Alliance Also Installs Richard Woods, Austin Rowe, Dan Darr and Rodney Mason to Senior Elected Roles
St. Paul, Minn. (November 10, 2025) – Tommie Wehrle, a Learning Consultant for Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate, has been installed as the 2026 President of the LGBTQ+ Real Estate Alliance, one of the nation’s leading LGBTQ+ trade organizations with more than 3,500 members. Richard Woods will serve in 2026 as First Vice President and will be the 2027 President. Austin Rowe was elected as the 2026 Second Vice President (President in 2028) while Dan Darr is now Secretary with Rodney Mason serving as Treasurer.
Wehrle has been in the real estate industry for nearly 35 years as an agent, broker/owner and instructor/coach. She has been active in local and state REALTOR associations along with the National Association of REALTORS. The University of Missouri graduate, a long-time advocate for the LGBTQ+ community, spent three years as the co-chair, currently Advisor of REALPRIDE, Anywhere’s LGBTQ+ employee resource group.
“I’ve had the honor and privilege of having a career in the real estate industry. It’s a thrill for me to be of service, impacting the lives of home buyers and sellers along with empowering/guiding agents and brokerage leadership towards success.” Wehrle said. “I believe our industry has the unique opportunity to be the ones who champion the removal of any barriers of homeownership entry for all marginalized groups including the LGBTQ+ community. The Alliance will continue to advocate and showcase examples of discrimination that hinder LGBTQ+ real estate professionals and our clients. We also have a commitment to welcome those real estate professionals who have LGBTQ+ children into the Alliance. With a growing membership pool, the opportunities to impact change grows each day.”
Woods is the longtime Broker/Owner of Woods Real Estate Services in San Diego, Calif. He is a graduate of William & Mary who earned his law degree from American University.
Rowe is a REALTOR with Onward Real Estate in Nashville, Tenn. and has been in real estate for nearly 10 years.
Darr, a REALTOR at Equity Union in Palm Springs, Calif., has been a real estate professional for nearly 10 years. Mason is a Senior Loan Officer at CrossCountry Mortgage and is based in Atlanta, Ga.
ABOUT THE LGBTQ+ REAL ESTATE ALLIANCE
The LGBTQ+ Real Estate Alliance is a 501(c)6 non-profit dedicated to empowering the LGBTQ+ community on the path to homeownership as we also advocate on behalf of the community on housing issues. The Alliance, founded in June 2020, is an all-inclusive organization that works to improve the professional lives of its members through a public-facing Alliance Referral Community. The Alliance began accepting members in October 2020 and has more than 3,500 members and dozens of chapters in North America. It was named the 2022 Inman News Innovator of the Year in the MLS, Association, or Industry Organization category. It was nominated for the same award in 2023. Its consumer-facing LGBTQplusHomes.com provides information on home buying and selling along with allowing the LGBTQ+ community the opportunity to easily contact Alliance members for their real estate needs. For more information visit realestatealliance.org.
Contact:
David Siroty
david@realestatealliance.org
908-337-5865
