The ownership group for our company started in October of 1996.   The goals and philosophy of the group were and still are  today, to hire the best people, provide them with the best tools to do their job, and create an atmosphere of working together to provide value to our customers.  We accepted the opportunity to grow by becoming our own office, Windermere Group One/Tri-Cities in October of 2010.  Our decision to become Windermere Group One/Tri-Cities has brought much success to our clients, agents, and the community because of our dedication to exceeding the client’s expectations and a promise to better the communities in which we all live.

We are a locally owned company with all decisions made right here.  We are committed, under the Windermere umbrella, to providing the very best customer service available.  Our management team has two responsibilities; you the client, who comes first, and our second responsibility is to each of our professional Realtors.  When your interest is put in front of our interest, great things happen for all of us.

Your Windermere Group One/Tri-Cities Realtors are committed to our communities, serving on boards, committees, participating in fundraisers, even selling newspapers on street corners for the annual Kids Day event.  We invest our time and money in the Tri-Cities and we are dedicated to helping build a great community and a great place to live.  Windermere is about building relationships.  We believe in the ability of our agents, staff, and management to create relationships that go beyond the ordinary and that make a difference in people’s lives.

Jeff’s main responsibility is the training, coaching and development of Group One's agent sales force. Jeff has been in real estate since 1990 and joined Windermere Tri-Cities in 1996. In October of 2010, Jeff established Windermere Group One/Tri-Cities

Jeff’s passion is the personal coaching of his agents. He was trained by CoachU.com and is currently on staff with RealEstateCoach.com (a real estate agent coaching company). Jeff is also involved in his local Realtor Association, serving as the President of the Tri-Cities Association of Realtors in 2003. He is a past Chairman for the Tri-City Regional Chamber of Commerce. He is currently serving as as a Washingron State Real Estate Commisioner.

In his spare time, Jeff loves spending time with his wife, Patti and their two daughters and their grandchildren. He also enjoys working on winning over his family to becoming serious baseball fans. Finally, whenever work seems simply overwhelming, taking time to see the world from his eight-year-old grandson’s eye puts everything in perspective. 

Patti Thompson joined Windermere in 1996 as an agent. She started selling real estate in 1990 and received her Associate Brokers license in 1993.

In 2004, when Windermere opened the Richland office, she teamed with another agent to work with her clients and Patti began assisting in the daily operations of the Richland office and is the back-up bookkeeper.

She has lived in the Tri-Cities since 1970, raised 2 daughters here and has 3 grandchildren in the area. She has a wedding/event facility at her home and loves to tend her extensive flower gardens. Patti has strong ties to her church where she enjoys serving along with her husband Jeff.

Karly joined our team in September 2010. Her responsibilities are to greet our valued clients with warmth and professionalism along with assisting our dedicated and professional real estate brokers with various tasks.

Born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, Karly enjoys the beauty of the outdoors. She also loves teaching piano, traveling and working with her Windermere Group One family.

Melissa joined Windermere in August 2008 as a receptionist and is now the Transaction Coordinator, she provides listing, transaction and marketing support to the Real Estate Brokers in our office.

She has lived in the Tri-Cities for 10 years but originally from Southern Nevada. She loves to spend time with her husband Ben and their 2 children and of course the family boxer Bruno. She also loves Yoga, reading, all forms of art, music and travel. In October she completed her 200 hour yoga teacher training in Seattle and looks forward to teaching here in the Tri-Cities.

Kelly joined our team in 2005. Kelly helps our Realtors with their marketing concepts.

Before coming to Windermere she worked for Boise Cascade in the Tri-Cities. She also worked previously in the real estate business in a Realtor support program. Kelly is a graduate of WSU and has raised her two sons in the Tri-Cities. Kelly and her husband love traveling, fine dining, silly movies, but most of all, their grand daughter makes their hearts dance with unequivocal joy.

Michelle joined us in 2006 having moved to the Tri-Cities from Tacoma. Her responsibilities include all bookkeeping and working closely with our agents.

Michelle previously was the administration director for seven pastors in a church in Tacoma. With her husband Ralph they have two boys Ryan and Wesley. She loves the outdoors, watching her boys play baseball and hockey and all kinds of craft hobbies.