Lisa Kraus of United Bank named Affiliate of the Year by the Realtor® Association of Pioneer Valley
Springfield, MA – June 29, 2015 – (RealEstateRama) — Lisa Kraus, the Western Massachusetts Vice President and Mortgage Sales Manager at United Bank in West Springfield has been named the 2015 Affiliate of the Year by the Realtor® Association of Pioneer Valley (RAPV). The announcment was made during the association’s annual awards banquet held June 11 at The Log Cabin in Holyoke.
As the highest honor given to an affiliate member, the award is bestowed upon the one person who has shown outstanding service and devotion to the organization during the past 17 months in the areas of affiliate-related association activity, community service and business activity.
A member of the Realtor® Association since 1999, Lisa is chairperson of the Community Service Committee and a member of the Affiliate-Realtor® Committee. She is an active participant in the association’s many charitable fundraising efforts, serving as cochairperson of the Annual Benefit Golf Tournament, and the Calendar Raffle. She chaired the ‘Minute to Win It’ charitable fundraising event. She is involved in shopping, wrapping and delivering gifts to area homeless shelters as part of the association’s activities during the holidays.
She is a co-presenter of financing classes as part of the “If the REALTOR® Had Only Know” series and at the annual Education Fair & Expo.
She regularly participates in association membership meetings and networking events.
Her business activities include hosting a monthly “Meeting of the Minds”, a gathering of local lenders, attorneys and appraisers who come together to discuss real estate market trends, challenges and craft potential resolutions.
Lisa is also a member of the Home Builders & Remodelers Association of Western Massachusetts.
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NOTE: Lisa may be reached at lkraus (at) bankatunited (dot) com or 413-787-1235.
About the REALTOR Association of Pioneer Valley:
Organized in 1915, the REALTOR® Association of Pioneer Valley (RAPV) is a professional trade organization with more than 1,650 members in the Pioneer Valley of western Massachusetts. RAPV is one of 1,300 local chapters of the National Association of REALTORS®. RAPV covers 68 cities and towns in 3 counties; Franklin, Hampshire and Hampden. The term, REALTOR®, is a registered trademark for use exclusively by members of the National Association of REALTORS®, whose members subscribe to a strict Code of Ethics.
Contact
Ben Scranton, RCE,ePRO, Chief Executive Officer ben (at) rapv (dot) com June 25, 2014
413-785-1328 phone 877-854-6978 toll-free 413-731-7125 fax
www.rapv.com www.pvrealtor.wordpress.com
