Commission elects Officers
New Chairman and Vice-Chairman will serve from August 1, 1996 - August 1, 1997.
| John D. Bridgeman has been elected Chairman of the Real Estate Commission for 1996 - 1997. | Wanda J. Proffitt has been elected Vice-Chairman of the Real Estate Commission for 1996 - 1997. | |
 John D. Bridgeman Chairman |
 Wanda J. Proffitt Vice-Chairman |
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| A broker,
Mr. Bridgeman began his real estate career with
employment as a mortgage loan officer at a bank in
Gastonia. He opened Bridgeman Real Estate Company in
1970. The name changed to Coldwell Banker, Bridgeman
& Associates, in 1987, upon its affiliation with a
national real estate company. Now with offices in Gastonia and Belmont, it is the largest real estate firm in Gaston County. Mr. Bridgeman is president of the firm, which has divisions for both residential and commercial/industrial sales. The new chairman has been active in real estate for 26 years and has served as President of the Gaston Board of REALTORS®, been designated REALTOR® of the Year, has served on numerous professional boards including the Gaston Board of REALTORS®, Gaston Homebuilders Association, and is serving on the Licensing Committee of the National Association of REALTORS®. Also active in his community, Mr. Bridgeman was elected to three terms on Gastonia's City Council. He has been an officer in his church, First Presbyterian of Gastonia. He has served on the local boards of the United Way, Chamber of Commerce, Salvation Army Advisory Board, the Schiele Museum and the Gaston Country Club. He is currently a Director of First Gaston Bank. Mr. Bridgeman and his wife Nan have two daughters, Amy and Dana, and two sons, Rob and Alex.Governor Hunt appointed Mr. Bridgeman to the Commission in 1993, and recently reappointed him to a second three-year term. |
Mrs.
Proffitt is a licensed real estate broker and
state-certified real estate appraiser. She is owner and
president of Carolina Mountain Realty, Inc. - a general
real estate brokerage firm in Burnsville. She is a Certified Residential Specialist (CRS), Certified Real Estate Brokerage Manager (CRB), and a Graduate of the REALTORS~ Institute (GRI). Mrs. Proffitt was founding-president of the Yancey-Mitchell Board of REALTORS® and a past-president of the N.C. Association of REALTORS® (NCAR) as well as the N.C. Real Estate Educational Foundation, Inc. She has served as a regional vice-president of NCAR and as associate dean of the REALTORS® Institute. NCAR named Mrs. Proffitt "N.C. REALTOR® of the Year" in 1992. A director of the National Association of REALTORS®, she has chaired its State Leadership Forum as well as the N.C. REALTORS® Political Action Committee. A recipient of the Governor's Individual Community Volunteer Award, Mrs. Proffitt serves on the Western N.C. Regional Economic Development Commission, is director of Blue Ridge Hospital Systems, a past-director of the Yancey County Chamber of Commerce and past-finance chairman of Higgins Memorial United Methodist Church. Mrs. Proffitt and her husband Bob have two children - Robert and Amy. Having been appointed to the Commission by Governor Hunt in 1994, Mrs. Proffitt's three-year term will expire July 31, 1997. |