Joyner named president of Napier Realtors ERA

CONTRIBUTED REPORT

Napier Realtors ERA recently announced the appointment of Mark Joyner to the position of president and principal broker effective immediately. Jim Napier will be the firm’s senior executive officer and chairman. In their new roles, Joyner will assume day-today leadership of the organization including training, recruiting and strategic growth initiatives. Napier will support the strategic operation of the firm and chair the company’s board of directors.

After his father, Oscar, co-founded the company in 1958, Jim Napier joined in 1976 and never looked back, taking the leadership helm in 1990. Active in real estate for almost 50 years, Jim Napier engineered the company’s partnership with ERA in 2001, a successful relationship that continues to this day.

Under his leadership, Napier has worked tirelessly to continue growth in a very competitive marketplace and expand the business into new areas. Napier Realtors ERA now has a total of four offices in the Richmond and Central Virginia areas and has almost 120 affiliated agents. Additionally, Napier Realtors ERA holds the honor of being the recipient of the Gene Francis Memorial Award for Top

All-Around Company in 2004, the Cartus Broker Network Cup in 2007, ERA ‘s Innovation Award in 2012 and winner of the Circle of Light Award for Community Leadership in 2011 and 2020. Napier was inducted into the Virginia Realtors Hall of Fame in 2015.

Most recently, Napier was inducted into the ERA Hall of Fame, an award limited to only a handful of remarkable leaders in the ERA network for their steadfast dedication to leadership, growth, service and their communities.

Napier’s love for his community is personified by his incredible support of philanthropic organizations, including the VCU Massey Cancer Center, where he serves on their advisory board, Toys for Tots, Tech for Troops, Backpacks for Love and more. He received the Spirit of Giving Award in 2008 for his efforts on behalf of VCU Massey Cancer Center. In 2020, he received the Virginia Realtors Good Neighbor Award for making a positive impact on the community. Napier was the founding chairman of the Partnership for Housing Affordability and is currently a member of the board of directors for C&F Bank and the executive board for the Real Estate Circle of Excellence at the VCU School of Business.

Joyner began his real es- tate career in Richmond in 1989, a year before receiving his BBA in Finance and Real Estate from JMU. He joined the company in 1998 helping Napier establish its Glen Allen office on Broad Street with more than 40 real estate agents. He’s been an integral part of the senior management team at Napier since and has steered the technology, recruitment and training efforts of the organization along with his managing broker role. Joyner became one of the owners of the firm in 2000.

Joyner has held a variety of senior level positions in local real estate circles including serving on the board of directors for RAR

(Richmond Association of Realtors), president of the Association as well as CVR/ MLS (the Central Virginia Multiple Listing Service). In addition, Joyner was awarded Realtor of the Year in 2014. He’s also certified as a trainer for Richmond Association of Realtors and has been awarded Instructor of the Year two times in the past.

As vice president, he led the company’s efforts to keep Napier agents on the cutting edge of technology and has a unique motivational ability to handle important real estate skill sets such as training, presentation skills, and business forecasting and planning.