Experienced Locals
At The Schneider group, we’re proud of our decades of real estate experience in and around Denver. Our team is made up of two generations of brokers and their associates: Cathy Melonakis Schneider and her daughter Kelley Schneider lead the team. Kristen Diebel and Terri Bohanon joined in 2024 giving a tremendous advantage to the the whole group.
As Denver natives, Cathy, Kelley, Kristen and Terri know the area’s neighborhoods inside and out, allowing them to help clients make the choices that are right for them. The Schneider Group not only excels as supportive agents but as geographic and financial experts in what will likely be one of the largest transactions you’ll ever be a part of.
Honesty is Our Policy
We believe that no transaction is worth sacrificing our ethics. We’ve turned down large commissions when we felt that the transaction could not be completed in alignment with our ethics.
The Schneider Group brings that level of commitment to integrity to every client interaction, making sure that our clients always receive the truth from our agents. Our business continues to grow based on referrals and returns because of our clients’ trust in us. We earn that trust the hard way, through a diligent commitment to honesty at all costs.
We Invest in Relationships
Our clients always come first. Communication is key to the way we conduct business, and we prioritize being available to our clients.
At The Schneider Group, we pride ourselves on building strong relationships with our clients through honesty and authenticity. We treat clients like real people, not paychecks, and we work hard to understand your priorities and meet your goals. We understand how personal buying or selling a home or new commercial property can be, and our agents are on hand to guide you through the entire process.
How We Do It
We know how tricky buying and selling property can be – that’s why we’re by your side every step of the way. We’ve developed a network of trustworthy professionals to support our clients at every step, including a legal team that advises on complicated deals, strong partners in lending and title, and marketing professionals to photograph property and boost visibility.
At every step, we conduct business in a way that protects and supports our clients.
Meet The Team
Our incredible team is the heart and soul of The Schneider Group’s success. We’re a dedicated, family-run business with over 50 years combined experience. We believe in working hard and having fun, and in making the buying and selling journey enjoyable for our clients.
We work closely with clients, and we think it’s important for you to know who you’re choosing to trust. Learn more about each of our agents, their professional expertise, and their dedication to quality services and support.
Cathy, a Denver native, has worked as a licensed realtor since 1980, starting in property management before entering the world of sales. Prior to working in real estate, Cathy saw success in mortgage lending, where she gained valuable experience that she now uses to support clients. As a realtor, Cathy’s work has focused on single family residences, though she also assists on commercial sales including large multi-unit residential spaces.
Cathy serves as Team Lead for The Schneider Group, modeling the importance of professionalism, good client communication, attention to detail, and continuing education through mentoring and leadership. Cathy attributes her success to these qualities, building a business that has grown out of generations of referrals and return clients.
Respect is critically important to Cathy – she makes it a point to treat her clients with respect through communication and advocacy and to respect her peers in the real estate community. Her sterling reputation and esteem from industry colleagues echoes Cathy’s success and commitment to her ethics.
In her free time, Cathy enjoys traveling, playing golf, hiking, and spending time with loved ones, including her family’s weekly Sunday dinner. Cathy is a certified scuba diver and speaks fluent Greek. As a realtor, Cathy has found the perfect cross-over of her personal and professional life, making lifelong friends with shared interests through the business.
Cathy is a member of the RE/MAX Hall of Fame and a recipient of the RE/MAX Lifetime Achievement award, and was twice recognized as Top 20 Agent for the entire RE/MAX Mountain States region.
Terri is a seasoned real estate professional with over three decades of experience, currently working as a Broker Associate with The Schneider Group – RE/MAX Alliance in Denver, Colorado. She has had a diverse and successful real estate career, including a role as a senior executive at RE/MAX World Headquarters, where she led U.S. regional start-up operations and turned around underperforming regions, earning recognition as North America Region of the Year in 2017.
As a Broker Associate, Terri is dedicated to building relationships and earning the trust of her clients by providing a first-class real estate experience, aiming to make the real estate transaction less stressful and more meaningful using her breadth of knowledge, business acumen and experience.
Terri enjoys music and attending concerts, playing golf, scuba diving in exotic locations, and spending time with family and friends.
Kristen has been a licensed Realtor since 2014, helping people buy and sell residential properties throughout the vibrant and diverse Denver Metro area. With a passion for real estate and a commitment to excellence, she has successfully guided clients through the process of buying and selling residential real estate for the past decade.
Kristen prides herself on building authentic, lasting relationships with her clients. She believes that understanding their unique needs and goals is the cornerstone of exceptional customer service. Her extensive market knowledge, coupled with her unwavering integrity, ensures that every transaction is handled with the competence and professionalism her clients deserve.
When she’s not assisting clients, Kristen enjoys embracing the Colorado outdoors through hiking and golfing. She also loves curling up with a good book and cherishing moments with her husband and their four wonderful children.
Kelley began her real estate career in 2012, representing commercial tenants and finding and analyzing buy-and-flip housing deals with a group of investors. Having received her M.B.A. from Regis University in 2011 and after excelling in corporate marketing consulting, Kelley chose to become a Realtor after seeing the success of her parents and friends in the industry. Since entering the industry, Kelley has sold everything from $200,000 condos, $9 million apartment buildings, and everything in between in residential, commercial land, retail centers, and industrial complexes.
Kelley is proud of the service provider she has become. Having grown up in a Realtor household, she’s built on her parents’ decades of experience in the Denver area, taking the lessons she’s learned and adapting them to her individual brand. She’s grateful to be able to work alongside her mother Cathy, who receives high praise from her professional peers. Kelley focuses her services on honesty and trust – having even turned down commissions that go against her integrity.
Personable and professional, Kelley is a strong negotiator, using her mind for numbers to get to the heart of every conversation. She builds strong relationships with her clients centered on honesty and authenticity. In her free time, Kelley enjoys yoga, soccer, running, and has recently fallen in love with playing pool.
Kelley is a member of the RE/MAX Executive Club, RE/MAX 100% Club (2019-2022), and the DMAR Platinum Club and is well on her way to becoming CCIM certified.