Making Moves

For such a tight-knit industry, real estate has a lot of players, and we’re keeping track of them in our Making Moves feature. Stay up to date on your colleagues in the industry, where they’ve been and where they’re going.

Illustrated Properties names Christina Pappas as president 

Pappas will continue to serve as president of The Keyes Company.

Chicagoland’s Kim and Katie Group enters Naples with Premier Sotheby’s affiliation 

Founders Kim Marino and Katie Minott will work from Premier’s Broad Avenue office as they pursue a dual-market arrangement. 

Compass names Miltiadis Kastanis as South Florida’s new-development sales director

Kastanis most recently worked at Douglas Elliman, where he produced more than $300 million in total sales volume since 2023.

Illustrated Properties hires executive sales manager for corporate office 

The new manager, Mandie Weller, has a decade of real estate management experience and most recently worked at Long & Foster. 

Pablo Alfaro joins Compass 

Alfaro most recently served as director of sales at Douglas Elliman. 

Douglas Elliman adds managing broker, agents to Florida locations 

The managing broker will lead Douglas Elliman’s St. Petersburg office, while the agents will join its Coral Gables and MiMo locations. 

Air Force veteran joins Rate in the Panhandle 

After 21 years in the U.S. Air Force, AJ DiCarlo will work as a mortgage loan originator in Destin. 

Douglas Elliman luxury agent Ellis Bachman joins Brown Harris Stevens 

Bachman will continue to serve clients in Miami and New York. 

Matthew Cenedella named CFO for NAR

Matthew Cenedella replaces John Pierpoint, who will retire at the end of the month after nearly 40 years with the association.

Weichert, Realtors – Agency ONE adds another new agent 

The new addition to the Southwest Florida Brokerage previously worked at D.R. Horton. 

ONE Sotheby’s agent Katie Weisz to lead sales at Alba Palm Beach 

The 55-condominium tower is almost 60% sold and slated to open in spring 2026. 

Shant Banosian named president of Rate Mortgage

Banosian has funded over $10 billion in total loan volume over the last two decades.

Keller Williams names Christopher Czarnecki as president and CEO, announces investment partnership

Czarnecki fills the shoes of past president and CEO Mark Willis, who stepped down in January.

Drew Backoff and David Cooke join Douglas Elliman

Drew Backoff has rejoined Douglas Elliman as the vice president of marketing, new development. Meanwhile, David Cooke joins the company as a sales associate.

Graham Hanks named president of Truly Title

Truly Title announced that Graham Hanks was named its new president. Hanks previously served as the company’s Texas state president.

Weichert, Realtors – Agency ONE adds new agent 

The new addition, Patti Williams, previously owned a small beach motel in Old Orchard Beach, Maine. 

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