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Contact: Kerry Park
Ph: 401-432-6948
Email: kerry@rirealtors.org

RI Association of Realtors and State-Wide MLS Announce New Officers

Warwick, RI, November 18, 2009...The Rhode Island Association of Realtors (RIAR) has announced its 2010 officers.  Installed at the association's Annual Meeting on October 22nd, they begin their official duties this week, following their return from the National Association of Realtors Annual Convention in San Diego.  Karl Martone, of RE/MAX Properties in Smithfield will serve as President of the 4300-member association.  He is a long-standing member of the RIAR Board of Directors, Past President of State-Wide MLS,  and a recipient of the 2008 RIAR Realtor of the Year award.

Other officers include: President-Elect, Stephen Antoni of RE/MAX Professionals in East Greenwich; Vice President, Jamie Moore of Jamie Moore Appraisal Service in Warwick; Treasurer, Victoria Doran of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in Providence; Secretary, Sussy DeLeon of RE/MAX New Horizons in Providence; and Immediate Past President,  Paul Leys of Gustave White Sotheby's International Realty in Newport.

The State-Wide Multiple Listing Service, a subsidiary of the Rhode Island Association of Realtors, also announced its 2010 officers. They are: President, Allen Gammons, Jr., Prudential Gammons Realty in East Greenwich; Vice President/Secretary, Connor Dowd, Keller Williams of Newport; Treasurer, Ed Stachurski, Century 21 Stachurski Agency in Pawtucket and; Immediate Past President, Alyce Kleczek, Bay Realty in Narragansett. 

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Karl Martone

2010 REALTOR®
State 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.