Convention 2024 Speakers
Deb Gabor
“Leading Expert” doesn’t come close to describing Deb Gabor’s passion for brands. More accurate? Brand Guru. Brand Impresario. Brand Evangelist. She’s written the book on branding (three times!) with bestsellers, “Branding is Sex,” “Irrational Loyalty,” and “Person-ality.” She’s the founder and CEO of Sol Marketing, a strategy-led marketing firm obsessed with solving major business and branding problems for clients in every industry. Companies throughout the world use Deb’s “Brand Values Pyramid,” “Ideal Customer Archetype” and “Brand Swagger Questions” to align their teams and articulate their brands to audiences.
Deb also lends her brand authority with frequent contributions and commentary to major news outlets such as Entrepreneur, Forbes, FORTUNE, Inc., MediaPost, New York Times, NPR, USA Today, Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post. Business and marketing organizations regularly call on Deb as a keynote speaker and workshop leader, relying on her as an inspiration for executives to embrace the power of branding to create “Marketing That Sells.”
Pam Ermen
Pamela Ermen began her full-time real estate career at 18, quickly achieving an award-winning sales record by 20 and transitioning to management by 24. Over four decades, she has mastered all facets of real estate, managing over 25,000 transactions and owning 28 properties at her investment peak.
Pam has coached numerous agents and teams to peak productivity, including growing a new office to 168 agents. Her expertise has made her a sought-after speaker and trainer both nationally and internationally. Returning to sales in 2018, Pam’s extensive experience in management, sales and leadership make her an exceptional instructor and keynote speaker.
She has succeeded in both private and franchise business models, authored two real estate training series, and was named Virginia’s “Real Estate Educator of the Year.” As president of Real Estate Guidance, Inc., she continues to provide coaching and training.
Bryce Olsen
Bryce is a Utah native and lives in North Ogden with his wife and four children. He enjoys fishing, golfing and traveling with his family. As a dedicated husband and father, Bryce can appreciate the heart of obtaining the dream of homeownership.
As a mortgage consultant for the past 15 years, including managing a branch, Bryce is passionate about providing his clients with a world-class experience. His expertise ranges from first-time buyers, investors, new construction, move-up buyers and all levels in between. He is extremely knowledgeable with program guidelines and understands the wide variety of loan programs available to structure the best loan to meet his clients’ needs. Bryce is a master solution-finder, which enables him to help his clients through the most complex loan scenarios. He is results-driven and keeps his clients’ best interests at heart.
Kim Cameron
Kim wears many hats in the real estate industry — she is an “in-the-trenches” practicing real estate agent leading an effective sales team in the St. Louis, Missouri, area, and she speaks, teaches and mentors real estate agents across the country. Kim has a wide array of knowledge and experience to share with her real estate peers and a track record of success to back it up.
If you are looking for humor, fun and someone who will keep the entire room engaged from beginning to end with content and implementable tactics, Kim is the speaker for you.
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.
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.