Real Estate Investment Society names new officers and board members

COURTESY PHOTO Front row, from left: President Steve Hartsell, Esq., Vice-President Sharon Jenkins-Owen, AICP, and Treasurer Hal Tate. Back row, from left: Governors Tom Woodyard, Matt Rocco, Paul Sands, Kim Donnelly, past president Gerald Hendry, MAI, CCIM, Mary Gibbs, AICP, Janie Hooker, and Secretary Kevin M. Fitzgerald. Governor Russ Ringland is not pictured. The Real Estate Investment Society has announced the election of officers and the Board of Governors to lead the organization during 2008.

This year's officers are: President Steven C. Hartsell, Esquire, of Pavese Law Firm, Vice-President Sharon Jenkins-Owen, AICP, of WilsonMiller, Inc.,Treasurer Hal Tate, of Reliance Bank, and Secretary Kevin M. Fitzgerald, of NAI Southwest Florida, Inc.

The Board of Governors includes Kim Donnelly, of Reliance Bank, Mary Gibbs, AICP, of Lee County Department of Community Development, Janie Hooker, of Land Solutions, Inc., Russ Ringland, of Ringland Construction, Inc., Matt Rocco, of Grandbridge Real Estate Capital, LLC, Paul Sands, of VIP Commercial - TCN Worldwide, and Tom Woodyard, of Gates, D'Alessandro & Woodyard.

The immediate past president, Gerald A. Hendry, MAI, CCIM, of Maxwell & Hendry Valuation Services, Inc., also joins the board.

The Real Estate Investment Society is an independent organization, dedicated to assisting members in the effective utilization of real estate through networking, education, public service, and a common voice on pertinent issues. The membership represents a broad spectrum of real estate, environmental, financial, legal, design, construction, marketing and management companies.

REIS luncheon meetings convene at 11:30 a.m. on the second Tuesday of each month, at Pelican Preserve in Fort Myers. Guests are welcome and may make reservations by contacting Sharon Heston at (239) 410-1253. Information on membership and meeting programs is also available at www.reis-swfl.org.