Hampton Roads real estate veteran to retire

Lisa Chandler, president and principal broker of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices RW Towne Property Management, announced her retirement Wednesday.

Chandler will leave at the end of October after more than 40 years in real estate. Berkshire Hathaway and Virginia Beach-based Rose & Womble Realty merged in March, bringing more than 750 real estate agents together.

Chandler joined the realty company started by her mother-in-law, Nancy Chandler, in 1991 and served as its executive vice president.

After Rose & Womble and Nancy Chandler Associates — which rebranded as Chandler Realty in 2017 — merged in July 2019, she served as principal broker of Rose & Womble Property Management.

For four years, she served as principal broker and ultimately president of Rose & Womble Property Management. She moved into her current role in April.

“Lisa has been with our family company for 41 years. She started as an office manager for my mother, Nancy Chandler, founder of Nancy Chandler Associates, working alongside her husband, Web Chandler, my brother. She held numerous positions over the years with Nancy Chandler Associates and our follow-on companies, Chandler Realty and Chandler Property Management. Her leadership and direction has guided our success over the years,” John M. Chandler, chief operating officer, said in a statement. 

Chandler also chairs the Old Dominion University Real Estate Foundation Board and is on the board of the Virginia Arts Festival and is on the Real Estate Information Network’s 2023 Property Management Advisory Committee.