Donald has been married to his wife Shirl for 35 years and they have two children. Their son Ryan works with Don, running their new home sales division. Their daughter Kristine is a licensed psychologist.
Don graduated from Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa in 1969. He received his master's degree in business from Winona State University in 1971. He has been recognized on a local, state and national level for his high sales volume and closed transactions in the residential real estate industry.
Don brings over thirty years of commercial and residential real estate sales and development experience to the Southwest-Arizona, being his central focus.
Don currently directs the sales, marketing and development of residential and commercial real estate under a Keller Williams franchise in Scottsdale, Arizona. He has sold more than 1,000 homes using creative financing. Over the last two years Don has closed over $300,000,000 of residential property. He was ranked 17th Top Realtor in the Nation by Realtor Magazine. He is also an owner of the Keller Williams Southwest Region representing over 3,000 agents in 30 offices in Arizona, Nevada and Utah.
Don extends widely into the commercial arena. He has developed and completed ten office condo projects with over 1,500,000 square feet in the past 4 years, and currently has fifteen additional projects under development in metropolitan Phoenix, Las Vegas and Chicago.
Don and his partner won three awards in 2002 from the Arizona Chapter of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP) including Developer of the year, Low-Rise Office Building of the Year and Impact Developer of the Year. Their most recent office condo project in Las Vegas was named NAIOP office building of the year for 2003.
He assembled and planned a 1,200 acre 2,500-unit master planned golf community in Kingman, Arizona. He currently is developing 3 tower residential projects in downtown with over 320 residences, 2 residential projects in downtown Scottsdale representing over $190,000,000 of condos. His suburban division represents an additional 525 homes/condos.
He was recently named to the Board of Directors of Morningside College. Don and Shirl are strongly involved in church and community. Don is on his church board and gives to charities such as Barrows Neurological Institute, Andre House, Habitat for Humanity, and others. Every month Don and Shirl seek out a family or individual that needs help in some way (food, clothing, rent) and help them with whatever need it might be.
Don has a passion for real estate but in his spare time he enjoys golf, tennis, and spending time with family.
