White Plains, NY - Nancy Kennedy of Houlihan Lawrence in Croton-on-Hudson will serve as the 2012 President of the newly-formed Hudson Gateway Association of REALTORS® (HGAR)*.

She and the other officers were elected by the members of the Westchester-Putnam, Rockland and Orange County REALTOR® Associations as part of the merger process.

Kennedy succeeds Michael Graessle, the 2011 President of the Westchester Putnam Association of REALTORS® (WPAR), Ron Garafalo, the former President of the Orange County Associations of REALTORS® (OCAR), and Bill Thorne, formerly the President of the Rockland County Board of REALTORS® (RCBOR).

Kennedy has been in the real estate business for more than 25 years, and has been involved with the former WPAR and Westchester County Board of REALTORS® (WCBR) since 1986.  She is a former owner/broker of her own agency and is currently an Associate Broker with Houlihan Lawrence.

She was a past President of the Westchester Putnam Multiple Listing Service and has served as a Director for both the New York State Association of REALTORS® and the National Association of REALTORS.®

Over the years, she has served on every committee at WPAR and WCBR, has been a top sales producer for both dollar volume and sales in Westchester County, and was honored as “REALTOR® of the Year” in 1997.

Katheryn De Clerck of BHG Rand in Warwick has been named HGAR’s President-Elect for 2013.  Four HGAR* Regional Vice Presidents have also been elected: Diane Cummins of Prudential Holmes & Kennedy in Somers; Gail Fattizzi of Westchester Real Estate Inc. in Eastchester; Drew Kessler of ERA Tucker Associates in Nanuet; and John Lease III of John Lease Realtors in Newburgh.   Jerry Lott of Jerry Lott Associates in Valley Cottage will serve as Secretary-Treasurer.

John Barrett of Admiral Real Estate Services in Bronxville was re-elected as President of the Association’s Commercial & Investment Division (CID).

The Hudson Gateway Association of REALTORS®* (HGAR) is a not-for-profit trade association covering over 9,000 real estate professionals doing business in Westchester, Putnam, Rockland, and Orange counties.   HGAR* is comprised of the former Westchester Putnam Association of REALTORS® (WPAR), Rockland County Board of REALTORS® (RCBR) and Orange County Association of REALTORS® (OCAR).  All three groups voted to merge into the new HGAR* group earlier this year.   The name change is pending approval by the National Association of REALTORS. ®

*Name pending approval