Richard F. "Dick" Gaylord, a REALTOR® from Long Beach, Calif., is 2008 President of the National Association of REALTORS®.  Gaylord has been a REALTOR® for 30 years and is a broker with RE/MAX Real Estate Specialists in Long Beach, a residential and commercial brokerage. 

In 2000, Gaylord was president of the California Association of REALTORS®. He chaired the California Real Estate PAC (CREPAC) in 1999, and has served on many C.A.R. committees including the Federal Issues, Educational Services, Political Affairs, and Convention committees. He was named state “REALTOR® of the Year” by his peers in 2000. At the local level, Gaylord was twice president of the Long Beach District Board of REALTORS® (now Pacific West Association of REALTORS®) in 1992 and in 1987.  He chaired the Political Affairs Committee twice, Board of REALTORS® PAC (BORPAC) twice, and the Professional Standards, Grievance, and Past Presidents' Advisory committees. He was also a member of the Finance Committee. Gaylord was named "REALTOR® of the Year" by his local peers in 1986.

Active in the community as well, Gaylord has been an arbitrator for the Long Beach Bar Association, past chair of the State of California Board of Behavioral Science Examiners, former chair of the Advisory Board-YWCA Women’s Shelter, chairman of the City of Long Beach Planning Commission, past president of the City of Long Beach Civil Service Commission, and president of the board of directors of the Better Teenagers Association.