Awards & Recognition 2025 CELEBRATION
STARCK REAL ESTATE’S 2025 ACHIEVEMENTS
• Celebrated our 65th year (founded by Robert & Mary Jane Starck in 1960)
• RECORD 2025 by Closed Volume of $1.6 Billion
• 7 of the 12 months in 2025 were all-time RECORD months by Closed Volume
• #2 Chicagoland Top Workplace Award, out of the 63 Mid-Size Companies that earned the award (our 5th year in a row in the top 10)
• #5 Top Real Estate Workplace Award, out of the only 23 total real estate companies nationwide to be recognized with this award
• #117 largest brokerage in the US by Closed Sides (up from #129 last year, highest ranking yet). Increase of 76 places since 2019! We continue to close in on the top 100.
• #24 Berkshire Hathaway company globally by GCI…our highest ranking yet; by Units, Starck is ranked #18
• As we always like to outgive our relative size as a company, for the 2nd year in a row, the #5 giver to the Sunshine Kids for all BHHS companies in 2025; you helped us raise over $98,000 (an astounding number to support these special kids)
• Our annual diaper drive that just completed in February set yet another RECORD by collecting an astonishing 145,820 diapers!
• As a company, our total charitable cash giving, which doesn’t include the diapers donated, was over $202,000, another record amount!
LEGACY OF EXCELLENCE
Thank you for your
MARIE LUPARELLO
JOHN
Top Referring Associates
T1. Rob Corsello, Crystal Lake
T1. Shannon Kersemeier, Arlington Heights
T1. Michelle Kewin, St. Charles
Top Offices by Units
1. Crystal Lake
2. McHenry
T3. Barrington
T3. Palatine
Top Offices by Success Rate
1. Barrington
2. Crystal Lake
3. McHenry
Top Mortgage Consultant
1. The Prisching Team
Thank You!
Top Referring Associates
1. Dessi Yordanova, Arlington Heights
2. Karen Czarny, Huntley
3. Starboard Group, Lake Geneva
Top Office by Units
1. Huntley
Top Offices by Success Rate
1. Huntley - 67.55%
2. Arlington Heights - 64.04%
3. McHenry - 48.00%
Thank You!
DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE
$45,000 GCI or 10 Residential Units
Kristine Avella • Crystal Lake
Michelle Bartnett • Crystal Lake
Douglass Blount • Palos Park
Anthony Boccuzzi • Hoffman Estates
Kris Bochenek • Mount Prospect
Kirsten Brogan • Mount Prospect
Jean Carlson • Barrington
Frank Celarek • Elgin
Karissa Ciochon • Crystal Lake
Sherry Featherstone • Arlington Heights
Melissa Gasmann • McHenry
Bill Gonzalez • Mount Prospect
Kerri Grabowski • Arlington Heights
Sara Koman • Hoffman Estates
Lori Linkimer • St. Charles
Justin Lowery • Palatine
Clyde McMullen Jr • Palatine
Jacqueline Moody • McHenry
Bob Nieman • Belvidere
Jackie Ovadenko • Crystal Lake
Veronica Patino • Crystal Lake
Betty Shattuck • Crystal Lake
Juliet Skuldt • Arlington Heights
Necie Tagle • Hoffman Estates
Susan Tyska • Mount Prospect
Samantha Vazzano • Woodstock
John & Joan Vertnik • Bloomingdale
Cathy & Mike Verzal • Huntley
RELOCATION DIVISION
TOP OUTGOING REFERRALS
1. Saide Torres, Mount Prospect
T2. Michelle Rushing, Palatine
T2. Dina Gravedoni, McHenry
T2. Beth DuFour, Crystal Lake
AMBASSADOR’S CIRCLE
$60,000 GCI or 15 Residential Units
Khawla Ayyad • Bloomingdale
Andrea Callahan • McHenry
Marlene Castagna • Woodstock
Nicole Coleman • Huntley
Linda Derrico • Bloomingdale
Dina Florina • Barrington
Pat & Debbie Gummerson • Crystal Lake
Mel Hansen • Hoffman Estates
Roxanne Johnson • Woodstock
Tisha Kaspari • Bloomingdale
Marie Luparello • Bloomingdale
Jack Minero • Crystal Lake
Monica Mitchell • Lake Geneva
Andrew Namowicz • Palatine
Pamela Newman • Crystal Lake
Bridget Norman • Barrington
Hannah Pinto • Belvidere | Lake Geneva
Tom & Becky Poziwilko • Mount Prospect
David Rhorer • Hoffman Estates
Michael Rinaldi • Barrington
George Rosner • Palatine
Lynda Steidinger • McHenry
Tony Talamantes • Palatine
Natalie Torres • Woodstock
Jennifer Veloso • Huntley
Syuzanna Zakharchuk • Arlington Heights
Pam Zielinski • Woodstock
ROOKIES OF THE YEAR
#1
#2
Harvard
KRISTINE AVELLA
Crystal Lake
JENNIFER VELOSO
Huntley
#3
TERI KOLLS
HONOR SOCIETY
$75,000 GCI or 25 Residential Units
ADAMS RESIDENTIAL PARTNERS
St. Charles
BRENDA
BENDIS Huntley
CASSANDRA BOCKMAN McHenry
JOSH BROWN Woodstock
BRYSON CALVIN Woodstock
ISABELLE CARTER Lake Geneva
JOANNE CECCHINI Elgin
NANCY CHRISTENSEN Elgin
ANGEL COLLINS Crystal Lake
LINDA CORCORAN Western Springs
KASIA CZESAK Huntley
JEANNETTE DIAZ Palos Park
CAROL DOERR Hoffman Estates
TOM DOMBROWSKI Huntley
NANCY DOUGHERTY Huntley
CHRIS ESPOSITO Mount Prospect
DAWN FORAN Western Springs
DEE GAMBLE Crystal Lake
$75,000 GCI or 25 Residential Units
MIKE & VAL GROHE St.
GUTIERREZ
LIOBARDO GUTIERREZ Palos
KLARISSA INUMERABLE Hoffman Estates
JANET HIBBS Crystal Lake
CONNIE HOFHERR Mount Prospect
JON JOHNSON Hoffman Estates
YUNA JOHNSON Palatine
DAWN JOHNSON Crystal Lake
MICHELLE KEWIN St. Charles PETER KLOCEK Woodstock
KATHLEEN LAMANNA Bloomingdale
GIAVANNA LAUKERT Crystal Lake
CAROLYN LEARD Geneva
DORA KARLOS Mount Prospect
KAYLA GOTSCH Crystal Lake
Charles
LIO
Palos Park
Park
FILOMENA HAUTZINGER St. Charles
NICOLA HEATH Huntley
HONOR SOCIETY
$75,000 GCI or 25 Residential Units
JANE LUCHTERHAND Manitowoc
MOORE McHenry
LISA NOWOGURSKI Mount Prosect
STEVE OLSZEWSKI Huntley
PIERCE Arlington Heights
DAN RICHARDSON Mount Prospect
BECKY & DAN SCHMITT Manitowoc
NORA TOVELLA Barrington
JOSEPH TRIFILIO Palatine
ROSEANN TURNQUIST Elgin
SHELLY VOIGHT Crystal Lake
TAMMY
DAKSHA PATEL Elgin
TONY PETERSON Hoffman Estates
LAUREN
DAWN STAVROPOULOS Hoffman Estates
PHILIP SZYJKA Crystal Lake
PATRICK THEIS Manitowoc
SAIDE TORRES Mount Prospect
MOST IMPROVED INDIVIDUALS
#1
LISA OGAWA
Palatine
#2
WHITNEY WILSON
Crystal Lake
#3
DANA GALLAGHER Huntley
LEADING EDGE
DIXIE
MOST IMPROVED TEAMS
#1
KILKENNY GROUP
Woodstock
#2 THE FIRST CHOICE TEAM
Crystal Lake
#3 BROOKS | FERGUSON RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE TEAM
St. Charles
PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE
$185,000 GCI or 50 Residential Units
BROOKS | FERGUSON RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE TEAM
St. Charles
JASOHN CHAVEZ Palatine
DANA GALLAGHER Huntley
ROB CORSELLO Crystal Lake
SUSAN GOULD Palatine
JAKI HARDING Barrington
MEGAN LIEBETRAU Woodstock
SHANNON KERSEMEIER Arlington Heights KIMBERLY MCCALLISTER KRUSE Woodstock THE MLM GROUP Woodstock
JIM PELLEGRINO Huntley
JACKIE NELSON Crystal Lake
ELLEN NISSEN Huntley
AMY PREVES Crystal Lake
PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE
$185,000 GCI or 50 Residential Units
Congratulations to all of our 2025 award winners!
DIANE TANKE Huntley
JENNIFER STRUBLER St. Charles
VANESSA
THOMFOHRDA
Crystal Lake
AMY TOWNSEND
Manitowoc
CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLE GOLD
THE DARIA SMITH GROUP Elgin
RICK BELLAIRS TEAM Woodstock
DEBBIE CARLSON Belvidere
KELLY MALINA TEAM Crystal Lake THE
SHARI RAULAND MOHR Walworth
CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLE GOLD
$280,000 GCI or 70 Residential Units
JOY ROSSMAN McHenry
DESSI YORDANOVA
Arlington Heights
KELLEY SCHMIDT
Bloomingdale
TRACIE MUEHLER TEAM Woodstock
CAROLYN ZASADA St. Charles
CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLE PLATINUM
$500,000 GCI or 100 Residential Units
PAT BETLINSKI
Harvard
Lake Geneva
THE ESENBERG TEAM
Palatine
THE MICHELLE RUSHING GROUP
Palatine | Mount Prospect
THE KILKENNY GROUP
Woodstock
SIMPLY COMFORTABLE GROUP
Palatine
CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLE DIAMOND
$750,000 GCI or 150 Residential Units
THE BARRIOS TEAM
HEMMING & SYLVESTER GROUP
Geneva
Palos Park
STARBOARD GROUP
Lake Geneva
LEGEND AWARD
Recognizes Agent or Team who achieves Chairman’s Circle for 10th time.
THE ESENBERG TEAM
1 0 Y E A R S
Palatine