Last Thursday, Danberry's Annual Business Meeting was held at the Glass City Center. Festivity was at an all-time high during this year's awards as we celebrated 60 years in real estate! Our company was excited to return to the newly renovated GCC after hosting the 2022 Treasure Chest Auction at the venue in October— an event that sold 600 tickets and raised nearly $120,000 for ProMedica Russell J. Ebeid Children's Hospital. The Danberry Treasure Chest will return to Glass City Center on March 21, 2014.
The evening began by reminiscing on how far our brokerage has come since 1962, the year that Danberry Insurance Co. entered the real estate industry. Danberry's very first Annual Business Meeting commended a respectable sales volume of $350,000; our 2022 sales volume surpassed $1 billion for the third year in a row and Danberry's 352 agents sold 4,754 properties last year. In addition to sales, we experienced an astounding year of growth by welcoming nearly 70 new agents, winning Top Workplace by The Blade for the seventh year, and opening an office in Wooster, Ohio— our first venture into North Central Ohio.
One of Danberry's core tenets is serving our community. Nearly $23,500 was raised in 2022 by agents enrolled in the Company Contribution Program which allows them to directly donate a portion of their commission checks. A new addition to this year's event was the Danberry Heart Awards. Danberry leaders Lynn Fruth, Kevin Warren, Maggie Fawcett, and Dan McQuillen each chose an agent who they felt embodied the company's culture of giving and professionalism. Realtors Tony Bassett, Heather Smith LaPoint, Nicole Knight, and Melissa Utterback were the honored recipients of the first Annual Danberry Heart Awards.
As is our ABM tradition, the night ended by announcing the 2022 Danberry President's Sales Club. Congrats to all on this wonderful achievement!
$5-7.5 million sales volume
Kirk Aiello
Kay Bolles
Danielle Dale
Dawn Dupler
Maggie Farner
Terry Floro
Logan Geib
Melissa Glaze
Tina Griffith
Bryan Hartzler
Debbie Katich
Nicole Knight
Rachel Latta
Tom Lindsley
Debbie Longenecker
James McGowan
Molly McHugh Branyan
Cindy Mikolajewski
Holly Moungie
Heather Patacca
Rick Popiolek
Kay Rasmus
Todd Schenkenberger
Judy Stone
Sadie Vervoort
Rachel Zimmerman Williams
$7.5-10 Million Sales volume
Jack Amlin
Nicole Hartschuh
Brenda Kilburn
Benny and Angela Maxwell
Deborah Milnar
Erin Rooney
Lisa Sedlak
Chelsea Straub
Stephen Toon
Jacob Wittmer
Jeremy Wolf
$10-15 million sales volume
Emily Bailey
Tony Bassett
Ashley Breidenbach
Judy Miller
The Norway Group
Jen Nowakowski
The Rush/France Team
Melissa Utterback
Tina Weisenburger
$15-20 million sales volume
Melissa and Manny Evola
Michelle Nieman
The Studer Select Team
$20-30 million sales volume
The Elite Group
The Estep Group
Heather Smith LaPoint
$30-40 million
Friesner Realtor Group
Novotny Group
Char Simons
$40+ million sales volume
Luxion Home Team
Prokup Group
Rigali/Grier Group
Danberry has been the area's most successful real estate brokerage since the 1980s and is one of the nation's leading independent brokerages. We look forward to another fulfilling year of community and client service in 2023!