Lee honored as 2020 REALTOR of the Year

February 19, 2020 | 12:07 am

Updated February 18, 2020 | 9:11 pm

Lauren Lee, of ReMax Professional Realty Group, was named REALTOR of the Year for 2020 at the Greater Owensboro REALTOR Association (GORA) general membership meeting on Tuesday.

The award ceremony took place at the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame and Museum and, according to GORA, the annual recognition is given to someone who exhibits a spirit of professionalism, strong business experience and community service.

“In just eight years, Lee has built an incredible business, including becoming a top producing agent at her office,” said GORA Communications Services Assistant Matt Shown.

The REALTOR of the Year award has been given to a local REALTOR since its inception in 1966. Tyler Shookman received the honor last year and presented Lee with the 2020 recognition Tuesday.

Emcee Kirk Kirkpatrick detailed, not only Lee’s professional achievements in real estate, but her dedication as a past GORA board member and officer and her volunteer work for various nonprofits such as Shop with a Cop, Apraxia Awareness, Right to Life, American Cancer Society and Borrowed Hearts.

Lee told a crowded room Tuesday that winning the award had come as a complete surprise.

“The reason I wasn’t [prepared] was because I told myself, ‘There are so many other people in the room that are higher producers than me, who take on a greater leadership role than I do, as far as where I am in my life right now,” she said.

Lee said she’d rejected nomination proposals from her colleagues in years’ past because she didn’t feel like she’d “done enough.”

“So this year somebody approached me, and I said, ‘Okay, I’m going to throw my name in the hat, that’s fine — it is what it is,’” she said.

Lee, who has two daughters — Olivia (7) and Giuliana (2) with her husband of almost 10 years, said her advice to the other realtors in the room was to “do what you can when you can.”

February 19, 2020 | 12:07 am

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