The Affiliate of the Year award is given to an affiliate member who provides significant contributions and outstanding service to the Ann Arbor Area Board of REALTORS®. Recipients are nominated by their peers and elected by past award recipients.
2022 Affiliate of the Year

First Merchants Bank
This year’s award recipient supports his community through volunteer work. He recently served for three consecutive years as the Lead/Chair for the Ann Arbor Rotary Club’s largest annual fundraiser, the Golf and Tennis Outing & Auction and has sponsored and participated in Washtenaw County’s American Heart Association, “Heart Walk”. He is in his fourth year serving in a volunteer position with his company’s Community Engagement Committee and in his fifth year as the elected Finance Council Chair for his local church and parish.
This member, who is in his twenty-second year as a mortgage banking professional, focuses on availability to his clients and professional referral partners. Working with many local REALTORS® comes naturally for him having grown up in a local real estate family. In 2021, he was recognized by his company as the top producing loan officer in both units and volume and was recently asked to present at the First Merchants Bank National Annual Sales Meeting.
Our award winner proudly supports RPAC and recently completed a two-year term as the elected Affiliate Director for the Ann Arbor Area Board or REALTORS®.
We are thrilled to present the Affiliate of the Year Award to John Simpkins of First Merchants Bank.
Who's Who of Past Affiliates of the Year
Ann Arbor Area Board of REALTORS®
1988 - 2020
Year | Name | Year | Name | Year | Name |
1988 | Ken Collica | 1999 | Thomas McLinden | 2010 | Teresa Myers |
1989 | 2000 | Scott Broshar | 2011 | Christy Perros | |
1990 | Gary Selesko | 2001 | Gary Selesko | 2012 | Kitty Rose |
1991 | Patricia Suggitt | 2002 | Debra Ellison | 2013 | William Smith |
1992 | Bill Holmes | 2003 | Michael Hobercht | 2014 | Sharon McRill |
1993 | Ira Mark | 2004 | Thomas Richardson | 2015 | Constance Pearson-Ramirez |
1994 | Richard Stuber | 2005 | Greg Ottaviani | 2016 | Jeremy Shaffer |
1995 | Ron Fletcher | 2006 | Kristy Haborian | 2017 | |
1996 | Mary Wiseman | 2007 | Nancy Burger | 2018 | Monica Juleff |
1997 | Marcia Major | 2008 | Cindy Reach | 2019 | Rebecca Brooks |
1998 | 2009 | Jeff Fletcher | 2020 | Carrie Aeschliman | |
2021 | Amanda Lawrence |