR® of the Year and 25 others were ROTYs representing their own local associations.

REEF Vice President Sue Miller served as the master of ceremonies. Sponsors included the following local associations:

  • Mainstreet;
  • North Shore-Barrington;
  • Chicago;
  • Peoria;
  • Three Rivers;
  • Bloomington-Normal;
  • Capital;
  • Champaign County;
  • Egyptian;
  • Greater Gateway;
  • Heartland;
  • Fox Valley;
  • Rockford;
  • Central Illinois;
  • Decatur;
  • Kankakee-Iroquois-Ford;
  • Oak Park;
  • Quad City; and
  • Southwestern Illinois.

Congrats ROTYs 2016 FINAL