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RAC NYSCAR holds 20th Annual President’s Dinner and Awards Ceremony

Harry Gleason

 

Patrick Wahl

 

Paul Schiliro

 

Michael Palumbo

 

Ginny Squire

 

Rochester, NY On November 18, 2021, the Rochester Area Chapter of the New York State Commercial Association of Realtors (RAC NYSCAR) held its 20th Annual President’s Dinner and Awards Ceremony at the Casa Larga Vineyards and Winery.

  • Co-recipients of the Commercial Realtor of the Year award went to Harry Gleason and Patrick Wahl, both from CBRE|Rochester, for having demonstrated excellence in the Commercial Real Estate profession.
  • Deal of the Year-Sale award went to Paul Schiliro from Hanna Commercial Real Estate.
  • Deal of the Year-Lease award went to Michael Palumbo from Flaum Management Company Inc.
  • Ginny Squire, Coldwell Banker Commercial Custom Realty, was honored with the Meritorious Service award.

2022 officers and directors, some new and some extending their terms, were voted in. Dara Rennert will be the 2022 president, Christopher McCarthy will be vice-president, Anthony Cashette continues as treasurer and Pete Gillett will be secretary. We welcome Matt Drouin as a new director. Alex Amorese, Peter Burke, Harry Gleason and Christopher Passero continue as directors for 2022. RAC NYSCAR thanks the departing president, Ginny Squire, for her service during her tenure on the board.

RAC NYSCAR thanks their sponors: President level sponsors were Buckingham Properties, Coldwell Banker Commercial Custom Realty and Flaum Management Company, Inc. Director level sponsors CBRE|Rochester, Harris Beach PLLC and Northwest Bank. Table centerpieces sponsors Gantry and Underberg & Kessler LLP. Silent auction table sponsors Hanna Commercial Real Estate, Lady Bugs All Pest Solutions and Nichols Construction Team.

In remembrance, RAC NYSCAR honored Bernie Fallon and David Flaum, who passed away in 2020, and Nancy Baroody and Doug Burkhardt, who passed away this year. All were treasured colleagues within the CRE community and are dearly missed.

Once again, we held our Silent Auction to benefit RAC NYSCAR’s Education Scholarship Fund available through RAC NYSCAR and the gracious support of the Glazer Memorial Foundation in honor of Larry Glazer.

The Rochester Area Chapter of NYSCAR is a group of approximately 115 commercial real estate broker and affiliate members dedicated to promoting the interests of commercial real estate professionals in the Rochester Region. The jurisdiction of the Rochester Area Chapter is the geographic area of Monroe, Wayne, Ontario, Livingston, Steuben, Yates, Seneca, and Eastern Orleans (east of Route 98) counties. To find out more about the Rochester Area Chapter, go to http://roc.nyscar.org. Guests are always welcomed to attend our monthly events. For more information on attending any event, please email [email protected]

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