REALTOR of the Year

The REALTOR of the YEAR award is given to the REALTOR® that best exemplifies professionalism and service to the industry. Someone who has contributed outstanding time and energy to the betterment of the REALTOR® organization, the real estate industry and our Berkshire Community!

Nominate an outstanding REALTOR member for the REALTOR of the YEAR Award!

  1. Please nominate an outstanding REALTOR member who has made the greatest contribution to the advancement of the real estate profession and the community at large from January 1 of the previous year to the present time (the last 18 months).  
  2. Once our local association candidate is chosen, they will be automatically in the running for Massachusetts REALTOR®  of the Year.  MAR will appoint their own selection committee to review the submissions from each board across the state.  The winner will be announced at the State Convention in October.
  3. The Massachusetts REALTOR® of the Year is selected annually from among the nominees of the 16 local associations of REALTORS® and nearly 19,000 REALTORS® in Massachusetts.  It is the association’s highest honor and recognizes members for their civic, business and industry-related activities and achievements in the 12 months prior to award’s presentation.
  4. The award criteria upon which nominees are judged include service to the local community, business accomplishments, and service to the REALTOR® organization on the local, state and national levels.  The state REALTOR® of the Year is chosen by a selection committee which consists of the past three recipients of the award, the association’s immediate past president (who shall serve as chairperson), and the immediate past president once removed.


2023 – Nick Geranios

2022 – Paula McLean

2021 – Pam Roberts

2020 – Eric Steuernagle

2019 – Barbara Osborne

2018 – Cortney Dupont

2017 – Franz Forster

2016 – Mary Jane White

2015 – Steven Ray

2014 – Barbara Osborne

2013 – Chapin Fish

2012 – Andy Perenick

2011 – Mark McIlquham

2010 – Anne Meczywor

2009 – Franz Forster

2008 – Barb Davis Hassan

2007 – Charley Sawyer

2006 – Sheila Wood

2005 – Lynne Blake

2004 – Mary Jane Dalmaso

2003 – Dan Boulais

2002 – Pam Roberts

2001 – Sherry Street

2000 – Elizabeth Randall

1999 – Sandy Drager

1998 – Debbie Dwyer

1997 – Mary Jo Piretti Miller

1996 – Mary White

1995 – Dottie Craft

1994 – Mary Eberwein

1993 – Al Gelinas

1992 – Nancy Kalodner

1991 – Angus MacDonald

1990 – Kathy Hazelett

1989 – Debbie Dwyer

1988 – Nancy Kalodner

1987 – Stanley Wojtkowski

1986 – Esther Quinn

1985 – Debbie Dwyer

1984 – Larry Kurber

1983 – Donald Ruffer

1982 – Linda Hebert

1981 – Eileen Quinn

1980 – Alan Robertson

1979 – Beverly Adams

1978 – Joseph Guitan

1977 – Mary McDermott

1976 – James Woods

1975 – Chester Dupont

1974 – Donald Ruffer

1973 – Ralph Sheufler

1972 – Carl Shirley

1970 – Richard Shiptonv

1968 – Richard Tucker Sr.