CEO, Virginia Realtors, Glen Allen
CEO, Virginia Realtors, Glen Allen
Virginia Business// March 28, 2024//
FIRST JOB: Baskin-Robbins ice cream scooper
HOBBY/PASSION: Cooking and gardening. A good fiction novel while sitting by the lake on a breezy sunny afternoon.
MOST VALUED POSSESSION: My home
TRAIT I ADMIRE: Attentiveness — being able to really pay attention to the person they are talking with in the moment and to give them their full attention and sincerely care about what the person is sharing
IF I HAD A TIME MACHINE, I’D MEET: Margaret Thatcher, because she was an incredible leader.
ONE THING I’D CHANGE ABOUT VIRGINIA: Make the sun rise before 6 a.m. and set after 9 p.m. all year long.
SOMETHING I WOULD NEVER DO AGAIN: Ride a rollercoaster — I get motion sick.
DID YOU KNOW? Suit served as Virginia’s first secretary of Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security and was a Republican state delegate for eight years. Today, she leads the state’s largest trade association, advocating for 38,000 Realtors. Virginia Realtors also publishes research and offers continuing education to its members. Suit has an MBA from the University of Mary Washington, where she serves on the board of visitors.
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