Victoria Gillespie is the new chief marketing and communications officer and Shannon McGahn is the new senior vice president of government affairs at the National Association of Realtors (NAR).
Gillespie has more than 30 years of real estate industry experience. Previously, she owned and operated her own real estate agency for more than 12 years.
She also served as senior vice president of the Realtors Federal Credit Union, and most recently served as senior vice president of enterprise marketing and communications for
Northwest Federal Credit Union.
In her new position, Gillespie will set communications strategies for NAR to drive member engagement and satisfaction, and strengthen NAR’s relationship with consumers.
McGahn most recently served as the staff director for the Committee on Financial Services in the U.S. House of Representatives.
In that role, she managed the committee’s legislative agenda and worked with House and Senate leadership, senior White House aides, relevant committees and federal agencies to address and enact its legislative and regulatory priorities.
McGahn is the first woman to hold the position of senior vice president of government affairs in NAR’s 110-year history.
She succeeds Jerry Giovaniello, who is retiring at the end of 2018, after successfully advocating vital legislative and regulatory issues before Congress, the White House and federal agencies for NAR and its 1.3 million members for 37 years.
