Richard W. "Rick" Davidson was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Century 21 Real Estate in February 2010. In his role, Davidson leads the world's largest residential real estate sales organization of approximately 7,700 independently owned and operated franchised brokerage offices and more than 121,000 sales associates in 72 countries and territories worldwide. Davidson has served in franchise senior executive roles since 2006, and prior to that he was a franchise owner of a Realogy brand.

Prior to his current post, Davidson served in a dual capacity as Chief Operating Officer of Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC and as President and Chief Operating Officer of Coldwell Banker Commercial Affiliates. In this role, Davidson was responsible for overseeing the Coldwell Banker residential franchise operations on a global basis after having led the brand's commercial operations since May 2006. Specifically, he was responsible for directing the operations, field services, education and mortgage services programs across this global residential real estate network.

With more than 20 years of experience in the real estate industry, Davidson is a licensed real estate broker in Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia. Previously, Davidson was the founding principal and Chief Executive Officer of Coldwell Banker Commercial Capitol Realty Services, an independently owned and operated company in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan market.

Before establishing Coldwell Banker Commercial Capitol Realty Services in 2003, Davidson spent nine years as managing director of CB Richard Ellis in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan market and three years with Insignia/ESG as executive vice president. During his tenure with CBRE, Davidson received several national awards, including Manager of the Year in 1994 and 1996, and the J. Frank Mahoney and James Didion Chairman's Leadership Award for Real Estate Excellence in 1997, 1998 and 2000.

Davidson currently serves on the international board of directors for Easter Seals. He is also active in Big Brothers/Big Sisters and a number of other local and national charities.

He is an honors graduate of National Louis University in Chicago.

In her role as Chief Marketing Officer for Century 21 Real Estate LLC, Bev Thorne leads the planning and execution of the domestic marketing strategies in support of market share growth for the largest real estate franchise organization in the world. She is responsible for leading the strategy development and program execution of all consumer, broker and agent marketing programs. These efforts include: brand strategy and execution, direct marketing, national advertising, localized marketing and coop advertising, interactive marketing and technology, agent and broker marketing, targeted market promotions and marketing, sales support, public relations, media relations, internal communications and all promotional activities. She oversees the optimization of a National Advertising Fund on behalf of all CENTURY 21® System members to ensure that preference for the brand is increasing in the market, that qualified customer leads are being generated, and that market share growth is achieved.

Thorne earned her MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and has worked extensively in the areas of consumer marketing, strategic branding and event marketing management over her twenty-plus year career. She has a wealth of experience working with organizations modeled like the CENTURY 21 System. Most recently she was with JPMorgan Chase & Company where she served as senior vice president, customer marketing for the Home Finance business unit. Prior to that, Thorne worked at AT&T for nearly two decades in a series of increasingly senior roles, planning and executing marketing and communications strategies nationwide. She was instrumental in key telecommunications initiatives that spanned from the launch of cellular service to AT&T's return to the local service market. Her experiences at AT&T included product management, sales management and targeted market management. She and her husband are raising three children on a tree farm in Central New Jersey.

Mark Foreman, A REALTOR® for 23 years, was appointed Senior Vice President, Operations, Century 21 Real Estate LLC in May 2010. Prior to his role with CENTURY 21®, Forman and his wife owned Cornerstone Capital Mortgage & Real Estate Services, Inc., where he worked with clients such as the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fleet Bank, Chase Bank, Bank of America, GMAC, Clayton National, the Charles Smith Foundation and the Bridgeport Housing Authority.

Foreman is well-regarded by his peers and has held numerous leadership positions within the industry. At the national level, Foreman served as Vice President and Liaison to Committees for the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®. NAR, The Voice for Real Estate®, is America's largest trade association, representing 1.3 million REALTORS® involved in all aspects of the residential and commercial real estate industries. He also served on NAR's Housing Needs committee in 2005 and its Member Policy and Board Jurisdiction committees from 2005 to 2007. He was co-leader of NAR's joint work with Habitat for Humanity's Global Village Program, which built affordable homes in Mobile, Ala., in 2007. In 2006, Foreman was president of the Connecticut Association of REALTORS®. He served as its treasurer from 2002 to 2004. Foreman was a member of CAR's strategic planning committee in 2003 and 2007. He was named "REALTOR® of the Year" by his state peers in 2005.

At the local level, Foreman was president of the Greater Bridgeport Board of Realtors® from 2001 to 2002. Active in the community, Foreman served as vice president of the board of Southwest Community Health Center in Bridgeport from 2000 to 2007, and on the board of The Polka Dot Playhouse in Bridgeport. He also was a member of U.S. Representative Christopher Shays' (R-Conn.) affordable housing task force in 2006, as well as the Town of Fairfield's affordable housing committee in 2007. Mark received his bachelor's in economics and political science from Yale University in 1987, where he was also a member of the varsity football team. He currently resides in Connecticut with his wife, Wende, and two daughters.

Greg Sexton was named Senior Vice President, Brokerage Services for Century 21 Real Estate LLC in July 2010.

In his most recent role as senior vice president of operations for Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate LLC and Coldwell Banker Commercial, Sexton oversaw the technology, learning, finance and administration departments for the organization.

Sexton has spent over a decade with the Realogy Corporation (formerly Cendant Corporation) and has served in a number of roles, including franchise sales director for the CENTURY 21 brand and regional vice president for both the Coldwell Banker and CENTURY 21 brands. In his previous positions, he was responsible for the sale of real estate franchises and supported the growth of existing franchisees through the merger and acquisition of unaffiliated real estate companies.

Sexton has received numerous awards in his leadership roles at Cendant Corporation, including The Chairman's Award for Franchise Sales in 2001 and 2002, Regional Vice President of the Year in 2001, 2002 and 2003. He is a graduate of Lipscomb University.

Jim Lonergan was appointed Senior Vice President, Franchise Growth in February 2011 for Century 21 Real Estate LLC. He is responsible for growing domestic market share through conversions, mergers and acquisitions, and assignments of existing CENTURY 21® Offices.

Lonergan joined Realogy in 2002 and has held multiple positions with increasing levels of responsibility in the franchise sales organization, the most recent being Vice President of National Sales.

He has for the past 20 years held a Broker's License in good standing in the state of Illinois, his combined tenure of over 25 years in the industry.

Lonergan is a graduate of the University of Tulsa, where he earned his BSBA and MBA. He is an active alumni member.

He lives in his native town of Arlington Heights, Illinois with his three children.