Tracey Rittelmeyer

Tracey Rittelmeyer is President of Ausum Realty, Inc. Her experience encompasses real estate management/sales/development, asset disposition, corporate relations, government relations and economic development. Tracey’s career spans through an array of public service leadership positions in  the Department of Commerce – Business Liaison, Arkansas Economic Development and municipal leadership. She earned her BA in Political Science from Rhodes College and MPA in Public Administration from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock with honors. She was inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa Graduate Honor Society and Alpha Epsilon Lambda. Also, she is an entrepreneur, developer, broker and auctioneer.

Tracey served on National Association of Realtors (Strategic Planning, Business Issues Policy and Global Business Alliances Committees), Arkansas Realtors Association (Risk Reduction and Professional Standards Committee Member), Council of Residential Specialists (Arkansas Chapter President 2010-2011), and Arkansas Auctioneers Association. She is a  certified real estate mediator and ombudsman. Additionally, she is a long-time member of the Arkansas Real Estate Foundation Board (Chairman and Treasurer), and Women’s Business Council Southwest Site Certification Review Committee.

In 2006, Governor Mike Huckabee appointed Tracey to the Arkansas Inspection Registration Board and to lead the Brownfield Community Development Grant for Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service.

Since 2012, Tracey has advocated for women in business.  She is a member of the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) and Women’s Business Council Southwest Site Certification Review Committee. In fact, she has helped over 100 women business owners obtain their Women’s Business Enterprise (WBE) certification. In 2023, the Women’s Business Council Southwest named Tracey – “Regional Volunteer of the Year.”

In 2017, Governor Asa Hutchinson appointed Tracey to the Arkansas Economic Development Commission (AEDC) and reappointed to an additional four-year term in 2022 as a Congressional District Appointment At Large. She was 2022 Chairman of AEDC and board member of the Arkansas Economic Development Foundation as well as the Arkansas Industrial and Economic Development Foundation. Tracey continued to serve under Governor Sarah Sanders from 2023- 2025.

Tracey was named the Arkansas World Trade Center Advisory Board Member of the Year in 2024. She also serves on the Arkansas Leadership Foundation for Women Board.

She is married to Chase Rittelmeyer, CLCS and has one daughter, Gabrielle.