Real estate roots. A bigger purpose.

I connect people
to possibility.

I’m Seanna Smallwood—also known as SeanSherrie. REALTOR®, Sr. Mortgage Advisor, housing systems innovator, founder, and policy strategist. I turn decades of experience into ideas that bring people, communities, and systems together.

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Fort Myers, Florida · Connecting across sectors

Seanna Smallwood smiling with her arms folded

Seanna SmallwoodFounder. Connector. Community advocate.

35+ yearsReal estate & mortgage experience

1,000+Commercial & residential transactions managed

One purposeClose the gaps. Create opportunity.

A career built on service. Recognized for results.

Numerous awards.
A lasting Maryland legacy.

Multiple-award-winning real estate experience, recognized by the Southern Maryland Association of REALTORS® and CENTURY 21®.

Southern Maryland
Association of REALTORS®

Numerous SMAR awards earned during my Maryland real estate career—a meaningful part of the professional foundation behind everything I build today.

CENTURY 21®

Numerous CENTURY 21 awards and recognition, with roots at CENTURY 21 / H. T. Brown Real Estate in Waldorf, Maryland.

Historical award-verification inquiries

For historical award records, contact the Southern Maryland Association of REALTORS®.

SMAR · 301-274-4406 Visit SMAR

01 / The person behind the platforms

Different industries.
The same human need.

“I was born to close the gap in cross-system collaboration.”

I’ve successfully managed 1,000+ commercial and residential transactions, encompassing millions of dollars in contracts and escrow closings.

My career began in mortgage operations in 1988. Since then, I’ve worked across real estate, mortgage finance, title and closings, federal service, training, and nonprofit leadership. That perspective helps me see how one decision can affect an entire household—and how much gets lost when people and systems don’t connect.

Today, I lead SeanSherrie Enterprises and Communities We Love On, Inc. My work brings practical housing experience together with community engagement, survivor advocacy, and public policy.

Seeing families lose options when help arrived late or organizations worked in silos led me toward systems design. As a practitioner-scholar, I connect housing affordability, foreclosure prevention, economic mobility, and survivor-informed advocacy with evidence-based policy and ethical governance.

Explore the portfolio

Every brand.
One place to find your next step.

Discover the products, platforms, professional services, and community initiatives across my portfolio, organized by brand.

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03 / Experience that connects the dots

A practitioner’s perspective.
A founder’s imagination.

From the transaction table to program design, my work combines operational experience with a commitment to better outcomes.

B.S., Communications · Minor in Psychology, Walden University, 2025
MPA candidate, Law & Public Policy · Anticipated 2027
Golden Key International Honour Society · National Society of Leadership and Success

1988–1998

The operational foundation

Office Manager, Washington Suburban Mortgage. Concurrent federal procurement service at GAO, 1992–1993.

2001–2011

Representation, leadership & training

REALTOR® at Century 21 HT Brown; later Branch Manager, Corporate Trainer & REALTOR® at Realty World.

2016–2020

Mortgage branch leadership

Senior Mortgage Broker & Branch Manager, First Washington Mortgage.

2019–today

Building beyond the transaction

Founder of Communities We Love On, Inc.; founder and principal of SeanSherrie Enterprises. Today: real estate, MPIRE Financial, policy strategy, and platform development.

04 / How I show up

Your goal becomes my goal.

I start with what matters to you—your needs, your timing, and what a successful outcome looks like.

Knowledge is meant to be shared.

Clear guidance and practical education help people make more confident decisions.

Connection should create value.

I bring people and ideas together around a common good, with follow-through and accountability.

The author / 2013 & 2018

Words that give
experience a voice.

Before building platforms, I put stories on the page. My published books explore hope, healing, and finding a way forward.

SEANNA SMALLWOOD

Dear God

Book 1
A Story from Hell to Hope

Published 2013

April 25, 2013 · CreateSpace

Dear God: Book 1:
A Story from Hell to Hope

A story that brings a child’s experience into focus, using letters to give difficult experiences a voice and open a path toward hope.

Author: Seanna Smallwood
Illustrators: Olivia & Alexis Quade
ISBN 9781484822951 · 1484822951

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eBay paperback ↗iMusic publication record ↗Alibris catalog ↗

SEANNA SMALLWOOD

Letters to the Soul

The Guide to
Spiritual Awakening

Published 2018

July 3, 2018 · Independently published

Letters to the Soul:
The Guide to Spiritual Awakening

A reflective guide to healing, spiritual awakening, and discovering personal purpose, connecting lived experience with the search for meaning.

Author: Seanna Smallwood
Paperback ISBN 9781983345401 · 1983345407
Kindle ASIN B07F7GV8ZQ

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eBay paperback ↗Publication details ↗

Book availability and formats are set by each bookseller. Jacket panels above are editorial title treatments.

Amazon author profile

Sharing the craft.

My writing instruction brings the publishing journey into practical guidance for aspiring authors—from the first idea to a finished book.

Explore my writing instruction ↗

In print / On screen / In conversation

A public record of
ideas put into motion.

Historical media features and announcements connect my Maryland work in mortgage education, technology, and survivor advocacy.

Professional media feature · March 7, 2020

At the intersection of
mortgage finance and law.

Southern Maryland Law featured me alongside attorney Dave Gormley in a discussion of VA financing and Chapter 13 bankruptcy, identifying my historical role with Southern Trust Mortgage.

Read the feature & view the presentation ↗Related consumer legal guide ↗

A historical educational appearance; financing rules and eligibility are assessed at the time of inquiry.

Historical press release · September 25, 2019

Southern Maryland
meets voice technology.

From White Plains, Real Estate 1 Stop Shop announced an Alexa concierge connecting consumer questions, local businesses, and professional services. The announcement also described a local scavenger-hunt concept—an early expression of my community engagement approach.

Read the PRWeb announcement ↗

Issued by Real Estate 1 Stop Shop, Inc.

Historical press release · October 31, 2019

A voice for
survivor stories.

The Solomons-datelined Survivor Chronicles announcement introduced a Communities We Love On initiative for permission-based survivor storytelling and resource connections, naming me as founding CEO.

Read the Survivor Chronicles release ↗

Issued by Real Estate 1 Stop Shop, Inc.

Then and now. These features preserve the affiliations and initiatives of their time. Today’s platforms and professional services are introduced in the ecosystem.

Maryland / The foundation

Where the relationships
became a career.

Waldorf. White Plains. La Plata. Nanjemoy. Newburg. Port Tobacco. Upper Marlboro. Mechanicsville. A career grounded in the communities and people of Maryland.

My Maryland experience spans mortgage operations, title and settlement work, buyer and seller representation, branch leadership, and corporate training. Historical professional affiliations include CENTURY 21 / H. T. Brown, Realty World, Keller Williams Preferred Properties, Residential Plus Real Estate Services, Exit Landmark Realty, First Washington Mortgage, and Southern Trust Mortgage.

11Maryland property highlights
preserved in the collection

Selected historical transactions and listing credits
Property / Original source	Historical date	Professional role & details
8844 Marble Arch Ct, White Plains ↗	February 2020	Listing credit: Seanna Smallwood, Residential Plus Real Estate Services; BRIGHT MLS MDCH209896.
3369 Ryon Ct, Waldorf ↗	July 2019	Buyer-side credit: Seanna Smallwood, Exit Landmark Realty; BRIGHT MLS MDCH201512.
2408 Shade Oak Ct, Waldorf ↗	November 2019	Page displays both listing and buyer-side credits to Seanna Smallwood, Residential Plus; BRIGHT MLS MDCH208048.
4020 Port Tobacco Rd, Nanjemoy ↗	December 2017	Listing credit: Seanna Smallwood, Keller Williams Preferred Properties; BRIGHT MLS 1000178041.
2936 Eutaw Forest Dr, Waldorf ↗	Date not recorded	Listing credit: Seanna Smallwood, Exit Landmark Realty; BRIGHT MLS MDCH202200.
13205 Glebe Pl, Newburg ↗	2020-01-31	Buyer-side credit: Seanna Smallwood, Residential Plus. Page records a $430,000 closing; BRIGHT MLS MDCH183950.
13195 Glebe Pl, Newburg ↗	2020-01-31	Buyer-side credit: Seanna Smallwood, Residential Plus. Page records a $430,000 closing; BRIGHT MLS MDCH183944.
7440 Kay Dr, Port Tobacco ↗	May 2017	Buyer-side credit: Seanna Smallwood, Keller Williams Preferred Properties; BRIGHT MLS 1000477193.
10307 Prince Charles Ct, Upper Marlboro ↗	2017-08-15	Seanna credited as seller’s agent with Residential Plus. Page reports $305,000 sold against a $299,000 list price.
9485 Brittingham Court, La Plata ↗	2017-05-04	Seanna S Smallwood credited as listing agent with Keller Williams Preferred Properties. Page reports a $488,000 sale; listing identifier 1000476517.
26959 Mechanicsville Rd, Mechanicsville ↗	2018-02-02	Historical purchase details credit Seanna as buyer’s agent with Residential Plus on a $240,000 closing.

A selection of career transactions, with dates and roles as displayed by the linked property sources. Brokerage names reflect historical affiliations. View the Waldorf C21 / H. T. Brown roster ↗

Authorship, resilience & advocacy.

My biography links to a Southern Maryland Newspapers literary feature about overcoming personal abuse and publishing a book.

Explore the newspaper feature ↗

Community service / 2010–2011

Will Be DD.
A safe way home.

I founded Will Be Designated Driver to help people get home safely from local establishments. I served as founder and driver from April 2010 through June 2011.

The work brought community safety, entrepreneurship, and local relationships together—an early chapter in my commitment to building practical responses to real-world problems.

View my service history ↗

A Maryland service legacy.

Historical materials preserve a Waldorf-based charter model focused on safe rides, shared business resources, sponsorship, and impact measurement. A service flyer describes door-to-door transportation, an optional second driver for a customer’s vehicle, National Harbor trips, and event services.

Explore the charter-model presentation ↗View the historical service flyer ↗View the Waldorf business listing ↗

Presentations were uploaded in 2014; those upload dates are separate from my 2010–2011 service history. These are historical materials, not an active transportation booking service.

Education / Honors / Lifelong learning

Experience, strengthened
by continued study.

Communications, psychology, public administration, and advocacy bring a human perspective to the systems I build.

Walden University

B.S., Communications

Minor in Psychology · 2025
Magna Cum Laude

My academic foundation connects clear communication with an understanding of people, behavior, and the systems around them.

Walden University · In progress

Master of Public Administration

Law & Public Policy

Current GPA: 4.0 · Anticipated completion: 2027. Developing the policy and administrative perspective that supports practical program design and implementation.

Leadership & academic recognition

Golden Key International Honour Society

Member · 2023

National Society of Leadership and Success

Sigma Alpha Pi · Member, 2023

Advocacy, leadership & operational training

Certified Victim Advocate · Core Competency Victim Advocacy Training, Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence (2018)
Florida Supreme Court County Mediation Training
Lean Six Sigma and Project Management Training
NAR Code of Ethics Trainer
Floyd Wickman StarMakers Trainer
MiCAShA Certified Pro · Housing Advocate Certification
Board Member Essentials, Grant Essentials & Marketing Essentials · NonprofitReady (2024)
Personal Safety and Security · Save the Children US (2024)
Create a Brand Strategy · LinkedIn (2020)
Mortgage finance · NMLS #1252825 · Florida & Maryland
Federal procurement experience · U.S. GAO (1992–1993)

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Relationships / Reputation / Follow-through

The people behind
the professional story.

Knowledge. Results.
A relationship that lasted.

Anthony Nelson describes choosing me for a 2006 home sale, a sale in less than a week at the agreed price, and a relationship that became a family friendship. Alan B. Shoemaker’s recommendation highlights attentiveness and willingness to help.

Read the LinkedIn recommendations ↗

A smoother path
to settlement.

William W. Smith Jr. praises communication throughout the selling process, a smooth transition, and useful contractor referrals to prepare the home for its next owners.

Read the client testimonial ↗

Support through
the mortgage journey.

Heather Shymansky, Denton A, Esi Sogbo, Hugo Esteban Vidal, and Michael Hutton share experiences centered on reliability, education, persistence, and mortgage support.

Read the mortgage testimonials ↗

Summaries of attributed testimonials and recommendations. Linked sources preserve the original words and historical employer references. Explore consulting, speaking & advisory services ↗

The entrepreneurial thread

Every chapter
informs the next.

From a safe ride home to a coordinated public-service response, the work begins with a gap worth closing.

Historical foundation

Real Estate 1 Stop Shop

Housing services, professional connections, consumer education, and local discovery. The 2019 Alexa announcement and scavenger-hunt concept preserve an early chapter in my technology and community engagement work.

Read the launch announcement ↗

Professional development

myProGenie & MiCAShA

Professional support, business development, and housing-affordability education are part of the wider portfolio described in my SWFL Inc. profile.

Read the professional directory profile ↗

Today’s connected vision

SeanSherrie Enterprises & Communities We Love On, Inc.

Commercial ventures and nonprofit leadership carry that experience into housing, finance, advocacy, technology, policy, and community connection.

Explore today’s ecosystem ↓

Read furtherThe collected work & original sourcesExplore all 39 records across books, media, professional history, and community service.

39 records

Seanna Smallwood · Biography & speaking profile

Executive biography

Professional mission, academic distinctions, trainer credentials, and advisory services.

I connect peopleto possibility.

Numerous awards.A lasting Maryland legacy.

Southern MarylandAssociation of REALTORS®

CENTURY 21®

Different industries.The same human need.

Every brand.One place to find your next step.

A practitioner’s perspective.A founder’s imagination.

The operational foundation

Representation, leadership & training

Mortgage branch leadership

Building beyond the transaction

Your goal becomes my goal.

Knowledge is meant to be shared.

Connection should create value.

Words that giveexperience a voice.

Dear God

Dear God: Book 1:A Story from Hell to Hope

Letters to the Soul

Letters to the Soul:The Guide to Spiritual Awakening

Sharing the craft.

A public record ofideas put into motion.

At the intersection ofmortgage finance and law.

Southern Marylandmeets voice technology.

A voice forsurvivor stories.

Where the relationshipsbecame a career.

Authorship, resilience & advocacy.

Will Be DD.A safe way home.

A Maryland service legacy.

Experience, strengthenedby continued study.

B.S., Communications

Master of Public Administration

Golden Key International Honour Society

National Society of Leadership and Success

Advocacy, leadership & operational training

The people behindthe professional story.

Knowledge. Results.A relationship that lasted.

A smoother pathto settlement.

Support throughthe mortgage journey.

Every chapterinforms the next.

Real Estate 1 Stop Shop

myProGenie & MiCAShA

SeanSherrie Enterprises & Communities We Love On, Inc.

Executive biography

Author feature

VA Loans & Bankruptcy

Bankruptcy Legal Guide Maryland

Southern Maryland REALTOR launches an Amazon Alexa Skill free to users

Survivor Chronicles launch

C21/H T Brown Real Estate agent roster

8844 Marble Arch Ct, White Plains

3369 Ryon Ct, Waldorf

2408 Shade Oak Ct, Waldorf

4020 Port Tobacco Rd, Nanjemoy

2936 Eutaw Forest Dr, Waldorf

13205 Glebe Pl, Newburg

13195 Glebe Pl, Newburg

7440 Kay Dr, Port Tobacco

10307 Prince Charles Ct, Upper Marlboro

9485 Brittingham Court, La Plata

26959 Mechanicsville Rd, Mechanicsville

Professional profile, recommendations, volunteer history & publications

Client testimonial: William W. Smith Jr.

Mortgage-client testimonials

SeanSherrie Enterprises member profile

Professional biography and portfolio

Seanna Smallwood business profile

Letters to the Soul — paperback catalog

Letters to the Soul — publication metadata

Letters to the Soul — Kindle destination

Dear God: Book 1: A Story from Hell to Hope

Dear God — retail listing

Dear God — dated publication record

Dear God — additional catalog

Writing and first-book instruction profile

Will Be Designated Driver — Waldorf listing

Will Be D.D. charter-model presentation

Will Be D.D. service flyer

SMAR 2018 production-awards ceremony report

2018 SMAR awards program

SMAR awards administration & contact