About Us


Board of Directors

  • Mauricio Umansky

  • Briggs Elwell

  • Deva Roberts

  • Dan Kennedy

  • Jason Haber

  • Danielle Garofalo

  • Andrew Dodge


Advisory Board

  • Stef Berkin

  • Michael Leibowitz

  • William Watson

  • Chris Lim

The People Behind ARA

Our board is made up of people who’ve spent their careers in this business and care where it goes next. They’re not here for the title. They’re here because the work needs doing.

Agents, owners, investors, brand builders, and the people running the largest brokerages in the country. That range is the point. Nobody sees the whole industry from one seat, so the board was built to cover more of it. What they share is the belief that a stronger industry isn’t something you wait for. You build it, and you build it together.

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