The Tennessee Real Estate Educational Foundation (TREEF) is a nonprofit educational foundation originally established in 1968 by the Tennessee Association of Realtors®. The Foundation has had a significant impact on the quality of Realtor® education and training through:

• the development of such programs as the Instructor Training Institute (ITI)
• a continued focus on the Graduate Realtor® Institute (GRI) program quality and curriculum
• innovative and interactive approaches to distance-learning
• the creation of its newest instructor-training endeavor, “The Learning Centered Instructor” workshop
• partnerships with TAR to support professional standards workshops and training, especially its Leadership TAR program

Two individuals manage TREEF’s programs on a day-to-day basis: The TAR Director of Education & Communications (Pug Scoville) and the TAR Education Coordinator (Sally Cummings). The Foundation is governed by a 15-member, all-Realtor® Board of Trustees, elected for three-year staggered terms. Every TREEF Trustee is sincerely committed to the betterment of education for the real estate industry. It is in this spirit of educational service that TREEF sponsors the Center for Real Estate Education.

2008 TREEF Trustees

• Sandra Tanksley, President
• Liz Kemp, President-Elect
• Karen Randolph, Secretary
• Susan Barnette, Treasurer
• Nancy Guy, Immediate Past President
• Gary Blume
• Neal Clayton
• Doug Davis
• Randa Dawson
• Janet DiChiara
• Sue Harris
• Patty Rainey
• Marlene Rakow
• Mary Sharp
• Bobby Wood
• Kathy Leedy, Trustee-of-Counsel