Jean Merkelbach

Jean Merkelbach is a powerful leader in luxury real estate whose career is marked by her fierce loyalty and commitment to her clients. With keen negotiating and decision-making skills and a true passion for real estate, Jean has long cultivated the competitive strengths and skills that enable her to meet the expectations of the sophisticated buyers and sellers she represents. A forty year real estate veteran, Jean's successful career includes being recognized consistently by The Wall Street Journal as both the top producing agent at Lake Tahoe, in the state of Nevada, as well as in the top 50 nationwide. She consistently ranks among the top 10 agents for Engel & Völkers in the Americas. Her commitment to give back to the community includes initiating programs such as Community Service Day, Adopt-A-Family, The Teachers Fund, and Give Back Homes - a community of real estate professionals committed to creating social change by helping build homes for deserving families around the globe. Jean has served on the Board of Directors for the Reno Tahoe International Film Festival, Girl Scouts of the Sierra Nevada, and Ronald McDonald House Charities. Jean is the Corporate Broker for Engel & Völkers in Northern Nevada, whose Lake Tahoe office was the first Engel & Völkers shop to open in the region. Jean is notably only of a small number of Engel & Völkers brokers to achieve the designation of Private Office Advisor.