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Meet the BMNAR Members: Sherry Speirs Scanlon & Robert Tuzzo

New York, NY Sherry Speirs Scanlon was born and raised in British Guyana, located in South America. In July 1980, a teenager Sherry migrated to the United States in hopes to create a better life for herself, six siblings and her widowed mother. Her strive to come to the United States was not easy but with the help of her good friend (sister) Naseema, she was able to succeed. Scanlon competed with the differences of New York, she pushed without fear and worked three jobs to create stability for herself. She continued to help her family to come to New York. Scanlon was invited by Kathy Zamechansky to go into real estate 2.5 years ago and was able to successfully obtain her associated brokers license after 2 years of hard work and persistency. Scanlon is now a full time broker at KZA Realty Group Inc. Robert Tuzzo currently holds the position of vice president at Vanguard Funding LLC and brings a record of repeated success in the mortgage industry. He is responsible for generating billions of dollars in loan origination volume for various national mortgage banking firms over the last 18 years. Tuzzo prides himself on developing innovative new strategies to continue to stay on the cutting edge of mortgage industry professionals and set him apart from his peers. He uses these strategies to create alliances that foster mutual growth and expansion between respected real estate and finance professionals. Tuzzo spends his free time using his wealth of knowledge and experience to teach New York State approved real estate continuing education classes to realtors. Born and raised in Staten Island, Tuzzo is always looking to give back to the community.
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