Maranda DeSanto is the CEO for Kansas REALTORS.  Maranda has over 20 years of real estate and association management experience serving previously as CEO for the Lake Superior Area Realtors and Director of Member Experience for the National Speakers Association. She has been a part of countless NAR Committees and has been on several NAR stages both virtually and in-person to audiences of over 1500.

She holds the Certified Association Executive (CAE) and the Realtor Association Certified Executive (RCE) designations. She also holds two degrees from the University of Minnesota - Duluth and received NAR’s AE Leaders of Tomorrow Young Professionals Award in 2016.

In her “downtime,” Maranda keeps herself busy hiking, diving, and managing an ever expanding homestead with her husband Dan and kiddos Kenna, Avery, and Hayden.