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Email: kerry@rirealtors.org

State-Wide MLS Announces 2012 Officers & Directors

Warwick, RI…State-Wide Multiple Listing Service (MLS) has announced the installation of its 2012 officers and board of directors.  Susan Stamford of RE/MAX Town and Country in Cumberland will lead the organization as 2012 President. 
 
Stamford served as the 2009 President of the Northern Rhode Island Board of REALTORS® and was also the board’s 2009 REALTOR® of the Year. She sits on the Board of Directors for State-Wide MLS and the Rhode Island Association of Realtors, and has served on a number of committees for the Northern Rhode Island Board and the Rhode Island Association of REALTORS®.  Stamford is a resident of Lincoln, RI. 
 
Other 2012 officers elected to serve include: Vice President/Secretary, John Silvia of Prudential Prime Properties in Middletown; and Treasurer, Jeffrey Butler of Butler Realty Group in Warwick.
 
New and Reappointed Directors are:

• Paul "Ryan" Antrop, Gold Key Properties, Cumberland
• Jane Roach, Jane Roach Real Estate, Newport
• Jennifer O'Hora Lawrence, Century 21 Access America, Newport
• Manny Menezes, Exit Realty Consultants, East Providence
• Donna Vanderbeck, Randall Realtors Real Living, North Kingstown
• Bruce Lane, Williams and Stuart Real Estate, Cranston

The new officers and directors will take their post following their installation at the National Association of Realtors Annual Meeting in Anaheim, CA next month.
 
State-Wide MLS facilitates the exchange of real estate information among real estate professionals and provides cutting edge resources and technology to its 4333 members in Rhode Island and nearby states. RILiving.com, the official consumer website of the Rhode Island Association of Realtors and State-Wide MLS, is the premiere site for those looking to buy, rent or sell homes in the Ocean State.

Susan Stamford

2012 State-Wide MLS
President

About the Rhode Island Association of REALTORS®

The Rhode Island Association of REALTORS®, one of the largest trade organizations in Rhode Island with more than 5,000 members in nearly 1,000 offices, has been serving Rhode Islanders since 1948. Advocating for Rhode Island's property owners, the Rhode Island Association of REALTORS® provides a facility for professional development, research and exchange of information among its members and to the public and government for the purpose of preserving the free enterprise system and the right to own real property. Last year, RI Realtors transacted $6.9 billion in residential real estate sales and $7.1 billion in total sales and rentals including commercial transactions.

The Association is one of more than 1,500 boards and associations that comprise the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR). The National Association of Realtors®, “The Voice for Real Estate,” is America's largest trade association, representing over 1.5 million members involved in all aspects of the residential and commercial real estate industries and who subscribe to a strict Code of Ethics.