Velda Lueders (ABR®, CRS, GRI, SRES®, SRS, AHWD, C2EX, MRP, RENE), a REALTOR® in Conway, Ark., is the National Association of REALTORS® 2025 Regional Vice President for Region 9, serving Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma. She is a sales associate with Coldwell Banker RPM Group.
At the national level, Velda has served on several committees, including Meetings and Conference, Professional Development, and Professional Standards. She is an RPAC Hall of Fame member.
At the state level, besides numerous committee roles, Velda was President of Arkansas REALTORS® in 2018 and honored as REALTOR® of the Year in 2019.
She was President of the Faulkner County Board of REALTORS® in 2011 and 2005, and awarded REALTOR® of the Year in 2019.
Active in her community, Velda serves on the Conway Chamber of Commerce board; is a National Association of Junior Auxiliaries life member; and is a director for Bethlehem House, a nonprofit homeless shelter.
Velda and her husband of 32 years, Barry "Coach" Lueders, have two daughters, Elisabeth Lawrence and Catherine Parton; a granddaughter, Zoe, who’s in college; and a four-legged family member, Miss Cubby.