Medway Broker Installed as 2016 President-Elect of the Massachusetts Association of REALTORS

WALTHAM, Mass. – December 09, 2015 – (RealEstateRama) — Paul Yorkis, President of Patriot Real Estate, Inc., in Medway, was installed on December 7, 2015, as president-elect of the 21,000-member Massachusetts Association of REALTORS® (MAR) for 2016. The event took place at Ocean Edge Resort and Golf Club in Brewster, Mass. and included the installation of the MAR Board of Directors and Executive Committee. Yorkis’s term officially begins on January 1, 2016.

As president-elect, Yorkis will participate at all levels of the Association’s decision-making process, represent the Association at important meetings and business functions, and serve as a spokesperson for the Association on various real estate industry-related matters. In addition, he will perform the duties of the Association’s president in her absence. He automatically becomes a member of the MAR Executive Committee and Board of Directors as a result of this election.

Prior to being elected as 2016 president-elect, Yorkis served as the MAR Government Affairs Vice President. Yorkis is a member of the Executive, Finance, and Professional Standards Committees. Yorkis also served as the Federal Political Coordinator for Congressman Joe Kennedy in 2013, the year Kennedy was elected the U.S. Representative for Massachusetts’s 4th congressional district. In 2011, Yorkis was named Massachusetts REALTOR® of the Year.

At the local level, Yorkis is a member of the Board of Director for the Greater Boston Real Estate Board. He is also a member of the Professional Standards Committee and Rental Issues Task Force. Yorkis is also a Certified Professional Standards Mediator for GBAR.

At the national level, Yorkis is a member of the Professional Standards, Public Policy Coordinating and State and Local Issues Policy Committees. He is a founding member of the Charitable Foundation Roundtable Exchange, and past Director of the Disaster Relief Foundation.

A REALTOR® since 1991, Yorkis has earned the Loss Mitigation (LMC) Certification, Senior Real Estate Specialist (SRES) and the Certified Buyers Representative (CBR) professional designation. He is also a licensed real estate instructor.
About the Massachusetts Association of REALTORS®:

Organized in 1924, the Massachusetts Association of REALTORS® is a professional trade organization with 21,000+ members. The term REALTOR® is registered as the exclusive designation of members of the National Association of REALTORS® who subscribe to a strict code of ethics and enjoy continuing education programs.

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Editors and reporters: Please note that the term Realtor is properly spelled with an initial capital “R”, per the Associated Press Stylebook.