Intero, a Berkshire Hathaway affiliate and wholly owned subsidiary of HomeServices of America, Inc., announced Scott Chase has been named president of the company and Terry Meyer has been promoted to chief operating officer (COO).
“At Intero, we are constantly evolving to optimize the talents and skills of our seasoned leaders and to stay ahead of the competition,” Brian Crane, CEO, said in a release. “The depth and breadth of our collective senior executive experience sets a high bar and allows us to meet the needs of our agents and clients no matter what the market is doing.”
Chase was promoted to president from COO, a position he held for the last two years. He joined Intero in November 2018 after a stint as regional sales manager at Opes Advisors.
In addition to his new role as president, Chase will continue to manage Intero’s California offices in Los Altos and Menlo Park while reporting directly to Crane.
Company leaders said Chase will bring attention to growing revenue and agent differentiation through partnerships, products, and services; in addition, he will be responsible for the company’s growth through acquisitions, tuck-ins and franchising.
“When agents come to Intero, they come to learn from the best in the business,” said Chase. “Intero as a whole leverages collaboration, creativity and years of experience to establish a unique culture of specialized education and agent expertise that cannot be found anywhere else.”
Meyer will combine his new role as COO with his continuing leadership roles as managing officer of Intero’s Los Gatos, Calif., office and general manager of Intero’s commercial division.
Since Meyer began his career in 1986, he has brokered more than a billion dollars in real estate volume within both the residential and commercial classes. As an Intero co-founder in 2002, Meyer opened the company’s first San Jose office, located in the Willow Glen area.
For more than 25 years, Meyer served on the board of directors for the MLS and various Realtor associations on both the local and state level. He leads the Intero office in Los Gatos.
As COO, Meyer will focus on driving higher performance on key metrics including company goals at the office operations level. This role will cross over several departments and work closely with the CEO, executive leadership, office managers and staff.
“Across our many offices runs a central theme of working together as one,” Meyer said. “There is strength in numbers, and I am looking forward to inspiring and motivating every one of our agents, staff and managers to grow our business together.”
Additional Intero senior executives increased their responsibilities.
Patrick Judge is now senior vice president of growth and development and will focus on recruitment, training, coaching, and mentoring of agents. This role will cross over several departments and work closely with the CEO and executive leadership to meet recruiting and retention objectives. Judge joined Intero in January 2019 and will continue to lead California offices in Almaden, Carmel, and Willow Glen.
“Professional and personal development have been core values of Intero since the beginning,” said Judge. “I am excited to apply my coaching skills and background to benefit as many of our agents as possible.”
Chris Moles, Intero’s general counsel and managing officer of Intero Silver Creek, expanded his role to include leadership of the Morgan Hill, Calif., office after Steve Barsanti, previous vice president and managing officer of four years, stepped down to focus on sales.
For Moles, taking over the reins from Barsanti was an easy decision.
“My late uncle, Kevin Moles, founded Intero Morgan Hill in 2002 and I have known many of the agents here since that time,” Chris Moles said. “Intero’s Morgan Hill office is one of the ‘best built’ real estate offices in the industry. Many of its agents founded Intero years ago and they exemplify the company’s core values. I’m honored to work with them, and I’m excited for our future success.”
Moles joined Intero in 2010 and became general counsel in 2012. He became vice president and managing officer in Silver Creek, Calif., in 2019 and led the commercial division for most of 2021.
Renee Kunz is now senior vice president of core client services and will interface with office leaders to establish programs, protocols, and procedures to improve the success and increase market share of Intero’s core services, which include mortgage, title, escrow, and insurance, while continuing to lead the Hollister, Calif., office.
Kunz has been with Intero since its inception in 2002. Under her leadership, the Hollister office has maintained a top market share for many years.
“Team Intero is comprised of collaborative leaders who build on each other’s strategies,” Kunz said. “This has been the key to our stability—and our ability to provide best-in-class experiences for our agents and their clients.”
Sheri Wolfgram is now chief of staff, in addition to her duties as assistant to the CEO. In this newly created position, Wolfgram will oversee critical projects across all areas of the company.
“We’ve been in the business as a premier real estate services company for more than 20 years,” said Crane. “One of our keys to success is our talented leadership team and having the right people in the right roles to help us achieve our goals. I am immensely proud of Scott, Terry, Patrick, Chris, Renee and Sheri and I know in these new roles they will continue to grow Intero for years to come.”