Ryan Cannon, Gina LaMore and Cathryn Sommers will be among local Illinois association REALTORS® of the Year (ROTY) honored April 24 at the 2023 REALTOR® of the Year Banquet in Springfield. Register to attend now.

The ROTY award recognizes members who have done exceptional work to advance their association and the real estate industry.

Cannon is the Peoria Area Association of REALTORS® (PAAR) ROTY and is a broker for RE/MAX Traders Unlimited in Peoria. He is PAAR’s immediate past president, and he has served on numerous local committees during his career. His community involvement includes support of the Peoria Art Guild, the Peoria Historical Society and the LGBTQ+ Real Estate Alliance. Last June, he began a term on the Peoria Zoning Board of Appeals that lasts through June 2025.

LaMore is the Kankakee Iroquois Ford Association of REALTORS® (KIFAR) ROTY and is the owner-designated managing broker for LaMore Realty in Manteno. She’s a past member of the KIFAR Board of Directors and has served as chair of the Education Committee and chair of the Designated Managing Broker Committee. She is an RPAC Major Investor who shares the value of RPAC with all her agents. Her awards include the Manteno Chamber of Commerce’s 2020 Business of the Year and its 2022 Rising Star.

Sommers is the Quad City Association of REALTORS® ROTY and is a broker for RE/MAX Concepts in Bettendorf, Iowa. She’s put others’ needs ahead of her own throughout her career, and her tenure as 2021 Quad City president, during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, was no different. Her strength of character and emphasis on professionalism continues today as chair of the local Professionalism Committee and an industry advocate.

Cannon, LaMore and Sommers will join Illinois REALTOR® of the Year Ezekiel “Zeke” Morris, designated managing broker of EXIT Strategy Realty/EMA Management, South Side of Chicago, at the President Abraham Lincoln DoubleTree Hotel. The reception begins at 6 p.m., followed by the dinner and program at 6:30 p.m.

The ROTY Banquet is sponsored by the Illinois REALTORS® to support the Illinois Real Estate Educational Foundation (REEF).

(This is the first in a series of articles featuring 21 local REALTORS® of the Year in 2023.)