Brian Kinard Named Realtor of the Year for Hilton Head Area Realtors

Each year Hilton Head Area Realtors chooses one among them as their Realtor of the Year. This prestigious award is the association’s highest honor and recognizes a Realtor member for extraordinary com – mitment to clients, the community and their profession.

This Realtor® should be a member in good standing for the past three years and a full-time licensed active broker or sales licensee working day-to-day in the real estate.

“Brian is a strong and committed leader in the local and state association and in our community,” said Cindy Creamer, 2022 President for South Carolina Realtors.

A second-generation Realtor, Kinard has twice served as chairperson for the association’s Legislative/RPAC Committee and was 2019 HHAR president. He cur-rently serves as a chair of Public Policy for South Carolina Realtors and served two years as RPAC Trustee.

Kinard currently serves on the board of Outside Foundation, which works to get kids outside and to protect and pre-serve our local environment.

“Brian has passion and respect for the local environment and waterways,” said 2022 HHAR President Kate Yachini.

Committed to his community, Kinard was a member of the Town of Hilton Head Island “Our Plan” compre-hensive team in 2019. He currently serves Pockets Full of Sunshine as a committee member and surf instructor for their “fun in the sun day,” and is a past member of the board of directors for the Sandbox Museum.

Hilton Head Area REALTORS (HHAR) is the largest association for real estate profes-sionals in Beaufort and Jasper counties serving as the voice of real estate for more than 1500 members involved in all aspects of residential, commercial, and invest-ment real estate. REALTOR® is a registered trademark that identifies a professional in real estate who subscribes to a strict code of ethics as a member of HHAR and the National Association of REALTORS®.