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In November, REALTOR® association executives mourned the passing of Steve Volkodav, RCE, CEO of Pikes Peak Association of REALTORS®, Colorado. Volkodav died Nov. 11 after a long battle with cancer. He was 59.
Before joining the Pikes Peak association in 2020, Volkodav was CEO of the North Shore- Barrington Association of REALTORS®, Illinois. He joined NSBAR in 2000 as director of information systems before being named chief information officer. In 2013, he was named CEO.
Volkodav was inducted into the Dr. Almon R. (Bud) Smith, RCE, AE Leadership Society in 2018. Colleagues remember him as an exemplar, mentor and friend.
“Steve made every single person feel like the most important person in the room. He was smart and creative, always driving the rest of us to be our very best,” Deb Haines-Kulick, RCE, executive officer at Clarksville Association of REALTORS®, Tenn., said in a tribute on Volkodav’s Facebook page. “I am so grateful for the years I got to know him.”
Kevan Lyons, RCE, CEO of the REALTORS® of Central Colorado, added, “If Steve knew [you] for five minutes, he was your friend.”
Volkodav is survived by his wife, Jennifer, and four children, Stratton, Morgan, Mac and Skylar.