HGAR’s NEW CEO

The Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors®, (HGAR) recently announced that veteran visionary association executive Lynda Fernandez, CAE, RCE, CIPS has been named as its new CEO. Currently the CEO of the Greater Louisville Association of Realtors®, Fernandez was selected after a comprehensive nine-month national search. With more than 20 years of experience in association management, government affairs, communications and international business development, she is scheduled to assume her new role this fall. The organization”™s officials commended Jana Currier, who has served as interim HGAR CEO since January. She will continue to serve HGAR as chief operating officer once Fernandez arrives.

“After concluding a thoughtful, diligent and extensive nationwide search, the Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors is pleased to announce that Lynda Fernandez has been unanimously approved by the Board of Directors to become the new chief executive officer of HGAR,” said HGAR President Tony D”™Anzica. “As a current association CEO, and someone who has served as a former top executive at the nation”™s largest local Realtor association for more than 15 years, Lynda represents a new generation of leadership. Lynda is a change-agent who is results-driven, dynamic and multilingual.”

The Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors® is a not-for-profit trade association supporting more than 14,000 members in Westchester, Putnam, Rockland and Orange counties, The Bronx and Manhattan. It is the second-largest Realtor® Association in New York, and one of the largest in the country.