Louis B. Baldwin, Jr.

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Lou Baldwin

Lou Baldwin joined The Baldwin Companies in 1986 and has been the owner and President since 1989. Lou has established himself as a leader in the Winston-Salem community through his civic and professional involvement.

Lou currently serves as the President of the 32,000 member North Carolina Association of Realtors (NCAR). Lou is also on the Board of Directors of the National Association of Realtors and the N.C. Homeowners Alliance and is a Trustee of the NC Realtors Political Action Committee.

Previously Lou has served NCAR as President-Elect and as a Regional Vice President, representing Region 6. Lou has served on NCAR’s Executive, Strategic Planning (Chairman 2011), Professional Standards, Legislative (Chairman 2010), Legal Action and Issues Mobilization (Chairman 2010) Committees. In 2010 he served on NCAR's Presidential Advisory Group on Finance In 2008 he served as Chairman on NCAR's Presidential Advisory Group on Issues Mobilization Funding. From 2008-2009 he served on the Presidential Advisory Group on Structure.

Lou is the National Association of Realtor’s Federal Political Coordinator (FPC), the Association’s primary liaison to United States Senator Richard Burr.

Lou chaired "Realtors for Burr" in 2004 and 2010, a statewide effort supporting the Senator's campaigns.

Lou served from 2007-2010 on the “10 Year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness” Commission”, appointed by Winston-Salem Mayor Allen Joines. Previously Lou served on the “Mayor’s Blue Ribbon Panel” that wrote the 10 Year Plan. Lou is very involved in issues of homelessness through a number of church and community efforts.

In 2009 Lou received the first "Beacon Award" from the Bethesda Center for the Homeless "for helping Bethesda cary out its mission to move homeless men and women from streets to housing."

Additionally:

• Named as a "Triad Mover and Shaker" by Business Leader Media, 2010
• Names as a "Top 50 Triad Entrepreneaur" by Business Leader Media, 2010
• Named one of the “50 Most Influential People in the Triad” by the Business Journal, 2004
• “40 Leaders under 40" in the Triad, 2003 by The Business Journal
• “Outstanding Young Leaders Award” presented by The Winston-Salem Jaycees, 2004   
• Named the 2001 REALTOR OF THE YEAR by the Winston-Salem Regional Association of Realtors (WSRAR)
• Also recognized by the Winston-Salem Regional Association of Realtors with:

*    A.R. Tuttle Memorial Award (2007)

*    D. June Dinkins Political Affairs Award, (2000)

*    President's Award (1999)

*    Citizenship Award (1998)

*    Property Manager of the Year Award (1997)

Lou has served the Winston-Salem Association of Realtors (WSRAR) in various leadership capacities including:

*        President (1997) President-Elect (1996) Past President (1998)

*        Vice-President (1992-1995) 4 terms

*        Secretary-Treasurer (1991)

*        Property Management Division President (1990-1991) 2 terms

*        Lou has served on many of WSRAR’s committees and has chaired the

          following committees: Administrative,  American Home Week, Budget and

          Finance, Constitution and ByLaws, Habitat for Humanity, Political Affairs,

          Realtor Political Action Committee, and the Joint-Legislative Committee.

Lou is very active in the North Carolina Association of Realtors (NCAR)

*   President (2012)

*   President-Elect (2011)

*   Chairman, NCAR Legislative Committee (2010); Vice-Chairman (2009)

*   Chairman, NCAR Issues Mobilization Committee (2010), Member (2009)

*   NCAR Budget and Finance Committee (2008-2010)

*   Trustee, Realtors Political Action Committee (2010-2011)

*   Strategic Planning Committee (2006-2012), Chairman 2011

*   Realtors Partner Committee (2010)

*   Regional Vice President, Region 6 (2007-2008)

*   NCAR Regional Service Award (2005)

*   Member, Presidential Advisory Group on Finance (2010-2011)

*   Chairman, NCAR Presidential Advisory Group on Issues Mobilization (2008)

*   Member, NCAR Presidential Advisory Group on Structure (2008-2009)

*   Chairman (1993) and Governor (1992) of NCAR's Property Management Division

*   NCAR Director for 10 years

*   NCAR’s Executive, Strategic Planning, Professional Standards, Legislative, Issues Mobilization  

     and Legal Action Committees.

*   Board of Directors Member, N.C. Homeowners Alliance

Lou is active in the National Association of Realtors (NAR)

*   Board of Directors, 2011-2012

*   NAR Leadership Academy (2010-2011)

*   NAR's Realtor Political Involvement Committee (2009-2012) - Lou is the appointed representative for North Carolina on this prestigious national committee

*   Lou serves as NAR’s Federal Political Coordinator (FPC) to United States Senator Richard Burr. Previously

Lou served as NAR’s  “5th District Federal Political Coordinator”, NAR’s  primary liaison to Congressman Richard Burr     throughout Burr’s 5 terms in the U.S. House of Representatives.

In 2005 Lou became the first recipient of the North Carolina Association of Realtors “Federal   

  Political Coordinator of the Year Award.”       

          

            Lou  has received the “Realtors Active in Politics” Award from NAR recognizing his outstanding contributions to   

            the real estate industry through political involvement.

Lou is a Graduate of the North Carolina Realtors’ Institute which earned him the GRI designation. He was the first recipient of the CRS Scholarship, recognizing him as the outstanding graduate of the Realtors’ Institute for 1989.

Lou is very involved in the Greater Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce. He has chaired the Local Issues Committee in 2001 and 2002 and served as Chairman of the Governmental Affairs Committee in 2003 and 2004.  He has served on the Governmental Affairs Executive Committee since 2001.

Additional involvement in our community has included:

*        Appointed by the Mayor in 1990 as a Founding Board Member of the Winston-

          Salem Downtown Development Corporation (1990-1996)

*        Leadership Winston-Salem, Class of 1999

*        Board of Directors, Downtown Winston-Salem Association (2001)

*        Board of Directors, Habitat for Humanity of Forsyth County (1998-2003, 2007 - 2009), Habitat Executive       

          Committee/Board Secretary (2008-2009)

*        President and Board Chairman of BoysCamp, Caring Adventures Mentoring

          Program (2002-2003), Chairman (2004)

*        Founding Member, The Committee for Biotechnology in the Piedmont Triad

          (2004-2005), Governmental Affairs Chairman 2005

*        Winston-Salem Blue Ribbon Committee to End Chronic Homelessness,

          appointed by the Mayor 2005

*        “10 Year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness Commission”, appointed by

          Mayor Allen Joines (2006-2009)

*        Piedmont Triad Partnership, Board of Directors, 2005          

*        Ardmore Baptist Church- Deacon (2006-2008)

*        Stepping Stones Ministry (2007-2008) - Board Member of Christian ministry placing homeless families in

          supportive housing.

*        Forsyth Technical Community College Foundation, Board of Trustees, 2011-

*        North Carolina Baptist Hospital, Board of Trustees, 2012-

Lou and his wife Leslie have 2 sons. Lou is a Graduate of Forsyth Country Day School, and is a 1986 Graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics. Lou’s wife Leslie is the Foreign Language Program Specialist for the Winston-Salem/ Forsyth County School System.