Matt Difanis

The Central Illinois Business Magazine and the News-Gazette of Champaign-Urbana have named Matt Difanis as the 2015 winner of the 40 Under 40 Man of the Year.

Difanis is a partner with RE/MAX Realty Associates in Champaign, the 2016 treasurer-elect for the Illinois Association of REALTORS®, president of the Mahomet Area Youth Club and a volunteer photographer for area Honor Flights.

He was 2012 president of the Champaign County Association of REALTORS® and the association’s 2013 REALTOR® of the Year. A REALTOR® since 1998, Difanis is a graduate of the University of Illinois and the University of Illinois College of Law.

He has chaired and served on more than a dozen IAR committees and task forces, along with multiple NAR committees. In 2014, Difanis became his local association’s first — and only — RPAC Golden R investor.