RIDE Chris Etienne
Chris Etienne will serve as the 2024-26 RI Director for Zones 28 & 32.
Chris is Associate Broker for Harbor Sotheby’s International Realty and Director of Leasing for the Village at Bay Harbor. She has had a career in real estate since 2001 and has been in sales for more than 30 years, previously as Vice President of Treasury Management sales for National City Bank. Chris is currently serving as President of the Emmet Association of Realtors. She obtained her bachelor's degree from the University of Maryland European Division in Heidelberg, Germany, and her MBA from Lake Superior State University.
Chris currently serves on the board of trustees for North Central Michigan College and on the North Central Michigan College Foundation board. Chris was appointed by Michigan Governor Rick Snyder in 2011 to serve on the Michigan Women’s Commission and served as chair from 2016-2020. Chris received the Athena Award in 2007 and the Emmet Association of Realtors Realtor of the Year award in 2014.
Chris joined Rotary in 1990 and is honored to be a member of the Rotary Club of Petoskey since 1991. She has served as club president, district governor, district membership chair and district Rotary Foundation chair. Chris has served Rotary International as training leader, president’s representative, Rotary coordinator, Regional Rotary Foundation coordinator, and convention promotions committee member for Sao Paulo, Hamburg and Houston. She served as the moderator for the 2023 Regional Leader Global Training Institutes. Chris is a board member for the WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) Rotary Action Group and is chair of the HANWASH (Haiti National Clean Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Strategy) Champion Partnerships subcommittee. Chris has participated in National Immunization Days for polio eradication in India and Nigeria. She is a recipient of The Rotary Foundation Citation for Meritorious Service and The Rotary Foundation Distinguished Service Award.
Chris is Associate Broker for Harbor Sotheby’s International Realty and Director of Leasing for the Village at Bay Harbor. She has had a career in real estate since 2001 and has been in sales for more than 30 years, previously as Vice President of Treasury Management sales for National City Bank. Chris is currently serving as President of the Emmet Association of Realtors. She obtained her bachelor's degree from the University of Maryland European Division in Heidelberg, Germany, and her MBA from Lake Superior State University.
Chris currently serves on the board of trustees for North Central Michigan College and on the North Central Michigan College Foundation board. Chris was appointed by Michigan Governor Rick Snyder in 2011 to serve on the Michigan Women’s Commission and served as chair from 2016-2020. Chris received the Athena Award in 2007 and the Emmet Association of Realtors Realtor of the Year award in 2014.
Chris joined Rotary in 1990 and is honored to be a member of the Rotary Club of Petoskey since 1991. She has served as club president, district governor, district membership chair and district Rotary Foundation chair. Chris has served Rotary International as training leader, president’s representative, Rotary coordinator, Regional Rotary Foundation coordinator, and convention promotions committee member for Sao Paulo, Hamburg and Houston. She served as the moderator for the 2023 Regional Leader Global Training Institutes. Chris is a board member for the WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) Rotary Action Group and is chair of the HANWASH (Haiti National Clean Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Strategy) Champion Partnerships subcommittee. Chris has participated in National Immunization Days for polio eradication in India and Nigeria. She is a recipient of The Rotary Foundation Citation for Meritorious Service and The Rotary Foundation Distinguished Service Award.