PRESIDENT
 

William E. Malkasian, CAE

William Malkasian joined the staff of the Wisconsin REALTORS^® Association in 1975 as its Legislative Director and was promoted to President in 1978 a position he has held for over 25 years. He is responsible for overseeing the professional staff of the 16,000 member statewide REALTOR^® trade association based in Madison, Wisconsin. In addition, Bill serves as Treasurer for the Wisconsin REALTORS^® Educational Foundation. Bill also represents the association as a director with the Wisconsin Environmental Initiative.

Bill has actively represented the Wisconsin REALTORS^® Association on a national level by serving on numerous committees and task forces. He has served on the REALTORS^® Political Action Committee, Legislative Committee, Strategic Planning Committee and most recently, Vice-chaired the National Association of REALTORS^® Task Force on Smart Growth. Within Wisconsin, Bill has served at the Governors invitation on the Telecommunications Task - Force reviewing Wisconsin's communications infrastructure - and the Governor's Blue Ribbon Commission on Jobs for the 21st Century. Most recently, he was appointed to serve on the Wisconsin Legislative Council Study Committee on Land Use. Within the city of Madison, Bill has chaired the Madison Central YMCA Board and the Dane County Housing Authority. He has also been President of the Madison Club.

Bill holds a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Wisconsin and completed a six-year association education program and management designation sponsored at Notre Dame University by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. He has also attained, for over 20 years, the designation CAE which stands for Certified Association Executive.

In 2001 he received the William R. Magel Award of Excellence given by the National Association of REALTORS^® from his 1,200 peers in the Association management community. Only 16 other individuals have been awarded this prestigious award. In 2003 Bill was recognized by REALTOR^® Magazine as one of the 25 most influential people in the real estate community in America. In June of 2004 Madison Magazine named Bill as a leader statewide in real estate in Wisconsin.

Bill has traveled all over the country and most recently internationally as an expert in the field of association and public policy management with the countries of Armenia and Georgia in the former Soviet Union through the International Real Property Foundation.

Bill lives in downtown Madison during the week with his wife of 29 years Kathy and on his farm in SW Wisconsin on the weekends.

You can reach Bill at:

Wisconsin REALTORS^® Association
4801 Forest Run Road, Ste. 201
Madison, WI 53704-7337
Phone (608) 241-2047 or 1-800-279-1972 (WI)
Fax (608) 241-2901
E-mail wem@wra.org