Keller Williams names five leaders to growth roles

Keller Williams Realty has appointed five senior leaders to growth-focused roles overseeing its U.S. and Canada divisions, commercial platform, agent attraction and digital strategy, the company announced Thursday.

The appointments — effective immediately — are designed to accelerate agent count growth, franchise productivity and expansion of KW Commercial across North America, according to the announcement.

The new leaders include John Clidy, Sean Hostert, Andy and Lesley Peters and Gabby Maddox Davis

“Great leadership drives growth, and the fastest way to accelerate this is to put proven leaders closest to the opportunity,” Chris Czarnecki, CEO and president of Keller Williams, said in the announcement. “John, Sean, Andy, Lesley, and Gabby are builders and operators with a track record of turning opportunity into results.”

New head of divisions

As head of divisions, John Clidy will lead strategic alignment and performance across Keller Williams’ 30 regions in the U.S. and Canada. Working with divisional leaders, the firm said he will focus on franchise growth, leadership, productivity, profitability and operational execution in the company’s markets.

Clidy joined Keller Williams leadership more than a decade ago as a top-producing mega agent and has since served as a market center operating principal, regional director, divisional leader and vice president of growth.

Commercial platform leader

Keller Williams named Sean Hostert head of commercial operations and strategy, where he will lead strategy and operations for KW Commercial and its affiliated network of agents.

Hostert brings more than 15 years of finance, investment and commercial real estate experience. He previously served as head of investments at Trio Investment Group, now part of J.P. Morgan Asset Management; vice president of acquisitions at Broadstone Net Lease; and director of acquisitions at VEREIT, now Realty Income Corporation, overseeing and evaluating billions of dollars in commercial real estate opportunities.

Agent growth and attraction

Andy and Lesley Peters were appointed co-heads of U.S. growth and attraction. They will lead Keller Williams’ national agent attraction strategy and growth initiatives, partnering with divisional and regional leaders to accelerate agent growth across regions and market centers.

The Peters have two decades of experience as real estate entrepreneurs, operators, coaches and trainers. Together, they lead, coach and train more than 2,200 agents across seven Keller Williams franchises in Georgia and the Carolinas and previously built The Peters Company into a top real estate team in the U.S. for 11 consecutive years, according to the company.

Digital and social strategy for growth

As head of digital and social for growth and attraction, Gabby Maddox Davis will oversee development of digital and social strategies to support agent growth across Keller Williams regions and market centers. Her role includes aligning agent attraction and recognition with the company’s broader marketing strategy.

Davis also serves as operating principal of Keller Williams Realty West ATL, where she grew the market center to nearly 500 agents in three years and led it to become the fastest net-growing Keller Williams market center worldwide in 2024 and 2025, the company said.

“Our growth strategy starts with a simple question: How do we create more opportunities for entrepreneurs to thrive?” Czarnecki said. “These appointments bring proven operators into critical areas of our business with clear accountability for growth to attract more great agents, strengthen KW-affiliated franchises and to expand their commercial real estate opportunities.”

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