The Wilmington Regional Association of Realtors (WRAR) recently installed Don Harris of Intracoastal Realty as its 2016 president.
 
At the same banquet event, WRAR also named this year’s other officers: Neal Johnson, president-elect (at left); Fred Gainey, vice president (at right); and Sherri Pickard, past president. The group’s installation banquet is an annual event for all WRAR members to attend, according to a news release.
 
“Yes, there will be change in 2016 and with these changes, we will be armed to exceed industry expectations and be the ‘example of professionalism in real estate industry,’” Harris said in the release.
 
Other major highlights from the evening were the awarding of WRAR’s most prestigious annual awards:
 
Jody Wainio, Buyer’s Choice Realty, won Realtor of the Year. Nicole Valentine, Intracoastal Realty, won Salesperson of the Year. Patrice Willets, The Property Shop, won the Hall of Fame Award. Hank Adams, Coldwell Banker Commercial Sun Coast Partners, won Commercial Member of the Year. Mike Nadeau, Creative Commercial Properties, won the Commercial Lifetime Achievement award.
 
WRAR also recently announced the recipients of its other annual awards at its fourth quarter membership meeting:
 
Becky Brown, Keller Williams, won the 2015 Paul Sullins’ Community Service Award. Karen Moran Germ, Intracoastal Realty, won the 2015 Sally Noffsinger Scholarship Award. Laurie Smith, Network Realty, won the 2015 Cathy Clark Memorial Award. Chris Huff, Hutchens, Senter & Britton P.A, won the 2015 Allied Member of the Year award. Hugh Williams, The Property Shop, won the 2015 N.C. Association of Realtors Rising Star award.