June 01, 2021

Texan Leslie Rouda Smith has been ratified to serve as the 2022 NAR president. She was elected to NAR leadership as 2020 first vice president in May 2019.

A broker-associate at Dave Perry-Miller & Associates, Rouda Smith was an NAR regional vice president in 2017 and chairman of Texas REALTORS® in 2016. She also served as an appointed vice president of NAR in 2013 and has experience on dozens of local, state, and national REALTOR® committees.

Rouda Smith is the daughter of the late Harley Rouda, who served as NAR president in 1991. She’ll be the fifth NAR leader from Texas.