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Chris Bird
Chris Bird has been in the financial business for over 30 years. He started his career with a degree in accounting and also holds the Certified Financial Planner designation (CFP). A former senior IRS agent, Chris now teaches 125+ seminars a year and is a CRS and REALTORS® Land Institute instructor. |
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Curtis Bullock
Pam started real estate at 18 and has overseen 25,000+ transactions. A top coach, trainer and speaker, she was named Virginia’s Real Estate Educator of the Year. |
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Shelby Cardall
Bryce is a mortgage consultant with 15+ years of experience and a reputation for delivering solutions for all buyer types—from first-time to investors. |
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Peter Christensen
Legal counsel for the Utah Association of REALTORS®, Kreg manages the Legal Hotline and teaches CE courses on real estate law. |
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Craig Grant
Shane is general counsel for multiple Sotheby’s franchises and a veteran real estate attorney. He teaches and serves on UAR forms committees. |
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Lance Harrison
Lance received his bachelor’s degree in political science from Brigham Young University and his law degree from the University of Utah. Lance became legal counsel for the Utah Association of REALTORS® in May of 2016. He answers questions each week from REALTORS® on the Association’s Legal Hotline, manages UAR’s professional standards program, including all ethics complaints and arbitration requests, and teaches a variety of continuing education courses for real estate agents. |
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John Israel
John Israel is founder and chief gratitude officer of Mr. Thank You, a consulting firm focused on client and employee retention. John is one of the most sought-after speakers and trainers who teaches companies both big and small how to “Become Irreplaceable” with their clients, team and VIPs. In 2016, John started a personal social experiment around “human connection” that became a worldwide movement, a book and TEDx talk titled: “The Mr. Thank You Project.”
John’s Mr. Thank You story has been featured on ABC News, Fox News, Good Morning America, and his clients include global brands such as Square, RE/MAX, Fairway Mortgage, Sales Force and many others. John’s goal is to help people build a sustainable sales and business career that supports their ideal life. |
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Terrie Lund
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Shane Norris
Shane Norris joined Summit Sotheby’s International Realty in 2017 as general counsel for its agents and brokers, contributing his over 20 years of insight and experience on legal matters related to real estate transactions. Through the expansion of the Summit Sotheby’s ownership group, Shane is now general counsel for Sotheby’s franchises in Nevada, California, Idaho and Utah. Shane previously was Coldwell Banker/NRT’s in-house litigation counsel as well as the general counsel and president for a Utah title insurance company. Raised in Las Vegas where he obtained an undergraduate degree at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Shane moved to Utah to attend the University of Utah, SJ Quinney College of Law. Shane went on to private practice in insurance defense and real estate litigation. He now instructs on current legal issues relevant to the real estate licensee, in addition to offering continuing education classes specializing in real estate challenges. Shane also contributes his legal knowledge to the greater community as a member of both the Park City and Utah Association of REALTORS® (UAR) forms committees. |
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Rachael Ortiz
Rachael Ortiz is general counsel and a director at Meridian Title Company. Before joining Meridian Title in 2017, Rachael worked at a private law firm with their Real Estate and Mergers and Acquisitions teams. Rachael’s educational background includes a bachelor’s of science degree from the University of Utah and a juris doctorate degree from the University of Utah SJ Quinney College of Law. She serves on the executive board and legislative committee for the Utah Land Title Association and collaborates closely with the nation’s top underwriters. |
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Kristi Owens
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Amberley Snyder
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Kreg Wagner
Kreg Wagner is legal counsel for the Utah Association of REALTORS® and has been with the UAR since 2012. In his role as legal counsel, Kreg oversees the UAR’s Legal Hotline and the UAR Forms Committee. Conservatively, Kreg has answered over 100,000 questions on the UAR’s Legal Hotline on topics ranging from contract formation and dispute resolution to real property and agency law. Kreg is a licensed continuing education instructor and teaches a variety of real estate law classes to real estate licensees. Kreg received his bachelor’s degree in communication, with an emphasis in public relations, from BYU Idaho and his juris doctorate from the University of St. Thomas School of Law in Minnesota. |
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John Young
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2025 Hotels
The UAR has secured discounted room blocks at the following hotels. Book early because rooms will sell out as the LOTOYA bike event will be taking place in Logan following Convention. The deadline to reserve rooms is Aug. 3, 2025.
| Conference Center Hotels | Price |
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| SpringHill Suites | $189 per night |
| TownePlace Suites | $189 per night |
| Other Hotel Options | Price |
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| Hampton Inn | $169 per night |
| Comfort Inn | $149 per night |