Timeline for 2026 C.A.R. & NAR Committee and Director Appointments
2026 C.A.R. Appointment Timeline
JULY 2025
Leadership Team reviews all committee recommendations for Leadership and Members on Specialized/Advisory positions.
Members can submit recommendations ONLY for membership positions on Standing Committees. 2025 Regional Chairs to notify C.A.R. via the online Committee Selection Process of 2026 C.A.R. Committee Regional Representatives/Liaisons.
The deadline date for both of the above items is Thursday, July 31, 2025.
AUGUST 2025
2026 C.A.R. Chairs, Vice Chairs, Executive Committee, Committee Liaisons, Strategic Planning & Finance Committee, and Specialized/Advisory committee selections finalized. Respective appointees confirmed.
Committee Leadership Rosters containing Chairs, Vice Chairs, Issues Chairs, and Committee Liaisons to be posted online in September.
SEPTEMBER 2025
Members notified of 2026 appointments via email. Regional Chairs and Local Associations advised of appointments of members within the Region/Local Association who have been asked to serve on 2026 C.A.R. committees.
OCTOBER 2025
Preliminary 2026 committee rosters are available to C.A.R. staff coordinators to share with their committee leadership.
NOVEMBER 2025
Final committee rosters available to C.A.R. staff coordinators and committee leadership.
DECEMBER 2025
2026 Regional Chairs provided respective rosters of 2026 Directors and Committee members by Region.
If you have any questions, please contact C.A.R. Staff at governance@car.org.
2026 OC REALTORS® Application Timeline
2026 State Director Application deadline is Friday, June 27, 2025
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2026 NAR Committee and Director Appointments Timeline
March 1 – May 15, 2025
Committee Application Website opens on March 3.
Members complete/update their Expertise Profiles.
Members submit a committee application for up to five (5) committees, and seek up to three (3) endorsements per application.
Members submit endorsements for applicants.
May 15, 2025
DEADLINE: Committee Application Website closes.
May 16 – June 13, 2025
State AEs to recommend members for their state representative positions on committees.
State Associations to review and rank committee applications for members within their state.
Institute, Societies, and Councils (ISC) EVPs to recommend members for their ISC representative positions on committees.
Multicultural Partners to recommend members for representative positions on committees.
June 9 - August 16, 2025
Multicultural partners to recommend members for representative positions on committees.
July 15, 2025
Appointment notifications for chairs and vice chairs are emailed.
July 31, 2025
NAR Director allocations determined using membership numbers.
August 1, 2025
Director submissions website opens.
August 1-August, 29, 2025 (TENTATIVE)
State Associations AEs, ISCs EVPs, and Multicultural Partner review the preliminary committee rosters with appointments for all members within their organization.
August 11-August, 12, 2025
Committee Leadership Camp training in Chicago, IL for selected 2026 Chairs and Vice Chairs.
September 15, 2025
DEADLINE: State associations and local boards submit director(s) names for director entitlement allocations. Failure to submit names on this date results in the association’s forfeiture of the allocated director seat.
October 1, 2025 (TENTATIVE)
Committee appointment notifications are emailed to committee members. NAR committee rosters are posted on nar.realtor/governance/committees.
May 31-June 5, 2025
2025 REALTORS® Legislative Meetings — Washington, D.C.
November 14 – 16, 2025
2025 NAR NXT: The REALTOR® Experience — Houston, TX
2026 OC REALTORS® Application Timeline
• 2026 NAR Director Application deadline Friday, June 27, 2025.
• Interviews for the NAR Director or Representative Positions will be held on July 1, 11 AM – 2:30 PM, via Zoom.
Dates are subject to change.