FOSTER C. FITZHUGH –Following a successful career in chemical research and development culminating with the position of Senior Vice President of Chemical R&D, Foster joined his wife in the practice of Real Estate. Previously licensed in Tennessee and Kentucky, Foster gained his Georgia Salesperson license, Georgia Broker license and Georgia Instructor license. He has practiced in residential, commercial, and land sales and has been a million-dollar club recipient. He was financial and operations director for a large multi office brokerage in Atlanta and was recognized at the regional and national level for being in the top five offices with lowest expense ratio and highest company dollar. Mr. FitzHugh is a member of GREEA and REEA where he was certified as a Gold Standard Instructor. Foster has also been certified as an expert witness in three disciplines in eleven state judiciaries.
His love of teaching and mentoring has led to a successful career in Real Estate instruction; he is associated with Tom Gillett and the Institute of Real Estate Training. Foster brings humor, passion, and an upbeat delivery to the classroom. He will make you laugh and make you cry; most importantly he will share knowledge based on over 30 years of corporate leadership and successful Real Estate transactions.
GREGORY KANE has had a diverse and successful career spanning more than 40 years, with experience ranging from sales to executive-level sales management in various direct-to-consumer companies. He has also owned and actively operated several nationally known franchises.
Early in his career, Greg discovered his talent in sales, his management skills along with his strong desire to always be teaching. He created and implemented successful sales training programs, onboarded key employees and built a strong sales and management team, tripling sales volume in four years and growing the sales team to over 70 productive employees.
After retiring early and finding it unfulfilling, Greg sought a new challenge and entered the real estate industry becoming a REALTOR© in 2012 then earning a broker’s license in early 2016. In late 2016, he obtained his GREC teaching license and began his real estate teaching career in January of the following year.
Greg has combined his extensive business experience and a passion for teaching to deliver engaging and informative classroom experiences for both continuing education (CE) and prelicense courses.
KALIMAH J. JENKINS has spent most of her career as an attorney, adjunct business professor, and small business owner, first in franchising, then in real estate project management. She is admitted to practice law in both NY and GA, holds an MBA, and is a GA sales agent and prelicense instructor. Ms. Jenkins has over 22 years of teaching experience and has always been a top performer on standardized tests, including scoring in the 95% on two bar exams. After teaching prelicense for 5 years, Ms. Jenkins noticed a disturbing pattern: While a high percentage of students were passing the course final exam, an equally high percentage were failing the state licensing exam. She wanted to reverse these numbers. As a result, in 2022, she started the KJMETHOD, a real estate exam prep course specifically designed to help students pass the state licensing exam on the first try.
Recently celebrating its 2nd anniversary, KJMETHOD is responsible for helping license over 250 new agents. Ms. Jenkins has also written a book, PASS: Essential Real Estate Exam Study Guide, to further assist those students who are tactile learners or require additional support in understanding the material. Ms. Jenkins believes that education is the great equalizer and is ecstatic to be selected as a GIT instructor. Teaching is at the crossroad of both her gift and her passion.
RUSTY WILLIS –With an impressive 29-year career in real estate, Rusty’s expertise and dedication in the industry is well documented. As both a broker-owner of an Atlanta firm and a passionate educator, he brings a wealth of transactional experience, agent development, and theoretical knowledge to the Georgia Instructor Training Program.
He has dedicated a significant part of his career to the industry’s betterment and the education and mentorship of aspiring real estate professionals. His teaching philosophy blends skill sets with practical knowledge, ensuring that students not only understand the intricacies of the real estate business but also develop the acumen and ethical grounding necessary for long-term success in the real estate business.
As the President of the Georgia Real Estate Educators Association (GREEA), he helps to shape the future of real estate education in Georgia. His efforts advocating for higher educational standards, promoting continuous learning, and fostering a network of professional development opportunities for educators and practitioners alike are grounded in his belief that when one knows better, one can do better.
VICKIE S. ROGERS earned the prestigious REEA Distinguished Real Estate Instructor (DREI) designation in 2024. The only active DREI in the State of Georgia. She was awarded the national Real Estate Educators Association (REEA) 2023 Educator of the Year and the Georgia Real Estate Educators Association (GREEA) 2022 Educator of the Year. She is a 1992 Graduate of the REALTOR® Institute. She has been a licensed broker/owner in Mississippi, Florida, and Georgia. Her passion is teaching and helping others become successful in the real estate industry. With over 30+ years of real estate experience and 25+ years of teaching Vickie’s classes are interactive and engaging. Come to learn and leave to excel!
Currently Vickie is a DREI, REALTOR®, GRI, broker/owner, licensed instructor, GAR-PIE instructor, Post-License Instructor, CE Instructor, Content Creator, and tutor. She serves on the GREEA board and Professional Standards for GAR. Previously she served on the REEA Education committee and taught designation courses for NAR as well as teaching for the both the Mississippi and Florida Association of REALTORS® GRI programs.
Education is necessary, but it doesn’t have to be boring! Her favorite topics are Fair Housing, Code of Ethics and License Law. Why? Because they all teach compliance.