Dawn M. Carpenter is a past president of the Staten Island Board of REALTORS® and chair of the Staten Island Multiple Listing Service

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – Staten Island Realtor Dawn M. Carpenter took the oath of office Monday, Feb. 6, as the 2017 president of the New York State Association of REALTORS® (NYSAR). The association’s inauguration ceremony was held in conjunction with its business meetings at The Desmond Hotel and Conference Center in Albany, NY. She will serve a one-year term in the post.

Dawn M. Carpenter, president of the New York State Association of REALTORS®

A REALTOR® for more than 17 years, Ms. Carpenter is the broker-owner of Dawning Real Estate in the Island community of Bloomfield.

Ms. Carpenter is a past president of the Staten Island Board of REALTORS® (SIBOR) and chair of the Staten Island Multiple Listing Service. Additionally, she has served on or chaired numerous local board committees as well as having served on the board of directors for many years. She was recognized as SIBOR’s REALTOR® of the Year in 2008. She also holds memberships in the Brooklyn board, Columbia-Greene board and Greater Capital association.

Active in her community, Ms. Carpenter is a long-time volunteer with the March of Dimes and American Cancer Society, as well as the Columbia-Greene and Richmond County Special Olympics.

At the state level, she has chaired the REALTORS® Political Action Committee (RPAC) Trustees and the Organizational Planning Committee. She has served on numerous other NYSAR committees including legal action, legislative policy and professional standards steering. She has also served on the NYSAR Board of Directors and executive committee for several years. She was named the association’s REALTOR® of the Year in 2011.

At the national level, Ms. Carpenter has served as a National Association of REALTORS® director and as a member of the Commercial Committee and Federal Technology Policy Advisory Board. She was 2016 chair of the Property Management Forum and continues to serve on the forum. She is the vice chair of the Large Commercial Firms Advisory Group. She is a regular attendee of NAR’s national conference and is a Golden R RPAC Hall of Fame member. She is also on the IREM Federal Housing Advisory Board.

Ms. Carpenter is also actively involved in the Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM), serving on its Legislative Policy Committee. She is a past chair of the Ethics Committee. She is a past president of the IREM Greater New York Chapter #26 and was its Certified Property Manager of the Year in 2008.

The New York State Association of REALTORS® is a not-for-profit trade organization representing more than 52,000 of New York state’s real estate professionals. The term REALTOR® is a registered trademark, which identifies real estate professionals who subscribe to a strict code of ethics as members of the National Association of REALTORS®. These REALTORS® are also members of the New York State Association of REALTORS® as well as their local board or association of REALTORS®.

About the Staten Island Board of REALTORS® (SIBOR)

Having marked its 100th anniversary in October 2015, the Staten Island Board of REALTORS® (SIBOR) is the largest professional association in Staten Island, N.Y.

SIBOR exists to enhance the ability and opportunity of its members to conduct their business successfully and ethically, and promote the preservation of the public’s right to own, transfer and use real property.

Comprised of approximately 1,800 members, SIBOR serves real estate agents, brokers and affiliated professionals throughout the borough and surrounding areas.

SIBOR is the provider of the Staten Island Multiple Listing Service Inc. (SIMLS), which works as a clearinghouse through which more than 250 local real estate firms exchange information on properties they have listed for sale. Together, its members participate in over 3,700 real estate transactions every year.

All SIBOR Realtors belong to the New York State Association of REALTORS® (NYSAR) and the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR).

SIBOR may be reached at 718-928-3220 and viewed online at www.SIBOR.com. SIBOR may also be visited on Facebook at “Staten Island Board of Realtors” and on Twitter via @SIBOR.

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