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Timothy Sandos, a former emerging markets executive, is now President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals (NAHREP). Prior to his appointment, Sandos was executive vice president of Emerging Markets for St. Louis-based CitiMortgage, where he led the company's programs and initiatives that targeted minority and underserved market segments throughout the nation.

A former NAHREP national board member, Sandos has held executive posts at numerous companies during his career. He joined CitiMortgage through the acquisition of his employer Principal Residential Mortgage where he directed emerging markets programs. Prior to that assignment, he was state vice president and chief operating officer for QWEST Communications (formerly U.S. West) and its 3,200-employee operation based in Omaha, Neb. His duties there included managing operations, sales and marketing initiatives and directing regulatory, legislative and community affairs for the company. He joined US West as director of Government Affairs in 1998.

In the early part of his professional career, he was executive assistant to Denver's former mayor Federico Peña. Sandos was later elected to an "at large" seat on the Denver City Council, that successfully managed the construction and opening of the Denver International Airport (DIA), the largest public works project in the world at the time. In 1994, he was recognized by the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce as the "Regional Government Advocate of the Year" for his work on behalf of Hispanic businesses. The National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) also recognized his leadership later that same year during its Hispanic Heritage month celebration.

In 2001, he was chosen by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld to participate in the Joint Civilian Orientation Conference, a review of all five U.S. military branches. He is also a founding member of the National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislator.