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Dora Lee Taylor CBR,SRES,GRI,SFR
Awards and Recognition
- National Sales Award
- Million Dollar Sales Club and Circle of Excellence Award winner since 1988
- Hampton Roads Realtor of the Year for 2018
- Circle of Excellence Platinum Award, 1998 (10 years in Circle of Excellence)
- Circle of Excellence Diamond Award, 2003 (15 years in Circle of Excellence)
- Circle of Excellence 25-year Longevity Award 2013 (25 consecutive years in Circle of Excellence)
- President’s Listing and Sales Club Awards, President’s Listings Sold Awards
- Top Listing and Sales Associate of the Month Awards
- Top Listing Agent of the Year 1997 – Norfolk (Ghent) Office
- Referral Agent of the Year 2013
- Company’s Top Listing Agent 2008, 2009
- Certified Custom Building Specialist
- Certified Relocation Specialist
- Certified Buyer Representative (CBR)
- Top Overall Producer Award and On Track Award, “Sweathogs Program”, 1990
Licenses, Membership, Educational Highlights
- Senior’s Real Estate Specialist (SRES)
- Short Sales and Foreclosures Resource (SFR)
- Graduate REALTORS Institute (GRI)
- National Association of REALTORS since 1986
- Virginia Association of REALTORS since 1986
- Greater Hampton Roads REALTORS Association since 1986 (formerly Tidewater Assoc.)
- Member, Women’s Council of REALTORS, (President 1994, 1998)
- Realty Specialist, (commercial real estate), US Department of Commerce, 1985-1987
- Management Analyst, US Department of Commerce, 1982-1985
- B.A., Speech Pathology and Audiology, University of Colorado, Boulder, 1973
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Dora Lee exemplifies “The Best of the Best.” A hard worker, she is dedicated and tenacious matching the buyer to the property, helping dreams come true for both buyers and sellers. Raised in a Navy family, Dora Lee understands relocation! She is now at home in Portsmouth. Her son Brett, a former High School Honor Roll student at Norfolk Academy and graduate of the University of Virginia, now Brett is Senior Project Manager for Appian, a technology consulting firm. On Nov. 3, 2009 he and wife Lauren made Dora Lee a Grandmother to Hannah Grace Shomaker and in 2013 added Eva Ruth Shomaker to our family. Dora Lee has lived in the Tidewater area since 1983, enjoyed sailing the Chesapeake Bay and a competitive game of racquetball and now enjoys the challenging game of golf. Active in the community, she volunteers many hours and talents as a Circle Member of the Children’s Hospital of the Kings Daughters. Dora Lee actively supports the community in its efforts to raise funds and awareness for our local area children and adult AIDS victims, Child Abuse Center, and many other worthy causes. Dora Lee has also served as a Board Member and Officer of Community Alternatives Management Group and Community Alternatives Inc., non-profit organizations which provide housing, training, and employment for mentally and physically challenged adults in the Tidewater area. Dora Lee is also on the Advisory Board to the non-profit Judeo-Christian Park Place School, which educates at risk children in the area who are failing to meet the standards of public school second through fifth grades. She has volunteered as a mediator helping to resolve disputes through mediation and served as an Officer on the Board of Trustees of the Better Business Bureau’s Dispute Settlement Center. Dora Lee is at your service, ready, willing, and able to meet the challenges of today’s exciting real estate market.
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WHY Howard Hanna and DORA LEE TAYLOR? Dora Lee exemplifies “The Best of the Best” A hard worker, she is dedicated and tenacious matching the buyer to the property, helping dreams come true for both buyers and sellers. Raised in a Navy family, Dora Lee understands relocation! Dora Lee has lived in the Hampton Roads area since 1983, enjoyed sailing the Chesapeake Bay and a competitive game of racquetball and now enjoys an occasional game of golf. Her son Brett, graduate of Norfolk Academy and the University of Virginia, is Senior Director, Product Management at Appian. He and his family now live in Fort Collins, CO, where he telecommutes daily. Her daughter-in-law Lauren is Professor of Clinical Psychology at Colorado State University. They have made Dora Lee and her husband Jeff grandparents to two adorable little girls, Hannah and Eva.
Active in the community, she volunteers many hours and talents to several important causes including:
- Board member to the non-profit Judeo-Christian Park Place School, which provides unique and specialized education and educational therapy in reading, writing, and arithmetic to “at risk” children in Norfolk.
- Circle Member of the Children’s Hospital of the Kings Daughters (CHKD) actively supporting the community in its efforts to raise funds to support the Hospital and particularly the Child Abuse Center and new Mental Health Hospital.
- Supports the local AIDS/ACCESS program. Dora Lee works to raise funds and awareness of and provide support to Hampton Roads adults and children suffering with the disease.
- Virginia Opera Guild Board Member serving to promote interest in and attendance at the Virginia Opera
- Past Board Member and Officer of Community Alternatives Management Group and Community Alternatives Inc., non-profit organizations, supporting their programs, which provide housing, training, and employment for mentally and physically challenged adults in the Hampton Roads area.
- Dora Lee was designated by the Virginia Supreme Court as a volunteer mediator helping to resolve disputes through mediation and served as an Officer on the Board of Trustees of the Better Business Bureau’s Dispute Settlement Center.
Awards and Recognition:
- Dora Lee has received Hampton Roads Realtors Association Circle of Excellence Awards each year since 1988 and received the highly respected HRRA REALTOR OF THE YEAR AWARD, 2018.
- Circle of Excellence Longevity Award 2018 (30 Years)
- National Sales Awards (34 Years)
- Awards from Howard Hanna, including multiple Champions Awards
Licenses, Memberships, Educational Highlights:
- *Certified Custom Building Specialist * Certified Buyer Representative (CBR) * Short Sale and Foreclosure Resource (SFR) * Senior's Real Estate Specialist (SRES) * Graduate REALTORS Institute (GRI) * National Association of REALTORS since 1986 * Virginia Association of REALTORS since 1986 * Hampton Roads REALTORS Association since 1986 * Member, Women's Council of REALTORS, (President 1994, 1998)
Work Experience and Educational Achievements, prior to Realtor licensing:
- Realty Specialist (commercial real estate management), US Department of Commerce, 1985-1987 * Management Analyst, US Department of Commerce, 1982-1985 * National Park Service * National Bureau of Standards *National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration(NOAA), 1973-1982 * B.A., Speech Pathology and Audiology, University of Colorado, Boulder, 1973
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