Staten Island Board of Realtors Honors ‘Top Producers,’ Launches Hall of Fame

Trade show begins with Top Producer Awards breakfast; SIBOR donates $10,000 to legal group assisting Hurricane Sandy victims

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Staten Island, N.Y. – Members of Staten Island’s real estate community took center stage yesterday (March 14), but not before helping others during an annual gala celebrating the industry’s top producers in the borough.

 

The Top Producer Awards breakfast was part of the Staten Island Board of Realtors’ (SIBOR) Agent Day & Trade Show. The daylong event at the Hilton Garden Inn, Bloomfield, included more than 70 national and local suppliers, and abundant networking opportunities.

The early morning activities began with SIBOR donating $10,000 to Staten Island Legal Services, part of Legal Services NYC, the nation’s largest provider of free legal assistance to low-income people.

“Assemblyman Matthew Titone is responsible for making SIBOR aware of the group’s financial needs, as they are now helping numerous clients deal with legal issues resulting from Hurricane Sandy,” said Sandy Krueger, CEO of the Staten Island Board of Realtors.

SIBOR president Tracy Cangiano presented the donation to Nancy Goldhill, project director of Staten Island Legal Services, who accepted on behalf of her organization.

Mrs. Cangiano then turned her attention to the scores of Realtors in the room.

“It was my privilege to honor the best of the best in our local real estate community, and to welcome the very first members into the newly inaugurated SIBOR Hall of Fame,” she said. “Each of the Hall of Famers has been a SIBOR top producer for the past 10 consecutive years.”

HALL OF FAMERS

Inducted yesterday into the SIBOR Hall of Fame were Ken Licata, Joyce Marchione, Anthony Ragucci, Gail Sweeney and Anthony Whelan.

“SIBOR’s Annual Agent Day which includes a trade show, seminars and our Top Producer Awards Ceremony has grown dramatically over the last four years,” said Sandy Krueger, CEO of SIBOR. “Real Estate success requires specialized skills, critical relationships with professionals in allied industries, and the deployment of ever-changing technology. There are many opportunities around the country to address these needs. The SIBOR program brings them together here, on Staten Island, for SIBOR Realtor members, many of whom don’t have the ability to take advantage of the more distant events. It’s a great day and a great opportunity for everyone involved.”

Vendors – ranging from bankers and mortgage brokers to home-security experts, home-inspection firms, home-improvement companies, movers, and more – featured products and services throughout the day.

The expo’s keynote speaker was John Mayfield, aka ‘The Business Tech Guy,” who presented two seminars: “21 Mistakes Real Estate Agents Make and How to Avoid Them” and “Seven Secrets to Success with Today’s Technology.”

Agent Day focuses on more than real estate, said Neila Nuzzi, chairperson of the event.

“The conference includes aspects of everything associated with real estate,” she said. “The day was created to help SIBOR members grow their businesses and benefit from the services offered by the array of fine quality vendors in our area.”

A total of 114 Top Producer awards for performance in 2012 were presented at yesterday’s breakfast gathering. Top Producer designations are annually awarded, for exceptional listing and selling activity, to associate brokers and sales associates. The Top Producer Committee was co-chaired by the husband-and-wife team of Mike and Georgianna Diaz.

TOP PRODUCER AWARD-RECIPIENTS, GOLD

Edward Bruno, Salvatore Carola, Sandra Cascio, Cindy Cheung, Kawing Chiu, Scott Dobrin, Dritan (Tony G.) Gashi, Ann Grande, Cathy Greco, Joseph  Haskell, Celia Iervasi, Guy Marasa, Joyce Marchione, Judith McKenna, Nicole Molinini, Gary Papirov, Nancy Pezzolla, Margaret Power, Anthony Ragucci, Shawn Seigel, Gail Sweeney, Hericson Torres, Joseph Tsomik, Laura Vallone, Anthony Whalen.

TOP PRODUCER AWARD-RECIPIENTS, SILVER

Maryann Batiancela, Robert Bianco, Matthew Black, Raya Daniels, Dawn Eugenio, Kristina Fasullo, Maged Girgis, Daniel  Hall, Joseph Lebron, Edie Lederman, Monty Li, Ken Licata, Li Liu, Janet Mandile, Holly Olivieri, Eileen Pinto, Alison Ponterio, Virginia Spaventa, Marina Sulava, Norma Sue Wolfe, the team of Ken Licata and Patricia Licata, the team of Toni Lynn Kirby and Theresa Ferrara.

TOP PRODUCER AWARD-RECIPIENTS, BRONZE

Valerie Bartolone, Albert Benzaken, Rayann Besser, Hal Blake, Richard Camerlengo, Dominick Canova, Teresa Carmona, Antonella  Cartusciello, Laura Catuogno, Frank Chirichella, Becky Chum, Rita Colon-Burnett, Kerry Debellis, Jeannine Del Gaudio, Elizabeth DelPriore, Cynthia Dgheim, Maureen DiTuri, Christopher Emmanuel, Joseph Fedele, Rosalie Ferraro, Martin Friedman, Gaye Granice, Bella Grossman, Joy Guttenberg, Estelle Karp,  Laird Klein, Vivian Kokkinos, Michael Landolfa, Esther Larubio, Natalie Levine, Dominick LoPrete, Renee Maggio, Dorene Marino, Louise Masucci, Hector Mesa, Jeffrey Metzger, Joanna Miarrostami, Mario Minelli, Frank Mondelli, RoseAngela Moore, Jason Myerwold, Dawn Nasella, Lauren Orosz, Svetlana Outkina, Marylou Palladino, Joyce Powers, Donna Quarto, Marija Radic, Nirosh Ranasinghe, Giovanni Randazzo, Louis Rizzo, Stephanie Rosenthal, Michael Santangelo, Frank Selovic, Mira Simanovsky,  Lori Sinagra, Denise Tarkenton,  Nicholas Tortora, Barbara Tringali, Annmarie Triolo, Lee Venezia, Elizabeth Walsh, Michelle Weidmyer, Fanny Yang, Diane Yetman, Joseph Zubrycky, Natalia Zukhovich.

EVENT SPONSORS

The main sponsor of SIBOR’s Agent Day & Trade Show was United Northern Mortgage Bankers. The breakfast was sponsored by Continental Home Loans; a cocktail party at the close of the expo was sponsored by PrimeLending.

Other sponsors of the event included Peter Botros of Omega Financial Services Inc., Wells Fargo Home  Mortgage, the law firm of Merlino & Gonzalez, Merrill Lynch, Empire State Bank, the law firm of  Martin & Loaicano, Advisors Mortgage Group, Time Warner Cable and Point2.

About the Staten Island Board of REALTORS® (SIBOR)

The Staten Island Board of REALTORS® (SIBOR) is the largest not-for-profit trade association in Staten Island, N.Y.

SIBOR exists to enhance the ability and opportunity of its members to conduct their business successfully and ethically; and to promote the preservation of the public’s right to own, transfer and use real property.

Comprised of over 1,600 members, SIBOR serves real estate agents, brokers and affiliated professionals throughout the borough and surrounding areas.

SIBOR is the provider of the Staten Island Multiple Listing Service Inc. (SIMLS),which works as a clearinghouse through which more than 250 local real estate firms exchange information on properties they have listed for sale. Together, its members participate in over 3,000 real estate transactions every year.

All SIBOR members belong to the New York State Association of REALTORS® (NYSAR) and the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR).

SIBOR may be reached at 718-928-3220 and viewed online at http://siborrealtors.com. SIBOR may also be visited on Facebook at “Staten Island Board of Realtors,” on Twitter via @SIBOR, and on YouTube at the Staten Island Board of Realtors and RelevantPR channels.

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