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!
- 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).
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
2024 – Jessie Downer
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.