2025 is off to a great start! Businesses from around Southwestern Family of Companies recently held their annual kickoff meetings and 2025 awards ceremonies last month. Click below to jump to each section, or read the full article below.
Southwestern Advantage – Freddie Awards, Jan. 19, Renaissance Hotel, Nashville
Southwestern Real Estate – 2025 Kickoff and Awards, Jan. 20, Darfons, Nashville
SBR Consulting – 2025 Kickoff and Awards, Jan. 24, Prague, Czech Republic
ThinkingAhead Executive Search – 2025 Winter Compass Awards, Jan. 24, The Graduate Hotel, Nashville
Southwestern Consulting – Spencer Awards, Jan. 30, 1 Hotel, Nashville
Southwestern Advantage
Named after J. Fred Landers, Southwestern Advantage’s 26th Annual “Freddies” Awards brought together first-year SWA participants, current students, alumni, parents, host families and leaders from around SWFC, in a celebration of excellence, collaboration and the enduring impact of the Southwestern Advantage internship program.
This year, top sales honors went to Pavel Fedorenko (Experienced), Sindija Loze (Experienced Honorary), Jacob Goodkind (First Year), Erica Lande (First Year Honorary) and Caden Cook (Top B Leader).
The Top Campus worldwide went again to TalTech, and top teams were “The Hooligans”, led by Luke Larkin (In-School) and “Winged+”, led by Ranol Kasevali (Full-Time). The prestigious Student Excellence Award was given to Thai Tran of the Highlanders team.
See below for a complete list of all the award winners:
Top Campus – Worldwide: TalTech (153,726 units)
Top in Sales – First Year: Jacob Goodkind (5,966 units)
Top in Sales – First Year Honorary: Erica Lande (6,000 units)
Top B Leader: Caden Cook (6,766 units)
Top in Sales – Experienced: Pavel Fedorenko (12,272 units)
Top in Sales – Experienced Honorary: Sindija Loze (18,959 units)
Most New LEAD Revenue – First Year: Jacob Goodkind ($5,346)
Most New LEAD Revenue – Experienced: Mariliis Kalinina ($11,484)
Top Online Subscribers: Global Academy – First Year: Emory Ontko (55)
Top Online Subscribers: Global Academy – Experienced: Sindija Loze (101)
Top Team – In-School: The Hooligans led by Luke Larkin (8,840 units)
Top Team – Full-Timer: Winged+ led by Ranol Kasevali (9,714 units)
Student Excellence Award: Thai Tran, Highlanders
For a full recap of 2025’s Global Leadership Summit, click here.
For more about SW Advantage, click here.
Southwestern Real Estate
Southwestern Real Estate recently held their 2025 Kickoff and Awards, Jan. 20 at Darfons Restaurant in Nashville.
Awards were given out for Rookie of The Year – Katie Lizana (Florida) and Breakout Agent of the Year – Alex Peterson (Illinois).
The State of the Union Award went to Florida for the third consecutive win, and the Cliff Young Club award went to Nick Sproul of Florida and Pat Roach of Illinois.
The prestigious Founder’s Vision Award, voted on by peers, went to David Schwartzberg of Florida, and the Excellence Award to Rodrigo Povoa of Florida.
SW Real Estate also recognized Top 10 Producers (1) Pat Roach, (2) Nick Sproul, (3) Mark Fuller, (4) Sarah Goss, (5) Jessica DeVries, (6) Phil Zuehlke, (7) Josh Simmons, (8) Alex Peterson, (9) Rodrigo Povoa and (10) David Schwartzberg.
Congratulations to all the SW Real Estate award winners!
For more about SW Real Estate, click here.
SBR Consulting
SBR Consulting recently held its 2025 kickoff and awards ceremony on Jan. 24, in Prague, Czech Republic. Several awards were given out, recognizing outstanding achievements among SBR team members in the previous year.
The Delivery Award, for the highest rated consultant delivery (as voted by the delegates in the form of an NPS score), went to Lora Chakardakov. The Sales Target Attainment Award, for the person who achieved the most in relation to their personal sales target, was awarded to Jonny Adams. Adams also won the Value Champion Award (as voted by the SBR team for someone who exhibits the most values of the business throughout the year), as well as the honor of MVP, awarded for overall contribution.
The Sales Growth Award for the biggest growth in sales over previous year went to Libor Volek. Sarah Howard received the Support Team Person of the Year Award, and the prestigious SBR Consultant of the Year Award went to Jason Walkingshaw.
Congratulations to the award winners and the entire SBR Consulting team for a great year!
For more about SBR Consulting, click here.
ThinkingAhead Executive Search
ThinkingAhead recently held their 2025 Winter Compass and award ceremony at The Graduate Hotel on Jan. 24, with the theme of “Why Not Me?” The evening began with a cocktail hour, then emcee Hans Schlegel kicked off the night with a special lip-dubbed performance of “The Greatest Show” from The Greatest Showman. Between awards recognitions, Schlegel and ThinkingAhead partner Jonathan McIntosh pulled the names of five raffle winners, in addition to announcing the 2026 President’s Club Trip to Porto, Portugal.
Awards began with the Personal Growth, Leadership and Horizon Awards:
Personal Growth Award (Level 1: 100% growth, Level 2: 30-99% growth in personal production): Ryan Rasmussen, Brian Vogt
Leadership Growth Award (30% over previous year): Brian Vogt
Horizon Award (full first year of billings): Kendra Connors
Horizon Coach (coach of Horizon Award recipient): Brian Vogt
These were followed by the production and shareholder awards. The Top Producer and prestigious Ralph Mosley Award went to Brian Vogt, in addition to these award winners:
Platinum Award: J.W. Heflin, Brian Vogt
Gold Award: Kay Linder, Ryan Rasmussen, Courtney Rice, Chris Spagnola, Jessica Martinez, Stephanie Maas, Jen White, Jonathan McIntosh, Derek Schlender
Silver Award: Kendra Connors, Dan Kuhar
Bronze Award: Joshua Karamol, Hans Schlegel, Danny Johnston
Shareholder Award: Kendra Connors
Congratulations to all the ThinkingAhead award winners and team members on a fantastic year. 2025 is off to a great start!
For more about ThinkingAhead, click here.
Southwestern Consulting
Southwestern Consulting recently held it’s 11th annual Spencer Awards as well as the Southwestern Student Coaching Awards on Jan. 30, at 1 Hotel in Nashville. The awards were emceed by SWC Director of Operations Sarah Hodges, with a “Wicked” musical “over the rainbow” theme.
SW Student Coaching presented awards to the following:
Top Rookie Producer: Todd Griggs
Top Veteran Producer: Andrew Hovelson
Top Coaching Coach (Retention): Whitney Armstrong
Top Selling Coach (Retention): Andrew Hovelson
Student Coach of the Year: Andrew Hovelson and Whitney Armstrong
Student Coaching Impact Award: Steve Reiner
SWC Training’s Top Producer Award went to (1) Emmie Brown, with awards given to Top Producers (Contracts Signed): (2 & 3) Christina Gradillas and Karla Lewis, Top Producer (Revenue Delivered): (2 & 3) Christina Gradillas and Adam Outland and Top Producer (Revenue Realized): (2 & 3) Christina Gradillas and Karla Lewis.
The SWC Fighter Award went to Katie Hasson, and Marjorie Dudley received the Designated Hitter Award. The New Team Leader of the Year was awarded to Kertu Martin and the Team Growth Award Winner was Jessica Shaffer.
SWC also recognized the following:
Team Leader of the Year: Ron Alford (The M.T.B. Crew)
Org Growth Award: Andrus Albi (Team Adams)
Org Leader of the Year: Ron Alford (The M.T.B. Crew)
Gaye Haynes Award for Employee Excellence: Amanda Naess
Admin of the Year: Kaluwa Ghalikar
Top Client Results Winner: Rebecca Swanson
Top Coaching Coach: Adrianne Bonsey
Top Selling Coach: Matt Kirby
Coach of the Year: Ron Alford
Top First Year Producer (Most Lives Changed): April Williams
Top Producer (Most Lives Changed): Steve Reiner
Top First Year Producer (Revenue): April Williams
Top Producer (Revenue): David Linsmeyer
SWC Top 10 Producers (Lives Changed) included: (1) Steve Reiner, (2) Ron Alford, (3) Matt Kirby, (4) Will Metscher, (5) Gena Parker, (6) David Linsmeyer, (7) Aaron Barker, (8) Karla Lewis, (9) Ilja Nyanken and (10) Bruce Pommier, followed by Top 10 Producers (Revenue): (1) David Linsmeyer, (2) Steve Reiner, (3) Ron Alford, (4) Matt Kirby, (5) Dana Banks, (6) Karla Lewis, (7) Bob Moses, (8) Emmie Brown, (9) Gena Parker and (10) Aaron Barker.
David Linsmeyer and Steve Reiner were also recognized as million-dollar producers, and Karla Lewis as the newest SWC partner.
Congratulations to all the SWC award winners!
For more about Southwestern Consulting, click here.
