the Massachusetts Association of Realtors has new leadership for 2022. MAR CEO Theresa Hatton announced the installation of officers earlier this month.

“We are proud to inaugurate our 2022 officers, whose proven track record of achievement and leadership at the local, state and national levels underscores their ability to lead our organization through the demands and challenges brought on by this pandemic,” Hatton said. .

Dawn (Henry) Ruffini is the 2022 president. A real estate agent and owner of RE/MAX Connections in Wilbraham, Ruffin previously served as treasurer for two years. She served as MAR’s West Regional Vice President in 2016 and 2017. She has been a member of the Professional Standards, Leadership Development and Finance Committees and has served on the Board of Directors since 2015. Locally, Ruffini has been president of the Realtor Association of Pioneers. Valley in 2015 and was Realtor of the Year in 2014. She has also held several positions nationally.

Marie-Presti is this year’s treasurer. A real estate agent, Presti is also the owner of the Presti group. She was chair of the finance committee and will serve on the investment and management committees. A 2020 MAR board member, she served as president, president-elect, and treasurer of the Greater Boston Association of Realtors. Presti is a past recipient of GBAR Estate Agent of the Year and also received the GBAR Spirit Award.

David McCarthy is the 2023 president-elect. McCarthy is a realtor representing Keller Williams in Boston’s Back Bay, Beacon Hill, and South End neighborhoods, as well as Brookline, Framingham, and Newton. An active member of the association for more than two decades, McCarthy has served on the board of GBAR for seven years, as well as a director of MAR. He currently serves on the board of the National Association of Realtors. McCarthy also served as the CEO of MAR and a trustee of Massachusetts PRPP. He was president of GBAR in 2015 and was the 2021 MAR Realtor of the Year. In 2018, he was inducted into the PRPP Hall of Fame for his years of supporting NAR’s policy advocacy efforts.

Steve Medeiros is the outgoing president. An Associate Broker with Keller Williams Realty in Dartmouth, prior to serving as President, he was the 2018-2019 Southeast Regional Representative, member of MAR’s Board of Directors and Government Affairs Committee since 2015. He has also served as chair of MAR’s government affairs committee in 2017. and served on MAR’s executive, finance, and leadership development committees in 2019. He served as president of the Realtor Association of Southeastern Massachusetts in 2017 and was appointed as a realtor of the year by his local association in 2014 and 2017.