Greg Garrett - Commercial Real Estate Showcase

Greg Garrett
Biography Greg Garrett is 52 years old. He has been married to his wife, Libby, for 30 years and they have 4 children (three sons and one daughter). Greg has lived on the Virginia Peninsula his entire life, and he started in the real estate business at age 19
Professional History • Greg has been in the Real Estate business for 32 years, starting his own Real Estate Company 25 years ago.
• Early in his real estate career, Greg became the #1 agent on the Virginia Peninsula. Then he became the #1 agent throughout Hampton Roads, Virginia in 2005 and he leads one of the top 50 Real Estate Teams in the United States (as published in Realtor® Magazine)


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Professional Leadership (past & present) • Founding Chairman of the Young Presidents Organization , Virginia Chapter
• Founding President of the Young Entrepreneurs Organization , Hampton Roads chapter
• President of the Virginia Peninsula Homebuilders Association
• Chairman of two industry related Political Action Committees
• President of Hampton Roads Brokers Council for his former franchise
• Member of the Board of Advisors of First Federal Savings Bank
• Regional Vice President of the Virginia State Homebuilders Association
• Member of the Vision Task Force with the International President of his former franchise, as well as serving on the National Advertising Fund Advisory Board and the National Brokers Communication Congress
• Board of Directors for the National Association of Homebuilders
• Member of the Executive Board of Directors of the Hampton Roads Economic Development Alliance

Community Involvement (past & present) • Founder of Orphan Helpers®, an International organization that is currently ministering to 1,300 orphaned, abandoned, or incarcerated children in Central America
• Chairman of the Newport News Mayor’s Drug Prevention Task Force
• Founding member of the Core Leadership Group for the Gathering of Men, a “Promise Keepers” type group in Hampton Roads
• Board of Directors of Youth Challenge, a drug and alcohol rehabilitation program
• Board of Directors of Operation Breaking Through, an inner-city assistance program
• School Board member of a local Christian School
• Member of the Mayors Human Development Cabinet of Newport News
• Member of the Executive Committee of International Military Ministry of Campus Crusade for Christ
• Board of Director of the Virginia Peninsula Economic Development Council Industrial Finance Corporation
• Member of the Hampton Housing Improvement Program Committee
Licenses/Professional Designations • Real Estate Broker in Virginia and North Carolina
• (CRS) Certified Residential Specialist
• (GRI) Graduate Realtors Institute

Awards & Achievements • The first recipient of the Kauffman Community Award, from the Kauffman Foundation (a 2 billion dollar international foundation) for founding Orphan Helpers.
• He has received numerous Top Agent awards throughout his career including the #1 overall agent in Hampton Roads, the #1 agent on the Virginia Peninsula, and the #1 agent in Mid-Atlantic multi-state region for his former franchise.
• He was also one of 4 brokers selected out of 6,000 nationwide to do a 16-city speaking tour across America, called “Recruiting Centerstage”.
• Recognized in Realtor® Magazine as one of the top 50 Realtors® in the United States.
• 2005 Recipient of The Good Neighbor Award. The Good Neighbor Award recognizes REALTORS® who have made an extraordinary commitment to improving the quality of life in their communities through volunteer work.
• 2009 Recipient of Humanitarian Of The Year presented by HRO (Human Relief Organization). Less