Public Policy Committee - Montgomery County, Maryland

WHY DOES IT EXIST?

Thousands of bills are introduced every year that affect your business. Which to fight and which to support – this committee decides!

WHAT DOES IT DO?

  • Discuss impact of proposed regulatory changes on real estate business and housing market
  • Recommend support for or against proposed regulatory changes

TIME COMMITMENT

  • Attend monthly meetings (2 hours per meeting)
  • Participation in county or state task forces may be requested 

WHO CAN APPLY?  Any GCAAR REALTOR® member

QUESTIONS? Staff liaison: Meredith Weisel and Katalin Peter 

 

2012 Roster

Chair
Timothy Knobloch 
Eagle Management
7214 Bettendorf Court 
Rockville, MD 20855
240.292.1040
TKnobloch@mris.com

Vice Chair
Margaret "Peggy" Mancuso 
W.C. & A. N. Miller REALTORS®
10200 River Road 
Potomac, MD 20854 
301.299.6000
peggym9@aol.com

Lawrene Arch 
eSettlement Solutions LLC
109 Adams Street
Rockville, MD 20850
301.309.0550
larry@eSettlementSolutions.com 
Kacem Benali 
EcoFirst Realty LLC
9420 Key West Avenue, Suite 105
Rockville, MD 20850
301.545.1185
kacembenali@yahoo.com 

Debbie Benkert 
Wells Fargo Mortgage
6116 Executive Blvd., Suite 115
Rockville, MD 20852
301.984.1880
debbie.benkert@wellsfargo.com 

Suzanne Cytryn 
RGS Title
11333 Woodglen Drive, Suite 202
Rockville, MD 20852
301.230.0070
scytryn@rgstitle.com 

Gerard "Gerry" Dunn 
Coldwell Banker Residential 
5028 Wisconsin Avenue
Chevy Chase, MD 20815 
202.362.5800
gerry@mypotomac.com

Scott Goldberg 
Streamline Properties LLC 
4853 Cordell Avenue
Bethesda, MD 20814 
301.656.8765
scottevangoldberg@gmail.com
Daniel Gomes 
Stages Premier 
1515 14th Street, NW 
Washington, DC 20005
202.440.8657
daniel@danielgomes.com
Rebecca Helman
Weichert REALTORS®
7821 Tuckerman Lane
Potomac, MD 20854
301.718.4100 
bhelman@weichert.com
Harold Huggins, CCIM, CPM, CRB, CRS, GRI 
Harold H. Huggins Realty, Inc.
15308 Spencerville Court
Burtonsville, MD 20866
301.421.1122
HugginsRealty@comcast.net 
Thomas Kennedy 
Oz REALTORS®
16712 Alexander Manor Drive 
Silver Spring, MD 20905 
202.215.4663
 
TomKennedy@OzRealtors.com
Ernest Knight, CRS, GRI 
Next Century Realty, Inc.
10 G Street NE, Suite 710
Washington, DC 20002
202.291.2522
ernestknight@mris.com 

Elley Kott, ABR, GREEN 
Long & Foster Real Estate Inc.
4650 East West Highway
Bethesda, MD 20814
301.907.7600 
elley588@aol.com

Josette Skilling
Century 21 Redwood Realty
1701 Q Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009
202.842.5111
j.skilling@verizon.net 
Richard Stoner, GRI
Reist Corporation 
2891 Balmoral Drive 
Rockville, MD 20850 
301.613.5438 
dickstoner@mris.com
Marlene Trimble
Weichert REALTORS®
20400 Observation Drive, Suite 200
Germantown, MD 20876
301.540.1330
marlenetrimble@weichert.com 
Patrick Weed, CBR, CRS, SIOR
Patrick Realty Company
3717 Decatur Ave, #2
Kensington, MD 20895
301.942.8700
patweed@mris.com