Senior Leadership Team
Jim Linn
Broker/Owner
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Jim Linn, co-owner of ERA Davis & Linn, a Residential Brokerage firm operating in Jacksonville, Florida for over 43 years. His firm is nationally recognized as a Principal Broker for Cartus Broker Network, the world’s largest outsourced Relocation Company. In his profession he has held leadership roles for the Northeast Florida Association of Realtors and the MLS Board of Governors.
Jim is a long time active member and participant of the Northeast Florida Regional Chamber of Commerce and a long-time sponsor of the New Chamber Member Orientation Committee. He has served various community organizations including the Muscular Dystrophy Association, Children’s Home Society and Chair of Riverbend District Boy Scouts of America. Jim is an Eagle Scout. He is a member of Mandarin Presbyterian Church. Mr. Linn is a graduate of Mercer University, Macon, Georgia and has resided in Jacksonville, Florida for over 44 years. Jim and his wife Charlotte have been proudly married for 46 years. They have two children, Kristin and Andrew and are proud grandparents of 5 grandchildren. Their children and grandchildren all live, play and work in Jacksonville, too. "People in general don't care about how much you know until they know how much you care!" |
Andrew Linn
Broker/Owner
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Andrew Linn is not only a third generation Floridian but is a second-generation Broker at ERA Davis & Linn. Prior to joining the team at ERA Davis & Linn, Andrew joined a large developer in Jacksonville as a project manager overseeing the horizontal development for two years. Once he obtained his real estate license in 2005 he quickly realized he loved the brokerage side of real estate. Andrew earned the National Rookie of the Year his first full year in the business. Throughout his career Andrew has had the privilege of serving corporate clients, military service members, friends and families across all of NE Florida. He was also in the 40 under 40 in 2008 class.
Andrew continually engages with his management team with an eye on the future and a goal of improving daily. Inclusion and collaboration are keys to our success and Andrew draws from the many talents and perspectives within the Senior Management Team. Andrew’s “Team” approach from his days of playing college baseball at Wofford College has attributed to the “Team” environment at ERA Davis & Linn today. He is extremely excited about the management team and agents at ERA Davis & Linn and the potential for growth in NE Florida. Andrew is honored to be a part of firm that has served Jacksonville residents over 44 years. Andrew currently serves on NEFAR Realtor Builder Committee and is a member of the Young Leaders Network of ERA. He currently holds a Florida Brokerage License and a Florida (CAM) Community Association Manager License. When Andrew is not at work, Andrew and his wife Jennifer love raising their two girls Lilly & Annie with whatever the adventure is for the week! |
Peggy Neldner
Relocation
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Peggy Neldner has over 25 years of Corporate Management experience in Relocation and Real Estate operations. Her experience includes Managing the Relocation Operations of Northwest Region Relocation for NRT which includes the states of Northern California, Colorado, Utah and Hawaii and had a staff of over 35. The Northwest Region was a Triple winner of the Cartus Platinum Award and Five Star Circle of Excellence Award and the Colorado Company received the Cartus Master Cup during her tenure.
Peggy began her career in Real Estate in Atlanta as a Sales Associate, Branch Manager, Relocation Director and Vice President of Relocation. She has been involved in the leadership of many mobility organizations such as the Board of Directors of the Worldwide Employee Relocation Council where she received their Distinguished Service and Meritorious Service Awards and she is the Former President of the Relocation Directors Council and the Metro Atlanta Relocation Council. |
Amanda Causey
Director of Sales Training and Coaching
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Amanda Causey is the Director of Sales Training and Coaching for ERA Davis & Linn, ERA Palm Coast, and ERA Kings Bay Realty in the Jacksonville, St. Augustine & Palm Coast, Florida and Southeast Georgia markets. Amanda has been a full-time professional Realtor with ERA Davis & Linn for the past 20 years and has worked in all aspects of real estate including sales, relocation, marketing, new construction, training, and more. Amanda is committed to providing both new and seasoned agents next level training and support as they grow their real estate careers. In a continuously changing market, Amanda is dedicated to leveraging current education and learning platforms to support agents at every turn.
Besides real estate, Amanda, remains involved in her St. Johns County community. Once an active advisor for her sorority, Alpha Chi Omega at the University of North Florida, Amanda has shifted her efforts to support her children. As the mother of two boys, ages 12 and 10, Amanda is committed to volunteering with their school and athletic communities. When not cheering on her own kids, you can find Amanda and her family cheering on our local Jacksonville sports teams from the Jaguars to the Jumbo Shrimp. You can also find her and her family exploring all the fun that Jacksonville has to offer from hiking trails and beaches to breweries and the performing arts. Amanda has a BA from the University of North Florida, an MBA in Real Estate Finance from Florida State University, is a Graduate of the Realtor Institute, and is a licensed Real Estate Broker. Amanda has served corporate clients, military service members, friends and families all across NE Florida. She has sold hundreds of homes totaling tens of millions of dollars in sales. |
Sandra McDaniel
Training Director
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Sandra McDaniel has enjoyed winning many local and national real estate awards during her 18 years selling real estate. She proudly owned an ERA Brokerage and took pride in obtaining a new designation each year she was in the business. During her real estate career, she was constantly winning local and national awards that included Top Sales and Top Listing Awards, Sales Person of the Year for the National Home Builders Association, to most recently being chosen for the National Hall of Fame Award from ERA in 2016.
Currently, Sandra enjoys giving back to the real estate industry that was very good to her, through sharing and training with sales associates at ERA Davis & Linn as she serves as our Sales Training Director! Sandra loves the diversity of our training program and classes at ERA Davis & Linn that include individual, group, Internet, webinars, national speakers and more, all constantly changing with the times! There is never a dull moment in her classes! She loves teaching sales agents to "think outside the box and excel beyond their wildest dreams as she teaches them to become their best while providing exceptional service to their customers and clients!" One of Sandra's favorite quotes is embedded in her teachings: "People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care!" Sandra is a graduate from University of North Florida with a BS degree in Public Relations/Communications. When she is not working, she and her husband Jerry, enjoy traveling with friends, snow-skiing, hiking, playing tennis and the piano, playing cards and games, volunteering at her church and other charities. Join ERA Davis & Linn, and experience Sandra as you learn from the best of the best! |
Martha Chapman
Senior Operations Director |
Martha Chapman has had an extensive 20-year career in face-to-face sales and customer service for one of the largest Fortune 50 retailers in the country. To expand her career portfolio, Martha left the stability and comfort provided by her employer to take a position within a church. These career opportunities allowed Martha to experience the value of helping others with their needs, life’s challenges and to succeed. It has also allowed her to capitalize on her passion for serving others and supporting their continued growth.
This passion for serving others, led Martha to ERA Davis & Linn Real Estate. Starting as an Administrative Assistant, Martha quickly learned the tools that were required to support day-to-day operations for realtors and the brokers within the office. Martha played a critical role in 2013, supporting the transition of ERA Davis & Linn Real Estate to a paperless transactional environment using a system called DotLoop. Post this implementation, Martha has continued to take steps to assist agents to work more efficiently and effectively, particularly in a mobile environment. Martha has found great satisfaction and fulfillment in her role at Davis & Linn Real Estate as it allows her to grow and learn and impart this knowledge to others so they can "work smarter, not harder”. Martha was honored in 2013 and 2014 as a finalist in the National Office Coordinator of the Year award within ERA. In 2015, she was again nominated and selected as the 2015 National Office Coordinator of the Year throughout the entire ERA organization. This recognition solidified Martha’s desire and passion to help others succeed, which has continued to motivate her to drive continuous positive improvements within the ERA Davis & Linn organization. Martha is honored to be a member of the Electronic Realty Associates (ERA) organization. She is excited about the opportunities ahead to drive positive results and support agents and brokers on ways to grow their personal business and provide exceptional customer care. With its’ newest CRM/Webpage/Client Search platform Moxi Engage, ERA has established a single, integrated solution designed to help agents run their real estate business and drive results. Martha looks forward to working with agents to maximize the benefits of the Moxi Engage platform. |