For Immediate Release:
August 25, 2005
NJAR®
President-Elect Attends Leadership Seminar
Edison, NJ - New Jersey Association of
REALTORS® (NJAR®) President-Elect Bonnie
Fitzgerald, GRI, CRB, CRS, RECS, recently
attended the 2005 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF
REALTORS® (NAR) Leadership Summit in
Chicago. The two-day Leadership Summit on
August 18-19, 2005 brought together
Presidents-Elect and Executive Officers of
state and local associations, commercial
boards and structures, regional MLSs, and
national institutes, societies, and
councils.
Representatives from NAR provided the
association leaders and future association
leaders with information on integrating
national programs and priorities into state
and local association activities and on
developing objectives for their new
leadership role. Various industry leaders
presented on topics such as technology,
association leadership and management,
industry issues, and future trends in
business and society.
A REALTOR® since 1983, Fitzgerald is an
active member of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF
REALTORS®, New Jersey Association of
REALTORS® and the Ocean County Board of
REALTORS®. Fitzgerald has served on the NJAR®
Board of Directors as first vice president
(2004), public relations and communications
division officer (2003) and as a NJAR®
Director. At the national level, Fitzgerald
is a member of the multiple listings issues
and policies committee and has served as a
NAR director. As a member of the Ocean
County Board of REALTORS (OCBOR), Fitzgerald
is a member of the strategic planning,
personnel, multiple listing service, budget
& finance and professional standards
committees. In 1999, she served as president
of OCBOR. Fitzgerald was named REALTOR® of
the Year in 1999 by both the Ocean County
Board of REALTORS® and NJAR®.
The New Jersey Association of REALTORS® is a
non-profit organization serving the
professional needs of approximately 49,000
REALTOR® and REALTOR-ASSOCIATE® members in
the state. REALTOR® is a registered
collective membership mark which may be used
only by real estate professionals who
subscribe to the REALTOR® organization's
strict Code of Ethics and are members of the
National, State and Local REALTOR®
organizations.
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