WALTHAM, Mass. – January 1, 2012 – John Ranco of Coolidge Corner, Brookline, a senior associate at Hammond Residential Real Estate in the South End of Boston, has been elected Greater Boston Region vice president of the Massachusetts Association of REALTORS® (MAR) for 2012. This is his second consecutive term. 
 

As vice president for the Greater Boston region, Ranco will coordinate association objectives and activities within the Greater Boston Real Estate Board (GBREB), and meet regularly with local and regional leadership to discuss real estate industry issues of statewide importance.  He automatically becomes a member of the MAR Executive Committee and Board of Directors as a result of his election as a regional vice president.
Ranco has been a member of the MAR Board of Directors since 2005 and served as a member of the Technology, Business Development, and the Education and Events committees.  In 2005, Ranco was a member of the MAR Leadership Academy.
 

At the local association level, Ranco served as president in 2009.  Prior to that, he served as the president-elect in 2008 and over the past 10 years has served in various capacities for the Greater Boston Association of Realtors and the Greater Boston Real Estate Board.  In 2010, Ranco was his local board’s REALTOR® of the Year. 
 

At the national level, Ranco was a member of the National Association of REALTORS® Board of Directors in 2009 and served on the Communication Committee.
 

Ranco has been a REALTOR® since 2002.
 

About the Massachusetts Association of REALTORS®:
Organized in 1924, the Massachusetts Association of REALTORS® is a professional trade organization with more than 19,000 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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