Philip Gagnon, CCIM, SIOR of Colliers Dow & Condon has been elected chairperson of the Commercial Council of the Greater Hartford Association of Realtors. He will be co-ordinating activities of the council which serves as an advisor for the various legal, educational and practice issues facing commercial brokers. The council consists of representatives from CB Richard Ellis, Cushman and Wakefield, Jones Lang LaSalle, Sentry Commercial Real Estate, New England Retail Properties and Colliers Dow and Condon. Gagnon is a member of GHAR, a Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) and also a member of the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR). He graduated with a B.S degree from the University of Connecticut in 1992 and has served the greater Hartford market for over 11 years.