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Brown of Cale elected president of Realtor Comm'l. Alliance of Mass.

Sandy Brown president and founder of Cale Commercial Realty Group, Inc. has been elected as the first president of the new statewide commercial overlay board of Realtors named the "Realtor Commercial Alliance of Mass." He was instrumental in the creation of this board and has worked, with many Realtors across the state for the last two years to help make it a reality. He has also just been named to the National Association of Realtors, Realtor Commercial Alliance board of directors and the NAR commercial legislation and regulatory subcommittee. He currently serves on the Mass. Association of Realtors board of directors and MAR's communications & public relations committee. He has also served as a member of the MAR government affairs committee. He is a founding member of the Northern Mass. Commercial Investment Board of Realtors (NMCIBOR) and was president of that organization in 2007. Brown was also the 2007-2008 chairman of the Mass. Association of Realtors commercial investment council. He is vice president of the board of directors for the prestigious New England Chapter of the Certified Commercial Investment member (CCIM). In addition, Brown is on the board of directors of the Northeast Association of Realtors, where he is the chairman of the government affairs and Realtors political action committee. Certified as a N.H. broker, in addition to Mass., Brown is also a member of the NNEREN board of Realtors in N.H. In addition, he serves on the board of directors for Lawrence Family Services, a non-profit organization.
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