Congratulations to Michael Gobber, managing broker-partner at Century 21 Affiliated in Westchester and an active member of Illinois REALTORS®, who has been named the 2021 treasurer nominee for the state association.

An Illinois REALTORS® Board of Directors vote is expected to formally place Gobber on the association’s leadership ladder later this year. ­His selection by the association’s Nominating Committee was announced Thursday, June 18, 2020.

Gobber is a member of the Mainstreet Organization of REALTORS® and led his local association as president in 2019.

At the state level, Gobber is a member of the Illinois REALTORS® Board of Directors and in 2020 also serves on the REALTORS® Political Involvement Working Group, Finance Committee, Professional Standards Committee and is on the REEF Board of Directors.

He has a long history of association involvement, working on a variety of committees, the Young Professionals Network and as a State Legislative Contact. He was a member of the Illinois REALTORS® Leadership Development Class in 2017.

Gobber is on the National Association of REALTORS® Board of Directors and is a member of the 2020 Broker Engagement Council. His previous committee appointments include NAR’s Consumer Communications Committee and the Federal Financing & Housing Policy Committee.

Once the nominating committee’s selection is sanctioned by the association’s board of directors, Gobber will join other Illinois REALTOR® leaders in 2021, including Sue Miller, who will become president; Ezekiel “Zeke” Morris, who will become president-elect and Ed Neaves, who will be immediate past president.