CHICAGO - (February 20, 2026)
Draper and Kramer, Incorporated, AMO®, a national full-service real estate firm, is pleased to announce Tim Kramer, vice president and director of operations, management services, was named the 2027 Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM®) secretary/treasurer nominee. With this nomination, which will be formally elected by the organization’s Governing Council later this year, he will serve on IREM’s 2027 Leadership Team. The nomination also puts him in line to serve as IREM’s secretary/treasurer in 2028, president-elect in 2029, president in 2030 and immediate past president in 2031.
Kramer, the great-grandson of Draper and Kramer co-founder Adolph Kramer, leads operations across Draper and Kramer’s national portfolio of multifamily communities, including more than 5,000 units under management in Chicago, St. Louis, Dallas, Austin, Phoenix and Denver. His 30-year career in multifamily property management includes a long track record of involvement and leadership with IREM, including serving as a national director and international instructor as well as sitting on the organization’s Governing Council, ethics inquiry panel, ethics hearing and discipline panel, ethics committee, and the former Real Estate Management Excellence Awards advisory board. He holds IREM’s CPM® (Certified Property Manager®) and ARM® (Accredited Residential Manager®) certifications.
“IREM has long been considered the standard-bearer for best practices in this industry, so we have always been incredibly proud of Tim’s deep commitment to the organization and furthering its efforts to provide education, networking and knowledge-sharing for real estate management professionals,” said Julie Stevlingson, senior vice president and director of management services at Chicago-based Draper and Kramer. “We know from the thoughtful expertise and vast knowledge of property management he brings to his work at Draper and Kramer every day that he is an ideal choice to be part of the national leadership team that guides IREM as the voice of the industry.”
In addition to the IREM nomination, Kramer was also recently appointed president of the Apartment Building Owners and Managers Association (ABOMA), a nonprofit that represents ownership and management of over 500 multifamily member buildings in the Chicago area. He is also an Ely Chapter member of Lamda Alpha International, a global land economics society.
Kramer first joined Draper and Kramer in 1993 as a leasing consultant and subsequently served as property manager and property operations specialist before being promoted to his current position in spring 2019. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration and management from the University of Phoenix and has completed additional executive education in operational management from Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Sloan School of Management.
About Draper and Kramer, Incorporated
Founded in 1893, Draper and Kramer, Incorporated is a trusted financial and property services provider with a deep commitment to people, excellence, service and integrity spanning more than 130 years. Family-owned and one of the leading privately held real estate services firms in the U.S., Draper ad Kramer is headquartered in Chicago with a national reach and broad offering of services. The company’s decades-long heritage has evolved over the years and today spans expertise in residential and commercial development, acquisition, property management and leasing; and debt and equity financing for commercial properties. Draper and Kramer provides a single source of real estate-related counsel to a diverse group of real estate investors across the U.S., including corporations; private and institutional owners and users of real estate; government agencies; and foundations. For more information, visit www.draperandkramer.com.
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