For close to 20 years, Bill Rawlings has continually proven to be an industry leader in various roles, including sales associate, career development vice president, chief operating officer, managing broker, senior vice president and executive strategist. Bill directly oversees more than 150 of North Atlanta’s finest real estate professionals, with 2022 sales volume eclipsing $1.2B in closed sales in the North Atlanta office. As the No. 1 residential real estate office, this far outpaces the competition in the luxury space representing the affluent consumer in Johns Creek, Alpharetta, Roswell, Suwanee, Dunwoody, Cumming and Milton. In addition to its success at the closing table, Bill’s office has also been recognized by the readers of the Appen Papers as the Best Residential Real Estate Company in the North Atlanta market for five years in a row. His contributions to the industry were acknowledged by his industry peers by being named the 2017 President of the Atlanta REALTORS® Association, the 2018 REALTOR® of the Year and the 2020 President’s Award Winner. In 2022, Bill was recognized with the prestigious E.A. Isakson Award winner for his contributions to the association that has affected a long-term impact. In 2017, the Atlanta Business Chronicle named Bill one of the 100 Most Influential Atlantans in Real Estate.
Outside of the real estate industry, Bill was recognized as a top campaign fundraiser for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Annual Atlanta Man & Woman of the Year campaign, which raised over $1.1 million for research to eradicate blood cancers in 2015. In 2016, he was named the corporate walk chair by the Georgia Chapter of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society for its 2016 Atlanta Light the Night Walk, an annual fundraising event that raised nearly $1.5 million to fund lifesaving research and provide support and information to families affected by blood cancers. He was named to The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Georgia Chapter Board of Trustees in 2016 and served as the Board Chair from 2020 - 2021, which led to his current advisory role on the Executive Committee. Under Bill’s leadership, the Georgia chapter raised over $10M annually in a 100% virtual environment, setting records across the organization and making it the second-largest chapter in terms of donations received in the nation.
Bill is a graduate of the University of Alabama, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in commerce and business administration. Bill and his wife, Audra, live in the Atlanta area and have two children, Carter and Leighton.