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Los Altos/Mountain View District recognizes achievements

Los Altos and Mountain View Realtors were recognized for their achievements on Friday, January 26, at the District’s 2006 Achievement Awards.

Achievement Awards are established to recognize the production excellence of REALTORS® who cooperate within the guidelines of organized real estate and the local real estate community and who produce 13 transactions (sales/listings) which close escrow and are reported as a sale on the data base within the designated competitive year. Eligibility is limited to SILVAR Realtors whose home office is located in Los Altos or Mountain View, where listings are actively serviced.

The following Realtors received Achievement Awards: Michael Adams, Tim F. Anderson, Chuck Atwell, Victoria W. Atwell, Margaret Barton, Pamela J. Blackman, Howard Bloom, Judy Bogard-Tanigami, Jo Buchanan,  Kathy Bridgman, Royce Cablayan, Terri Couture, Ursula Cremona, Eric Fischer-Colbrie, Joanne Fraser, Nicholas A. French, Vicki Geers, Yvonne Johnson Heyl, Elaine Klemm, Cindi Kodweis, Jeanne MacVicar, Kirk Mahncke, Terrie Masuda, Jerylann Mateo, Shilpa Merchant, Dottie Monroe, Michele Morrison, Jimmy Nappo, Marjorie J. Nissly, Alice P Nuzzo, Richard Parker, Marc Roos, Anna Salas, Soli Saatchi, Mona Sander, Barbara Silvester, David Troyer, Michael Uhri, Alexander Wihtol, Barbara Williams, Dana Willson, Andrew Wong and Maisy Young.

Barb Conkin-Orrock and Mary Marley each received the prestigious Diamond Award, which is presented to Realtors who have earned the Achievement Award for 10 consecutive years.

Nancy Adele Stuhr, Juliana Lee and Susan Sweeley each received a Lifetime Achievement Award, which is presented to Realtors who have earned the Achievement Award for five consecutive years.

In addition to the achievement award recipients, Los Altos/Mountain View District Chair Toby Vanderbeek and Josie Gambera recognized and thanked the following RSVP volunteers for their service in 2006: Tom Anderson, Anne Arjani, Andrey V. Bandrovsky, John L. Bialy, Gabriel Bodner, Michelle Brown, Robert Chen, Mia Eilebrecht, Marilyn Evans, Nicholas A. French, Josephine A. Gambera, Judith Hellyer, Patrice R. Horvath, Beatriz Jakubowski, Mike Jenks, Christine Kani, Donn Kinne, Laurie Klatt, Aileen La Bouff, Gerry R. Lawrence, Jerylann Mateo, Steven A. McCoy, Raymond Miller, Jr., Begona Paez-Vasquez, Julie Rippentrop, Casey Robertson, Anna M. Salas, David E. Sanford, Benito A. Solorzano, Meryle Sussman, Cynthia Sweeney, James Taggart, Jan Van den Kieboom, Toby Vanderbeek and Megan Walsh.

Nicholas French also encouraged Realtors and affiliates to support this year’s RSVP program by volunteering their services to help seniors and the homebound with household tasks they cannot perform on their own. In 2006, in the Los Altos and Mountain View areas alone, volunteers provided the service to about 46 homes.

Special thanks also were conveyed to Ric Parker (Coldwell Banker) for the Achievement Awards certificates, Countrywide Home Loans, the event sponsor; and the 2006 District Council Members: 2006 District Council Chair Aileen La Bouff, Michelle Brown, John Bialy, Nicholas French, Josie Gambera, Harold Hughes, Julie Rippentrop, Meryle Sussman, Barbara Williams,  2007 District Council Chair Toby Vanderbeek and Achievement Award Committee Chair Alicia Nuzzo.

The Silicon Valley Association of REALTORS® (SILVAR) is a professional trade organization representing over 4,000 REALTORS® and Affiliate members engaged in the real estate business on the Peninsula and in the South Bay. SILVAR promotes the highest ethical standards of real estate practice, serves as an advocate for homeownership and homeowners, and represents the interests of property owners in Silicon Valley.

The term "REALTOR®" is a registered collective membership mark which identifies a real estate professional who is a member of the National Association of REALTORS® and who subscribes to its strict Code of Ethics.

For further information, please contact Rose Meily at SILVAR Public Affairs, e-mail , or phone (408) 200-0109.

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