Meet The Keller Williams Alliance Staff
Nikki Chambless - Market Center Team Leader
Nikki Chambless has spent the last five years learning and loving all things real estate. From sales to property management, teaching to investing, she dove in head first and has been enjoying the real estate journey every step of the way. She has a background in business, bookkeeping and being an overall girl Friday, which has helped tremendously with running a real estate business and contributing to Keller Williams Alliance. She is very excited about stepping into the role of interim Team Leader at KWA.
You will often find music happening from or around her, as music is the fuel to her fire. Outside of real estate, she is a mom of two and enjoys motorcycling, gardening and reading.
Kelsey Waters - Director of Value
Kelsey Waters is the Director of Value at Keller Williams Alliance. A proud veteran of the United States Air Force, she served for four years as a Public Affairs Specialist and was stationed at Royal Air Force Mildenhall in Suffolk, England. After being honorably discharged, she went to Piedmont Virginia Community College where she graduated with an Associate Degree in both Business Administration and General Studies. She is currently pursuing her Bachelors of Science in Business, with a concentration in Accounting, from Mary Baldwin University in Staunton, Virginia.
Kelsey is also the mother of a set of six-year-old twins named Oliver and Cecilia. In her spare time, Kelsey enjoys reading, volunteering and spending time outside.
Donna Patton - Managing Broker
Donna became a REALTOR® in 1996 and obtained her Brokers License in 2002, at which time she became a Supervising Broker and remains one to this day. Donna joined Keller Williams Alliance in 2017.
Donna is very involved in local and state committees and keeps up to date with law and industry changes. She uses her knowledge to help agents in her office and teaches not only continuing education classes but also designation courses.
Donna has been recognized for her contributions as REALTOR® of the Year, Sales Association of the Year Ethics in Action and Good Neighbor Award from CAAR and CRS of the Year award from the Residential Real Estate Council.
Amanda Spigone - Market Center Team Director
A true lover of all things real estate, Amanda Spigone brings her enthusiasm and knowledge of real estate to all that she does. Amanda grew up with a love of real estate as a 2nd generation real estate broker. She has worked in various facets of the real estate industry from new construction to property management, but her true love has always been real estate sales. Amanda has made education a priority and is constantly taking professional classes to help in her career. She is the 2021 Women’s Council of REALTORS® President, a member of the Associate Leadership Council at Keller Williams and a 2017-2020 honoree of the Charlottesville Area Association of REALTORS Professional Honor Society.
In her new role as Market Center Team Director, Amanda gets to share her passion for real estate and education by helping others succeed in their own careers. She is looking forward to helping agents learn the ins and outs of real estate, all while helping their clients have the best possible client experience.
In her downtime, Amanda loves to spend time with her three kids, family and friends.
Wendy Binder - Market Center Tech Trainer
Wendy Binder has worked with Keller Williams Alliance since 2015 and has filled various roles during that time – from a Team Administrator & Transaction Coordinator to Market Center Coordinator and Business Coach – before finally landing her current role as the Market Center Tech Trainer. In this role, Wendy is responsible for educating agents about the KW technology platforms like KW Command and coaching agents on using all of the available tech tools within KW to build better businesses with predictable profit through the technology tools that KW has to offer. She loves to teach, train and coach agents on how to do just that.
Wendy’s other work passion revolves around bringing new agents into the real estate industry and seeing them succeed. She does this by hosting monthly Career Events, coaching people through the licensing process and connecting them with all of the support and training that KW Alliance has to offer.