The 2021 CENTURY 21 Signature Real Estate Annual Awards

At CENTURY 21 Signature Real Estate, our agents work hard every day to defy mediocrity, raise the bar for service in real estate and create extraordinary experiences for their clients. 

Every year, we honor our agents’ hard work and dedication to their clients with an awards banquet. It’s a time to come together, share experiences, recognize each other’s achievements and look forward to a new year of serving buyers and sellers. 

This year looks a little different. 

We can’t gather in person to highlight the achievements of 2020, a year that included unprecedented challenges and a unique real estate market. Our agents stayed optimistic and focused on what really mattered: serving our clients in extraordinary ways. We’re celebrating their achievements virtually this year, but celebrating nonetheless. 

These are the 2021 CENTURY 21 Signature Real Estate Annual Awards. We’re recognizing what our relentless agents did in 2020 to create remarkable client experiences, give 121% to their communities and raise the bar in real estate.

These are the awards and achievements that we are proud to recognize:

• Quality Service Awards
• Masters Program
• CENTURION® Awards
• President’s Award
• Up Award
• Top 100 C21® Agents in Iowa
• Golden Circle & Top Agent Retreat
• Spouse of the Year
• Staff Thank You
• Rookie of the Year
• Signature Award
• Top C21® Agents by MLS
• Office Rankings and Awards
• Bonus: Blooper Reel

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We call this the “People’s Choice Award.” Ultimately, it’s the clients who award these to our agents because of the extraordinary experiences they create every step of the way through the home buying and selling journeys. 

After the completion of every purchase or sale, our agents send their clients quality service surveys to complete to provide feedback on the agent’s work. These two awards, Quality Service Producer and the Quality Service Pinnacle, recognize our agents’ dedication to going above and beyond for their clients to provide unique and personal experiences.

To win this award, surveys must have been sent to 80% of closed clients with a 50% return rate and a 90% overall score. Congratulations to the following agents for winning the Quality Service Producer Award:

To win this award, surveys must have been sent to 80% of closed clients with a 50% return rate and a 95% overall score for two consecutive years. Congratulations to the following agents for winning the Quality Service Pinnacle Award:

Congratulations to all of our agents who made the client experience their priority in 2020. 

The Masters Awards Program recognizes high-producing agents who don’t settle for less. These agents generate significant sales volume and rank as top agents in our company. The Masters Program has three tiers of recognition: Ruby, Emerald and Diamond. We’re proud to celebrate the winning agents in each category who have shown us what hard work and a relentless spirit can accomplish.

To win this award, agents must generate approximately $4.9 million to $6.4 million in sales or sell 32-42 units. Congratulations to the following agents for winning the Ruby Award:

• Baba Agbaje
• Jason Bergan
• Teresa Dodge
• Stephen Kerr
• Whitney Kohlmeyer
• Krystal Liebau
• Nicole McGlothlin
• Donna Meador
• Brandi Nelson
• Thomas Payne
• Brenda Peterson

To win this award, agents must generate approximately $6.5 million to $7.8 million in sales or sell 43-54 units. Congratulations to the following agents for winning the Emerald Award:

• Chris Chiaramonte
• David Kelm
• Jessica Kettleson
• Carla Vander Molen
• Tyler Wilkening

To win this award, agents must generate approximately $7.9 million to $9.3 million in sales or sell 55-65 units. Congratulations to the following agents for winning the Diamond Award:

• Robin Shrader
• Jennifer Steere
• Jill Vande Weerd

Congratulations to all of our Masters Program agents! 

The CENTURION® Producer Awards recognizes our elite agents who raise the bar in real estate and then just keep going. These agents don’t stop once they reach first place- they keep pushing. They define what it means to be obsessed with better and to defy mediocrity. 

CENTURION® winners are recognized in one of three ways: CENTURION®, Double CENTURION® or Grand CENTURION®. Agents who have won the CENTURION® five out of the past seven years are members of the CENTURION® Honor Society.

We’re proud to celebrate our agents who are truly best in class. 

To win this award, agents must generate approximately $9.4 million to $18.7 million in sales or sell 66 or more units. Congratulations to the following agents for winning the CENTURION® Award:

To win this award, agents must generate approximately $18.8 million to $28.2 million in sales or sell 132 or more units. Congratulations to the following agents for winning the Double CENTURION® Award:

• Kyle Clarkson
• Ethan Hokel
• Megan Mitchum

To win this award and title, agents must have achieved CENTURION® status for five of the past seven years. Congratulations to the following agents for achieving this honor in 2020:

• Kyle Clarkson
• Ethan Hokel
• Gina McAndrews
• Gina Swanson

Congratulations to all of our CENTURION® winners for showing us what it means to be the best! 

We challenge our agents every day to defy mediocrity and deliver extraordinary experiences to clients. Some agents take that challenge and run with it. The President’s Award recognizes our agents who have achieved both CENTURION® status and Quality Service Pinnacle. This elite group is made up of the ultimate multitaskers- they are best in class in both production and client satisfaction.

Congratulations to the following agents for winning the President’s Award:

• Jennifer Clark
• Lindsey Dacey
• Renee Dunkel
• Jessica Gilligan
• Tami Hicks
• Ethan Hokel
• Jason Mickelson
• Megan Mitchum
• Scott Myers
• Abbey Robertson
• Gina Swanson
• Eileen Van Kooten-Schmitt

Congratulations to this year’s group of President’s Award winners. We’re excited to see who else will join this relentless group in the next year. 

The Up Award recognizes outstanding growth. CENTURY 21 Signature Real Estate agents don’t settle for just okay- they push for bigger and better. The Up Award recognizes the agents who grew their businesses by $1 million or more from 2019 to 2020. We’re proud to recognize how far these agents have come in the last year and we’re excited to see where the next year takes them. 

Congratulations to the following agents for winning the Up Award:

Congratulations to all of our agents for their incredible work over the last year to take their businesses to new levels. 

CENTURY 21® ranks all agents in each state (and nationally) based on average gross commission (AGC). Despite the circumstances of the past year, our agents are showing us just how hard they are working to defy mediocrity and deliver extraordinary experiences for their clients.

Congratulations to the 63 agents from CENTURY 21 Signature Real Estate who made it into the Top 100 for Iowa in 2020 and to the three agents who are nationally ranked. 

Century 21 Real Estate LLC Individual Producers by AGC. These rankings reflect 2020 transactions with a close date of 12/31/2020 and a paid date of 1/05/2021.

All of our agents who receive Masters-level production and above are welcomed into Golden Circle. This is CENTURY 21 Signature Real Estate’s mastermind group for our top agents to grow their bottom lines and build legacy businesses by rethinking their use of time, money, systems, and team members. 

This group is also invited to CENTURY 21’s Top Agent Retreat. The Top Agent Retreat is an invitation-only event that recognizes the growth of top-producing agents across the country. This is a space for agents to listen to keynote speakers, attend learning sessions, network with other agents, and of course, have a little fun.

Congratulations to the following Golden Circle agents who will also be invited to the 2021 Top Agent Retreat by C21®:

Congratulations to all of our top agents! We can’t wait to see who else joins this group in the next year.

Every year we like to recognize the unsung heroes of real estate: the spouses and partners who keep things running at home while our agents are working hard to serve their clients. We asked our agents to nominate their spouses with a video explaining why their husband, wife or partner deserved to win. Check out the video below to hear the nominations and find out who won:

Congratulations to this year’s Spouse of the Year: Rob Gilligan, husband to Jessica Gilligan!

Like so many others, our support staff faced unique challenges in the last year as we turned to virtual meetings, Zoom calls and work-from-home. Our agents wanted to show appreciation for the hard work of our support staff in the last year. Take a look:

Thank you to our support team for their hard work and perseverance in 2020!

We created the Rookie Award to recognize an agent in their first full year of real estate with an outstanding sales record who is also breaking down barriers and owning the real estate business- right from the start. It’s not an easy award to achieve because real estate can be a challenging field, especially in your first year.

Congratulations to the 2020 Rookie of the Year: Stephen Kerr! 

Stephen had an impressive first full year in real estate in 2020. He had 13 listings, 24 total closed sales and $5.5 million in sales volume. 

“I am very excited to be the Rookie of the Year,” said Kerr. “I have loved my first year in this business. It went a lot better than I thought it was going to go and I just love this company and our support staff. It’s been such a great experience.”

Congratulations to Stephen for showing us what it takes to succeed in your first year of real estate!

The Signature Award was created to honor a CENTURY 21 Signature Real Estate agent who embodies our values, both in business and in life. This is a relentless agent who is obsessed with the client experience, defies mediocrity and delivers extraordinary experiences, makes an impact in the community they serve, takes a consultative and relational approach to real estate sales and works at the highest level of professionalism. 

We’re honored to announce the recipient of the Signature Award: Tami Hicks! 

Tami has been a C21® agent for more than 10 years. She currently serves as the broker for our Ames office and is a knowledgeable, hardworking and dedicated agent who is devoted to serving her clients as though they were her only one. She also provides support, guidance and education to our agents.

Tami is the founder of Overflow Thrift Store, an Ames-based thrift shop that is dedicated to creatively recycling and selling affordable goods to help people in need, locally and globally. The store now has two locations, 10+ staff and hundreds of volunteers. The proceeds support more than 10 charitable organizations, including the Boys and Girls Club, Orphans of Teso, Wings of Refuge and more. 

“It’s fun being part of this organization and fun to see people grow,” said Hicks. “I love to help people.”

Congratulations on your well-deserved honor, Tami! 

Our Iowa-based company spans multiple MLS throughout the state: the Des Moines Area Association of REALTORS® (DMAAR), the Central Iowa Board of REALTORS® (CIBR), the Northeast Iowa Regional Board of REALTORS® (NEIRBR) and the Iowa City Area Association of REALTORS® (ICAAR). This encompasses our offices in Des Moines, Urbandale, Ames, Pella, Cedar Falls and Waverly and our agents in Iowa City.  

We’re recognizing the top three producing C21® agents in each MLS we currently operate in. 

Congratulations to the top C21® producers in the CIBR:

1. Jared Van Cleave
2. Jason Mickelson
3. Roger Wheeler

Congratulations to the top C21® producers in the DMAAR:

1. Ethan Hokel
2. Kyle Clarkson
3. Megan Mitchum

Congratulations to the top C21® producers in the ICAAR:

1. Teresa Dodge
2. Holly Bodin
3. Nichole Slabach

Congratulations to the top C21® producers in the NEIRBR:

1. Jennifer Worrell
2. Jennifer Steere
3. Jessica Kettleson

Congratulations to all of our top producing agents in MLS’ across the state! 

Our brokerage, CENTURY 21 Signature Real Estate, is also being recognized for our relentless approach to real estate. Overall, C21SRE is the recipient of 11 company awards and all of our offices ranked in the top 10 of all CENTURY 21 agencies in Iowa. We’re proud to celebrate the recognition of each of our offices, thanks to the dedication and hard work of our C21® agents. 

CENTURY 21 Signature Real Estate won the following awards and recognition for our work in 2020:

• Ranked the #1 CENTURY 21 office in Iowa by AGC and units.
• Ranked #17 among all CENTURY 21 offices nationally by units.
• Voted a Top Workplace in Iowa in 2020 by our employees.

Our Ames office is the proud recipient of the following awards and recognition from their agents’ work in 2020:

• Ranked the #4 CENTURY 21 office in Iowa by AGC.
• Winner of the Quality Service Pinnacle Office Award.
• Winner of the CENTURION® Office Award for overall office production.
• Winner of the President’s Award.

Our Ankeny office is the proud recipient of the following awards and recognition from our agents’ work in 2020:

• Ranked the #2 CENTURY 21 office in Iowa by AGC.
• Ranked #46 among all CENTURY 21 offices nationally by units.
• Winner of the Quality Service Office Award.
• Winner of the DOUBLE CENTURION® Office Award for overall office production.

Our Cedar Falls office is the proud recipient of the following awards and recognition from our agents’ work in 2020:

• Ranked the #9 CENTURY 21 office in Iowa.
• Winner of the Quality Service Pinnacle Office Award.

Our Pella office is the proud recipient of the following recognition from our agents’ work in 2020:

• Ranked the #6 CENTURY 21 office in Iowa by AGC.

Our Urbandale office is the proud recipient of the following awards and recognition from our agents’ work in 2020:

• Ranked the #3 CENTURY 21 office in Iowa by AGC.
• Ranked #92 among all CENTURY 21 offices nationally by AGC.
• Winner of the Quality Service Pinnacle Office Award.
• Winner of the CENTURION® Office Award for overall office production.
• Winner of the President’s Award.
• Winner of the Ambassador Award for winning the President’s Award five times in the last seven years. 

Our Waverly office is the proud recipient of the following awards and recognition from our agents’ work in 2020:

• Ranked the #8 CENTURY 21 office in Iowa by AGC.
• Winner of the Quality Service Pinnacle Office Award.
• Winner of the GOLD MEDALLION® Award for overall office production.

Thank you to all of our relentless agents across the state of Iowa for their hard work, dedication to defying mediocrity and obsession with raising the bar for our clients! 

Bonus: Blooper Reel!

We had so much fun filming these videos for our virtual awards celebration. Enjoy this behind-the-scenes look with our blooper reel!

CENTURY 21 Signature Real Estate spans nine offices across the state, each home to incredible teams of relentless agents who work hard every day to defy mediocrity and take real estate to new levels. We’re proud of our team and what they’ve accomplished in 2020 and we can’t wait to see what comes of 2021 as we continue to grow and raise the bar in real estate.