NYRAC Co-founder Swaps Compass For Elliman

Veteran agent and New York Residential Agent Continuum co-founder Heather Domi is heading back to Douglas Elliman.

After seven years with Compass, Domi is exiting the firm to return to Elliman, where she was an agent between 2009 and 2015. While at Compass, Domi led a five-person team, which she will be bringing with her to Elliman.

“I wasn’t looking to move, and it wasn’t anything I expected,” Domi said. She added that her decision to move came after she got to know Elliman’s CEO Michael Liebowitz, who took over the post late last year. “With all the changes that Michael is making, it’s clear that he cares about the brand.”

Liebowitz said he connected with Domi when she asked him to speak at an event with NYRAC, where she serves as the founding chair. He said her move to the company came after the two of them had multiple conversations about the state of the industry.

“She’s someone we can rely on during this renewal of the company,” said Liebowitz, who described Domi as “incredibly smart” and “well-connected.”

Domi is licensed in both New York and Florida, though she said she’s focused on building her business in New York and plans to tap referral partners to handle South Florida deals. At Elliman, Domi and her team will work with the brokerage’s sports and entertainment division.

Earlier this month, Domi represented Kenmare Consulting Group in the sale of the company’s six-bedroom townhouse on the Upper East Side. Data Theorem CEO Himanshu Dwivedi and his wife, Kusum Pandey, paid $13.7 million for the 5,700-square-foot home on East 80th Street, according to Crain’s New York.

Domi’s listings include a $2.8 million condo in Lincoln Square and a $1.9 million unit in Tribeca, according to StreetEasy.

In a statement, a spokesperson with Compass thanked Domi for her years with the firm and said the company wishes her well.

Domi launched her real estate career around 2001 and began focusing on new development sales a few years later. In 2007, she joined Corcoran Sunshine Marketing Group, where she led sales on projects such as United American Land’s Soho Mews.

Domi left her first stint at Elliman to serve as the sales director for Related Companies’ Zaha Hadid-designed project at 520 West 28th Street. During her tenure at the building, she ran her resale business through Core Real Estate.

Domi launched NYRAC, an agent advocacy group, in 2018 alongside other brokers. Domi was previously on the board of directors at the Real Estate Board of New York, though she stepped down from the position in 2022 after criticizing the trade group for failing to factor agents’ feedback into decisions despite collecting dues from them.

NYRAC joined the American Real Estate Association in January as the upstart trade group’s first local chapter. At the time of the announcement, NYRAC counted roughly 200 members. The American Real Estate Association was founded in 2024 by Compass agent Jason Haber and The Agency founder Mauricio Umansky.

Domi is joining Elliman after the departures of several of the firm’s top agents, including Holly Parker and Dennis Mangone, who joined Compass.

Liebowitz said the company plans to double down on recruiting in 2026, with the goal of adding about 3,500 agents across its markets.