REALTOR® of the Year
2012 REALTOR® of the Year
Jim Sewell, an agent with Century 21 Commonwealth in Frankfort and member of the Lexington Bluegrass Association of REALTORS® (LBAR), was named KAR’s 2012 REALTOR® of the Year. Sewell served as president of the Kentucky Association of REALTORS® in 1987 and has been active with the state association for 37 years, volunteering much of his time to work in leadership positions including the Board of Directors and serving as chair for various committees including government affairs, KREC selection committee and Founding Trustee for the Kentucky Real Estate Education Foundation. On the local level, he served as president and treasurer of the Frankfort Board of REALTORS® where he was also selected as REALTOR® of the Year twice. At the Lexington Bluegrass Association of REALTORS®, Sewell has served on almost every committee and is currently serving on LBAR’s governmental affairs committee. Nationally, he has served as a director and is currently serving as a federal political coordinator for Congressman Ben Chandler. Sewell has also been a real estate appraiser for 37 years and received his B.A. from Centre College.
Past REALTORS® of the Year
1956 - Wheeler Nickell, Ashland
1957 - John Carpenter, Louisville
1958 - Paul M. Kendall, Louisville
1959 - Henry E.Pogue, Jr., Ft. Thomas
1960 - Paul Semonin, Louisville
1961 - Holmes Coats, Lexington
1962 - Morris McBirde, Paducah
1963 - Robert Crabtree, Lexington
1964 - William Cowger, Louisville
1965 - Chet Mason, Newport
1966 - Pauline Lewis, Frankfort
1967 - William Snyder, Louisville
1968 - Robert Massey, Louisville
1969 - Ralph Waldrop, Mayfield
1970 - Nat Sanders, Louisville
1971 - Charles Weisberg, Louisville
1972 - David P. Schoepf, Newport
1973 - Doug Gibson, Lexington
1974 - Thomas Laswell, Owensboro
1975 - Jack Rottgering, Paducah
1976 - Robert Laswell, Owensboro
1977 - Donald Tucker, Murray
1978 - Pat Parks, Louisville
1979 - Stuart Dalton, Louisville
1980 - Ward Elliott, Bowling Green
1981 - Joe Pitt, Louisville
1982 - Joe Schiff, Louisville
1983 - Bill Johnson, Kentucky Barkley
1984 - Joe Guy Hagan, Louisville
1985 - Charlie Murphy, Lexington
1986 - F.E. Whitney, Hopkinsville
1987 - Wayne Thomas, Kenton-Boone
1988 - Evelyn Pusateri, Louisville
1989 - Sue Teegarden, Campbell County
1990 - Louise Gentry Hall, Bowling Green
1991 - Rick Baumgardner,Hardin County
1992 - Becky Murphy, Lexington
1993 - Sallie Kirby-Howard, Louisville
1994 - Louise Edelen, Louisville
1995 - Mary Bellucci, Louisville
1996 - Dottie Franck, Louisville
1997 - Jess Kinman, Frankfort
1998 - John Chandler, Cumberland Valley
1999 - Linzie Craig, Shelbyville
2000 - John S. Davis, Paducah
2001 - Jayne Cox, Lexington
2002 - Portia Leftin, Northern KY
2003 - Linda Moore, Paintsville
2004 - Tony Clark, Owensboro
2005 - Ken Warden, Ft. Thomas
2006 - Dot Miller, Elizabethtown
2007 - Carolyn Edwards, Lexington
2008 - John J. Weikel II, Louisville
2009 - Ann McDonald, Lexington
2010 - Jeff Smith, Fort Mitchell
2011 - Robert Damron, Pikeville




