Sal has been in the real estate business since 1977, obtaining his Brokers license in 1982. Throughout his career, he has held positions as Sales Associate, Sales Manager, General Manager, and Training Director.

As a pre-licensing class instructor since 1986 and Director of the Delaware School of Real Estate since 1997, Sal has both taught and worked with thousands of agents over the years.

Sal was named the State of Delaware REALTOR® of the Year in 2000, inducted into the NCCBOR Hall of Fame in 2009, and received the NCCBOR Ethics Award in 2012.

Nancy earned her B.A. degree from the University of Delaware and her J.D. degree from the Dickinson School of Law. Nancy has taught real estate law with DSRE since 2014 and is a frequent lecturer on real estate issues at seminars and classes sponsored by the New Castle County Board of Realtors, Kent County Association of Realtors, Sussex County Association of Realtors and the Delaware Association of Realtors.

Barbara A. Brodoway graduated from the University of Delaware with a B.A. in art history and history in 1981 and subsequently went on to law school. She received her J.D. from Villanova Law School in 1985. She was admitted to the Delaware Bar in 1985 and the Federal Bar in 1986. She teaches real estate law and seminars for the New Castle, Kent and Sussex Counties Board of Realtors as well as the Delaware Association of Realtors.

Lori graduated from Ohio State University with a B.S. degree in Mathematics Education. She has experience teaching at the middle school, high school and college level. Lori previously held a Real Estate License in Mississippi before moving to Pennsylvania. She has been the math instructor for our pre-licensing course since 2014 and enjoys the challenge of making the math portion of our course as painless as possible for her students!

Chris earned a BS degree in Business Administration from the University of Delaware and began his real estate career in 1989, joining Patterson-Schwartz in 1993. Chris has been the Sales Manager of the Newark Sales Center since 1997 and also manages the Cecil County, MD Sales Center that opened in 2005. Chris holds a real estate license in Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania and currently serves on the Professional Standards Committee for the Cecil County Board of Realtors. Chris is a Lifetime Member of the New Castle County Board of Realtors Multimillion Dollar Club and the Realty Alliance for the past 14 years.

Dave graduated from the University of Delaware in 1998 and began his real estate career in 2003 with Patterson-Schwartz Real Estate in Newark. Dave spent 7 years as an assistant manager in the Newark Office and then in 2015 Dave became the Broker/Sales Manager of the Middletown Office. In 2024 Dave expanded his managerial responsibilities when he became the Broker/Sales Manager for the Dover Office as well. Dave holds a real estate license in Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania and was the 2025 Award Recipient of the Mel Stout Ethics Award.