Meet Our Board

Meet Your 2022 RLI Executive Committee

We are a team of dedicated land real estate professionals, ready to do what ever it takes to make your business grow and steer RLI towards a successful future. We encourage all RLI members to reach out to us with ideas and questions about the organization from a member’s perspective. RLI has changed the way we do business for the better and we are ready to help it do the same for your business.

Dean Saunders, ALC, CCIM

2022 RLI President

Dean Saunders, ALC, CCIM, has been a member of RLI since 1998 and he earned the elite ALC Designation shortly after in 2001. He has an extensive record of service to RLI, serving as Chair of RLI’s Governmental Affairs Committee, as a member of the ALC Designation Committee, and on the Board of Directors. He has also served as the President of the RLI Florida Chapter and continues to be an active chapter member. Additionally, as part of the RLI APEX Awards Program, he was an APEX Top Twenty Producer in 2017, 2018, and 2019 and was the Top National Producer in 2018. He has also been recognized as the Florida REALTOR® of the Year by the RLI Florida Chapter and earned the #1 Sales Professional annual recognition in the Coldwell Banker Commercial affiliate network five times, most recently in 2018. As President, Dean seeks to continue focus on enhancing RLI’s core strengths, offering exceptional education, and providing top-notch networking opportunities to land professionals.

Luke Worrell, ALC

2022 RLI President-Elect

Luke has been a member of RLI since 2009 and has an extensive record of service to the organization, having served as Chair of both the Education and Budget and Finance committees, and most recently serving on the 2020 Board of Directors as Treasurer. Additionally, Luke has served as the President of the RLI Illinois Chapter. Luke earned the elite Accredited Land Consultant (ALC) Designation in 2012. Luke brings a wealth of industry and community leadership experience to his position with RLI. Among many accomplishments, he has twice served as President of the Jacksonville Area Association of Realtors; was 2021 Chair of the Illinois Farmland Values and Lease Trends Conference; and served a six-year term on the board of directors for the Morgan County Fair Board. Luke was the winner of RLI’s 2018 Rising Star Award, an annual honor conferred on an aspiring leader. He also received the 2017 RLI ALC-to-ALC Networking Award for the largest ALC-to-ALC land transaction nationwide based on sales volume and is a member of the 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 APEX Producers Clubs.

Sam Bowers, ALC

2022 RLI Vice President

As Vice President, Sam Bowers, ALC, of Bowers and Burns Real Estate in Georgia, will serve a four-year term on RLI’s Executive Committee, making him the Institute’s 2024 National President. Sam brings a wealth of industry and community leadership experience to his new position with RLI. Among numerous accolades in both residential and land real estate, Sam was named 2003 Georgia Land REALTOR® of the Year by the Georgia Chapter of RLI. He served as President of the chapter in 2017 and as its Treasurer in 2021. At the national level, Sam has served on RLI’s Budget and Finance and Governmental Affairs committees, and on the National Land Conference Task Force.

Renee Harvey, ALC

2022 RLI Immediate Past President

Renee Harvey, ALC, has been a long-time member of RLI, receiving her ALC Designation in 2011. Renee served as Chair of the RLI National Education Committee in 2013, 2014, and 2017. She also served as Vice Chair of the RLI National Government Affairs Committee in both 2015 and 2018 as well as serving as a member of the National Land Conference Planning Committee in 2010. She’s been a licensed broker in Texas for over 30 years with offices in Paris, Clarksville, and Bonham. As Broker/Owner of Century 21 Harvey Properties, her brokerage has attained the prestigious Centurion Award for sales production from Century 21 Real Estate Corporation for the past 14 years. Renee looks forward to working with her fellow officers to ensure that our education program remains valuable to land professionals in all markets, as well as further exploring and expanding member benefits for land professionals across the country to help further establish RLI as The Voice of Land.

Meet Your 2022 RLI Board of Directors

The REALTORS® Land Institute Board of Directors helps guide the direction of the Institute by working closely with RLI Leadership and Staff to determine and see-through core initiatives.