President Lester T. Sanders

Lester T. Sanders, serves as the President of Kentucky REALTORS^® (KYR). He has spent over 29 years in the industry with Semonin Realtors® advising clients in the home buying and selling process. He has earned and been awarded Top Producer status, Legacy member, and the Master Sales Society. He previously advised individual clients on their career choices and corporations on selecting the right candidate for positions within their organizations. 

Lester served as President-elect, Treasurer, and Treasurer-elect for Kentucky REALTORS^®. He is a past Region III Director and Strategic Planning Chair.  In 2016 he chaired both the Greater Louisville Association of REALTORS^® (GLAR) and KYR Government Affairs Committees. He served as a member of the Professional Standards Committee and as an Ombudsman for KYR/GLAR. In 2016 he was appointed to the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank, Real Estate Industry Council. He was the 2014 President of Greater Louisville Association of REALTORS^® and serves on the National Association of REALTORS^® (NAR) Board of Directors. 

Lester is the 2019 Realtor of the Year for both GLAR and Kentucky REALTORS^®. His motto is, “Lifting As We Climb Because That’s Who We R.”

2020 Board of Directors

NAR Directors

The Board of Directors for the National Association of REALTORS® is made up of members from both the state and local associations. National director entitlement for state associations and local boards is dictated by NAR’s Constitution. The number of director allocations is based on membership counts extracted from the National REALTORS® Database System (NRDS) at a certain point in the previous year.