Teresa King Kinney has announced her retirement as CEO of the Miami Association of Realtors after leading the nation’s largest local realtor organization for 33 years.
At the end of the year, Kinney will transition to CEO Emeritus and move into a one-year consulting agreement to support a seamless transition. The organization has retained a national search firm to hire a successor.
“These have been the most exciting years of my life so far,” said Kinney in a statement. “I will be leaving one of the largest, most innovative and successful organizations in the best shape ever to move forward. I can see the future and all the exciting accomplishments that are coming to Miami Realtors. In few months, I can move on to the next phase of my life of doing whatever my husband John and I want to do, whenever we want to do it.”
Kinney came to Miami in August 1993 from St. Joseph, Missouri, where she had worked for 21 years, including service as the CEO of the St. Joseph Regional Association of Realtors. Kinney has chaired multiple committees within the National Association of Realtors (NAR) is the past chairman of the board for the Florida Society of Association Executives.
During her career, Kinney has won more than 50 awards for her contributions to the local, region, state and global real estate markets. In 2019, she was awarded NAR’s William R. Magel Award of Excellence, the highest honor and distinction for a realtor association executive.
The 60,000-member Miami Association of Realtors is the nation’s largest local realtor organization and has official partnerships with 299 international organizations.
