2025 Agenda
Thurs. May 1, 2025
9:00am – NAREB Magic City Express Amtrak Ride (ATL – Birmingham)
1688 Peachtree Street, NW Atlanta, GA 30309
*Special ticket required. All passengers must be registrants of the conference.
4:00pm – 7:00pm
Region VI Leadership Training (Location: TBD)
Fri. May 2, 2025
8:00am – 5:00pm
Conference Registration
Vestavia Hills Civic Center – 2nd Floor
1090 Montgomery Hwy
Vestavia Hills, AL 35216
*Transportation from designated hotels to Vestavia will run from 7:30am-8:30am and 4:30pm-5:30pm
9:00am – 10:15am
Opening Ceremony (Main Ballroom)
- Regional VP Karen Johnson
- Angelia Davis
- President Tonya Smitherman
- Chairman of the Board Lawrence Batiste
- 1st VP-Danny Felton
- 3rd VP Marcus Brown
10:20am – 10:50am
Fireside Chat: The Power of Partnership (Main Ballroom)
- Jeanine Searcy – Founder & CEO of Black Girls In Real Estate (Region VI Local Board Leadership)
11:00am – 12:00pm
GROW (Breakout) – Scaling Social Media for Business
- Krispin Watson
DIVERSIFY (Breakout) – The Profitable Notary: Build, Grow & Earn in Multiple Ways
- Natoria Prince
12:00pm – 1:00pm
Networking Lunch (Main Ballroom)
1:00pm – 2:00pm
ELEVATE (Breakout) – Breaking Into Commercial Real Estate
- Presenter-Cedric Matheny
DIVERSIFY (Breakout) – Tax Liens and Tax Deeds – Tax Defaulted Real Estate
- Alicia White
- Tiffany Tyuse
2:00pm – 3:00pm
GROW (Breakout) – Lead Generating & Database Management
- Justin Williams
DIVERSIFY (Breakout) – Turning Properties into Prosperity
- Jacques Linson
- Tonya Smitherman (Moderator)
3:00pm – 4:00pm
ELEVATE (Breakout) – Real Estate Investing and Syndications
- Phillip Karaya
GROW (Breakout) – New Construction Sales and Marketing 101
- Marvetta Bozeman
4:00pm – 5:00pm
GROW (Breakout) – Business Development
- Marvetta Bozeman
ELEVATE (Breakout) – How to Run a Successful Real Estate Office/Company
- Brandi Feagin
Sat. May 3, 2025
8:00am – 5:00pm
Conference Registration
Vestavia Hills Civic Center – 2nd Floor
1090 Montgomery Hwy
Vestavia Hills, AL 35216
*Transportation from designated hotels to Vestavia will run from 7:30am-8:30am and 4:30pm-5:30pm
8:15am – 9:15am
Member Only Business Meeting (Main
Ballroom)
9:30am – 10:30am
Advocacy Panel (Main Ballroom)
12:00pm – 12:30pm
Boxed Lunch (Main Ballroom)
12:30pm – 3:30pm
DIVERSIFY: Development Tour
Buses load in front of Vestavia Civic Center
GROW: Master the Art of REO Success with Dawson’s Management!
*Special ticket required for this BONUS course.
4:00pm – 5:00pm
How to Sell Luxury Real Estate
Moderator-RVP Karen Johnson
Angelique Hibbert
Closing Awards & Special Announcements