Bruce Lane of Williams and Stuart Real Estate in Cranston was named the 2011 Rhode Island Realtor of the Year at the Rhode Island Association of Realtors (RIAR) and State-Wide MLS installation and recognition dinner. He is also the recipient of the Greater Providence Board of Realtors 2011 Realtor of the Year award, as well as the organization's 2011 president.
Lane is active at all levels of the Realtor organization. He has served on the Greater Providence Board of Realtors Finance, Nominating, Executive, Professional Standards, Grievance and RPAC committees, and sits on both the Rhode Island Association of Realtors and the State-Wide MLS boards of directors. He has also served at the national level on the National Association of Realtors Multiple Listing Service Issues and Policies Committee.
"We're honored to have someone of Bruce's caliber in our membership and thrilled to honor him as the 2011 Rhode Island Realtor of the Year," said Susan Arnold, CEO of the RIAR. "Bruce's energy and commitment to the causes he supports is outstanding."
Lane was selected from five recipients of a Realtor of the Year award presented by their local board. The five local winners were selected from more than 4,100 Realtor members for the association's highest honor.
The other local board winners include: Nancy Denelle, Northern Rhode Island Board; Stephen Larson, Newport Board, Jennifer Bove, Kent-Washington Association; and Lawrence Platt, Rhode Island Commercial and Appraisal Board.
The Rhode Island Association of Realtors, the largest trade organization in Rhode Island, has been serving Rhode Islanders since 1948.
Advocating for Rhode Island's property owners, the Rhode Island Association of Realtors provides a facility for professional development, research and exchange of information among its members and to the public and government for the purpose of preserving the free enterprise system and the right to own real property.