Rick Harris is a Principal Broker and Team Leader of the Rick Harris Real Estate Group at John L Scott in Ashland, Oregon. Rick is in the top 1% of production for his franchise, and has 35 years of hands-on, in-the-trenches experience in residential, multi-family and commercial brokerage.

Rick is a faculty specialist for Dynamic Directions, an international real estate training and strategic facilitation firm. Rick provides a wide range of REALTOR® education — designations, certifications, GRI training, continuing education, DOJ and Anti-trust and specialty topic classes -- as well as strategic planning, leadership training and current issues courses for real estate associations, MLSs and brokerages nationwide.

Rick volunteers extensively in REALTOR® and MLS leadership at the local, state and national level, and has been a long-time National Director, 2014 NAR RVP, Federal Political Coordinator for Senator Jeff Merkley, Chair of all three NAR’s MLS Issues Committees, member or chair of multiple MLS PAGs and Workgroups, and was 2021 President’s Liaison for MLS and Data Management. Rick recently served on the NAR Governance PAG, MLS Best Practices and Statewide Datashare workgroups, and is currently serving on the NAR Executive Committee and Culture Transformation Commission.

Rick’s broad industry and business experience gives him a unique perspective on what makes associations, MLSs, brokerages and consumers tick, how to best train brokers and agents, and how to build great organizations that keep REALTORS® relevant and prosperous.