Leann D’Ettore Named 2019 Rhode Island REALTOR of the Year
Warwick, RI… October 25, 2019 – The Rhode Island Association of Realtors (RIAR) has announced that Leann D’Ettore, associate broker of Homistic Real Estate, was chosen by her peers as the 2019 Rhode Island Realtor of the Year. The award recognizes one of more than 5000 Realtors throughout Rhode Island for their dedication to the Realtor organization and their local communities.
D’Ettore has served in various leadership roles for local, state and national Realtor associations. At the local level, she served as past treasurer, secretary and president of the Greater Providence Board of Realtors and was the winner of the Board’s Lear Award, the highest honor bestowed upon its members. She is also a past officer of the Greater Providence chapter of Women’s’ Council of Realtors. As this year’s winner of the Greater Providence Board’s Realtor of the Year Award, she was one of five local Realtor board candidates for the statewide Rhode Island Realtor of the Year Award.
At the state level, D’Ettore has been a member of the Rhode Island Association of Realtors Board of Directors since 2015 and served on its executive committee since 2018. She has participated in numerous committees, among them the Rhode Island Realtor Political Action Committee, Fundraising Committee and Young Professionals Network.
This year, D’Ettore accepted the role of 2019 National Association of Realtors Major Investor Council member during which time she brought Major Investor donations to Rhode Island’s Realtor Political Action Committee to new levels. She was named as a 30 Under 30 honoree by Realtor Magazine and was recognized in 2012, 13 and 14 as a semi-finalist in Forbes Magazine’s EMPACT 100 List of young entrepreneurs. She has been a speaker at national real estate conferences from Las Vegas to Washington D.C.
D’Ettore’s professional resume is second only to her track record of civic engagement. She actively volunteers for Habitat for Humanity, Disabled American Veterans and Junior Achievement of RI, to name just a few.
“Leann sets an example for Realtors everywhere. Her dedication to her peers and the communities she serves is unsurpassed. She is the consummate professional. Her Rhode Island Realtor of the Year award is well-deserved,” said Philip Tedesco, Chief Executive Office of the Rhode Island Association of Realtors.
D’Ettore is a resident of Narragansett, Rhode Island. She started Homistic Real Estate, which has offices in Cranston, Wakefield and Charlestown, in 2006.
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.
REALTOR® is a federally registered collective membership mark which identifies a real estate professional who is member of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® and subscribes to its strict Code of Ethics.