New Commission Chairman and Vice-Chairman will serve from August 1, 1997 - July 31, 1998.
| Wanda J. Proffitt of Burnsville has been elected Chairman of the Real Estate Commission for 1997 - 1998. A licensed real estate broker and state-certified real estate appraiser, Mrs. Proffitt is owner and president of Carolina Mountain Realty, Inc., in Burnsville. She is also a Certified Residential Specialist (CRS), Certified Real Estate Brokerage Manager (CRB), and a Graduate of the REALTORS® Institute (GRI).
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Founding-president of the Yancey-Mitchell Board of REALTORS®, Mrs. Proffitt is a past-president of both the N.C. Association of REALTORS® (NCAR) and 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. In 1992, NCAR named Mrs. Profitt "N.C. REALTOR® of the Year."
Mrs. Proffitt is a past-director of the National Association of REALTORS® and 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 Advantage West 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 - and three grandchildren.
Governor Hunt appointed Mrs. Proffitt to the North Carolina Real Estate Commission in 1994 for a three-year term which expired July 31, 1997. He recently reappointed her to another three-year term expiring July 31, 2000.
| Mona S. Hill of Pinehurst has been elected Vice-Chairman of the Real Estate Commission for 1997 - 1998. Mrs. Hill is a broker and has been active in real estate since 1964. She and her husband Don are co-owners of Hill Realty - with offices in Pinehurst and Southern Pines. Their son Barry is a rental agent with the firm, and their daughter Mitzie is a REALTOR® in Raleigh.
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Mrs. Hill is a Graduate of the REALTORS® Institute (GRI) in Chapel Hill and is active in the N.C. Association of REALTORS® (NCAR), having served as a regional vice-chairman. A former chairman of the NCAR Grievance Committee, she has also served on the Finance Committee and numerous subcommittees. The Pinehurst/Southern Pines Area Board of REALTORS®, of which she is a past-president, named her "REALTOR® of the Year" in 1986.
She has served on the Board of Directors of the local Multiple Listing Service, the Administrative Board of Southern Pines United Methodist Church and the Advisory Board of Richmond Federal Savings and Loan.
A Certified Residential Specialist (CRS) and Certified Real Estate Brokerage Manager (CRB), Mrs. Hill is a past-president of the state chapters of both the CRS and CRB and was the recipient of the North Carolina CRS of the Year Award. She was also the recipient of the Sandhills Business and Professional Women's Organization's "Woman of the Year" Award, and was named "Associate of the Year" by the Moore County Homebuilders Association.
Appointed to the Commission by Governor Hunt in 1994, Mrs. Hill was recently reappointed for an additional three years. Her term will expire on July 31, 2000.
