FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

LIBOR Names 2008 REALTOR®-Broker of the Year Donald Scanlon

December 2008 - West Babylon, NY – The Long Island Board of REALTORS®, Inc. (LIBOR) is pleased to announce that REALTOR®-Broker Donald Scanlon has been named the recipient of the prestigious REALTOR®-Broker of the Year award.  The announcement was made recently at the association’s Annual Installation and Awards Dinner held at the Crest Hollow Country Club in Woodbury.

Donald Scanlon graduated from the University of Dayton in 1969 with a degree in education, and started in the Real Estate business in 1984 as a part time agent while still teaching school. By 1986 he received his Brokers License and became the manager of an office.  In 1987 he became the Broker/Owner of Your Home Realty/Century 21 Your Home in Wantagh, which then merged with Century 21 American Homes, where Don remains one of the Broker/Owners. 

Don has served as 2007 Multiple Listing Service (MLS) President, an MLS Director from 1997 to 1999, 2002-2003, and MLS Treasurer in 2004, and Vice President of Nassau for 2005 and 2006.  He has and still serves as a LIBOR Director since 2003, currently serving as LIBOR Treasurer.  There are many LIBOR and MLS Committees that Don has served on throughout the years, such as Technology, Budget & Finance, Advertising, Rules, Professional Standards, Legal Assistance, Governance, RPAC, Legislative, and most recently, as Chairman of The Education Committee.  He is also a New York State Association of REALTORS® (NYSAR) Director since 2004.  Don served as Vice Chairman for the State Associations Professional Standards Committee in 2007.

Don holds the CBR, CRB & GRI real estate designations.  He is also a Notary Public and New York State Certified Instructor for Real Estate Licensing and Continuing Education.  In his free time, Don is an avid boater and enjoys the waters surrounding Long Island.

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Press Release Contact:
Christina DeFalco
Public Relations and Communications Specialist
631-661-4800 Ext. 358

LIBOR is a non-profit trade association consisting of more than 25,000 real estate professionals. LIBOR is the largest local Realtor® Board in the Country with ten Chapters that cover the North Shore, South Shore and Central areas of Nassau, Suffolk and Queens Counties.