Bowker
Biography:
Al Herron
Al
Herron, president and chief executive officer of CENTURY 21
Galloway-Herron has more than 30 years of real estate
experience. He began his career in Dallas as a loan officer
for Dallas Federal Savings & Loan. However, Herron's career
soon took a different direction after meeting prominent
businessman C.A. Galloway.
Mr. Galloway and
Herron became business partners and formed Galloway-Herron
Realtors and then in 1979 joined the CENTURY 21 franchise as
CENTURY 21 Galloway-Herron.
Herron is a well
respected member of the Dallas Business Community. He is a
past member of the United Way and served five years on the
Dallas Fort Worth Airport Board, a member of the Dallas
Association of Real Estate Brokers, National Association of
Real Estate Brokers, State Fair of Texas Board of Directors,
the Advisory Board of the Business School of the University
of Southern Mississippi, Fannie Mae Advisory Council and the
Board of Trustees at St. John Missionary Baptist Church. In
2003, Herron was elected president of the Dallas/Ft. Worth
CENTURY 21 Broker's Council.
Herron hosted real
estate talk shows on KHVN-97 radio and on KXTS-TV entitled
Let's Talk Real Estate. He is currently the host of
The Real Estate Report, on KKDA radio in Dallas. He
has appeared as a guest speaker at the Century 21 National
Convention, The National Association of Real Estate Brokers
Convention, and also at conferences in Chicago, Atlanta, Las
Vegas, Houston and Louisville. He is also author of the
book, Ten Steps to Financial Freedom. His second
book, The Working Man and Woman's Guide to Becoming a
Millionaire, was released April 2006.
The Dallas Black
Chamber of Commerce awarded him the Quest for Success Award.
He has also received the Hammer Award by the SCLC and the
Education and Civic Award given by the Interdenominational
Ministerial Alliance of Metropolitan Dallas. The South
Dallas Business and Professional Women's Club selected
Herron as their 2002 Trailblazer and most recently honored
in 206 by the Dallas Urban League for his outstanding
achievements and contributions in the field of business at
their annual meeting and luncheon.
Herron is married to
wife, Lela and they have two children and two grandchildren.
Email:
therron@c21gallowayherron.com
Web: www.alherron.com
