Craig Cheatham is president and CEO of The Realty Alliance, a network of about 75 of the largest, full-service residential real estate firms in North America, comprising a combined sales force of more than 100,000 agents, in addition to hundreds of employees in real estate operations and affiliated businesses such as mortgage, title and insurance.

Before joining The Realty Alliance, Cheatham spent several years as CEO of the Association of Real Estate License Law Officials (ARELLO), an international federation of agencies involved in the regulation of the real estate industry. Before serving ARELLO Cheatham worked for many years as COO for the Alabama Association of Realtors. Cheatham has been successful in supporting organizations for the last 24 years and has earned the Certified Association Executive designation from the American Society of Association Executives. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Harding University and an MBA from Samford University.