HOW IT ALL
BEGAN
MEET THE ARRAS EXECUTIVE TEAM...
Kelly Hager
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER & CEO
Kelly founded Arras Sisters following a successful speaking career that was set into motion after her near-death experience. She bravely shared her story with people across the world. Kelly attributes her clarity to enjoy life, family, career and giving back to her overcoming her life's circumstances. Her ultimate goal is to impact the lives of others, particularly women, and now the women of ARRAS.
RECOGNITIONS
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Wall Street Journal Real Trends Top 200 of 1,000,000 / 2015, 2016
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Wall Street Journal Real Trends Top 250 of 1,000,000 / 2014
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Barbara Corcoran Award for Excellence for Real Estate Services 3 consecutive years
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St. Louis Business Journal Best Places to Work Finalist
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St. Louis Business Journal 5th Highest-Selling Real Estate Team
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Keller Williams Cultural Icon Award 3 consecutive years
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The Hellenic Spirit Foundation| the Athena Award
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St. Charles Association of REALTORS® Number One Mega Team Award
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Keller Williams BOLD Award |Quadruple Gold and Triple Gold Awards
Omar O'Hara
CREATIVE DIRECTOR & PRODUCTION MANAGER
Omar O'Hara is the Creative Director and Production Manager for Arras Sisters. He runs a team of passionate creatives with the drive to make a difference through their art. He is egalitarian by nature and sees this as an opportunity to level the playing field, inspiring women to do great impactful work. Omar brings two decades of experience from a background in production within independent films, television, and radio.
Kelly Mittelman-Hager is a proud St. Louis native and comes from a strong bloodline of real estate entrepreneurs. She earned a degree in political science from Maryville University in Missouri then relocated to Los Angeles and later spent time living in Australia. Kelly returned to the midwest in 2000 and after holding management positions at a handful of local companies she accepted her calling. In 2005, she founded The Kelly Hager Group which soon thereafter became known as the leading real estate group in the area until an unexpected near-death experience almost took it all away.
In July 2010, a mysterious illness suddenly caused her to be put into a medically induced coma. When she awoke, she was unable to see, walk, make cognitive decisions, and struggled with memory. After being out of the ICU for just a day, her husband said that he wanted a divorce, and left Kelly to care for their 3-year-old son on her own. Despite the dire circumstances, Kelly battled through extensive physical/occupational therapy and recovered. Determined to see past what she had experienced and to focus on what she could make of the future; namely taking care of her son, she pushed on to continue creating a thriving and unique real estate company.
Motivated by her life's circumstances and team’s achievements, Kelly launched her second corporation, LiveTeamLife. Her company encompasses international keynote speaking, business consulting and development. Through her experiences in the public speaking arena she discovered there are a tremendous amount of women who have a story that should be shared. Kelly is now the founder, CEO and executive producer of ARRAS Sisters an organization committed to creating opportunities for women. Her desire to build community and push forward through education, resources, and empowerment is inspiring.
Kelly credits her near-death experience with giving her the clarity to enjoy life, family, her profession and giving back. She goes on to say "Not everyone gets a near death experience. I was one of the lucky ones." Her ultimate goal is to impact the lives of others by helping build business teams, developing business culture, empowering entrepreneurs, and helping them overcome adversity.
Jane McCarthy
SENIOR PRODUCER
Jane is Senior Producer of Arras Sisters. She is responsible for interview coordination from the initial touch to pre-production to day of filming. She has combined her broad knowledge of loyalty, program implementation, and fundraising with her personal skills in public speaking, communication, networking and collaboration, to further the mission of Arras Sisters: creating opportunities for women. She is passionate and positive and considers Arras to be the place that intersects her passion with purpose.