North Haven, CT Barbara Pearce of Pearce Real Estate, is the winner of the 2021 Community Service Award from the New Haven Middlesex Association of Realtors (NHMR). Pearce is the CEO of Pearce Real Estate and a Realtor for 40 years. She has served as president of the board when it was the Greater New Haven Association of Realtors.
She is currently in her third year as the interim president and CEO of The Connecticut Hospice.

Her community involvement includes chairing a dozen nonprofit boards over the years, including the Hospital of Saint Raphael, the Connecticut Business and Industry Association, Long Wharf Theatre, and the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven. She has also chaired Artspace, United Way of Greater New Haven, the Regional Leadership Council, WOWPAC, CT Chapter of YPO, and Saint Martin de Porres Academy.