Mark Penn, Realtor
Coldwell Banker Northern California
Your Gay Realtor serving Sonoma County, and all of California
Wine Country

Mark will work ceaselessly to ensure that his clients´ interests are preserved through his unblemished integrity and his unique qualities of perception, combined with his experience in negotiation and facilitating.
Having earned the professional designation of Senior Real Estate Specialist (SRES®), Mark applies his knowledge and skills to the needs of the maturing Baby Boomer (and beyond) community as well as his deep affinity for helping first-time buyers achieve their dream of home-ownership.
Mark´s professional and personal standards have a strong emphasis on "giving back" to his community. Included in these standards is a program through which Mark donates a portion of every commission earned to local animal welfare organizations in his clients´ name(s).

888-SONOMA-2

Dianne Vernon, Realtor
Coldwell Banker Northern California
Your Gay Friendly Realtor serving the Peninsula, South Bay, the Beach Communities, Napa, and Sonoma Counties
 
Prior to becoming a REALTOR®, Dianne enjoyed a successful career selling high- end software for companies like Bank of America, ASK Computer, and Apple. Throughout her high tech career, Dianne was primarily responsible for sales to the Fortune 500 companies and also designed marketing campaigns aimed toward these companies. Her successes as a Sales and Marketing executive managing a nationwide sales team honed her negotiating, management, and organizational skills, preparing her for her very successful career at Coldwell Banker.

In tandem to serving the high tech market, Dianne bought, sold, and managed her own investment properties. These 15+ years of real estate investing have helped her to understand and achieve her residential real estate clients’ goals.

In her first year at Coldwell Banker she received the "Rising Star Award" for top sales achievement.

Dianne is now a member of the “top-ten” club in her Los Altos office, a member of the Los Altos Real Estate Master's Group, and has received the Diamond Society designation for outstanding sales results. She attributes her success to being thorough and focusing on the needs of her clients.

Dianne has taken a special interest in sustainable and affordable housing as part of her business model. She has partnered with the most successful pre-fab companies in the world. Dianne loves the quality, price, fit and finish as well as the environmental consideration.

Dianne is a certified EcoBroker™and focused on Green, Eco-friendly homes and is committed to bringing sustainable housing to the average buyer.

“Real Estate is all about helping others”.

650-917-4292

Napa Valley, California
 

Rob Jones, Realtor
Wine Country Group
Your Gay Realtor, proudly serving Sonoma and Napa counties, including Sonoma, Glen Ellen, Kenwood, Petaluma, Santa Rosa, Cotati, Rohnert Park, Sebastopol, Healdsburg, Napa, Yountville, Rutherford, and American Canyon

I am a native New Englander. Before heading West, I earned a BA at the University of Connecticut, and a Masters in counseling at Duke University Divinity School. I lived in the southern New Mexico desert for a few years after grad school, building custom cabinetry and furniture for high end homes. This sparked a life-long love of domestic architecture, and all the unique things that make a house a home.

Coming to California in 1986, I leveraged my academics and training in counseling - and attention to fine detail - into a successful career as a business analyst consultant for 20 years, working for major corporations such as Charles Schwab, Visa, Merrill Lynch, and Wells Fargo. While the business was finance and technology, the work was in negotiation, attention to written detail, and overcoming obstacles to bring the client to a successful conclusion with a win for all parties involved.

I retired from corporate engagements in order to find a different balance in my life, and entered the real estate field, working first as a CREIA-certified home inspector before joining my partner David Kerr as a REALTOR®, working full time in Sonoma and Napa counties. My life-long skills and talents are all put to good use in exciting new ways, to ensure clients are able to achieve their dreams of buying and selling homes.

I am also a published poet and author in the field of religious studies.
 

707-934-5880

 Napa Valley & Sonoma County, California
 

David Kerr, Realtor
Wine Country Group
Your Gay Realtor, proudly serving Sonoma and Napa counties, including Sonoma, Glen Ellen, Kenwood, Petaluma, Santa Rosa, Cotati, Rohnert Park, Sebastopol, Healdsburg, Napa, Yountville, Rutherford, and American Canyon

I am a Bay Area native, born on the Presidio in San Francisco, and grew up in Berkeley. I spent wonderful childhood summers in the Central Valley on my grandfather's vineyards, learning how to tend the vines, and understanding what it takes to produce a good harvest.

As a young adult I first managed a small business my parents owned, and later took over ownership. For 18 years I learned that true success came from placing the client first, and listening for and addressing their unspoken concerns. I closed the business in order to complete my degree at UC Berkeley in the history of art, with an emphasis on the history and evolution of domestic architecture.

I became a REALTOR® in 1998 to combine my love of homes and my passion for helping clients. I have served on the board of the Oakland Association of Realtors, including a year as its President. I am preparing now to serve at the State level as a Regional Chair of the California Association of Realtors. I am an active full-time REALTOR® with my partner Rob Jones, serving clients in Sonoma, Napa and Marin counties.

-2008 OAR Agent of the year
-2009 President Oakland Association of REALTORS(R)
-2011 C.A.R. Assistant Regional Chair Region 6

707-933-7020