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Chuck Lax of Compass Real Estate was installed as the 2022 President of New Castle County Board of REALTORS® (NCCBOR) on January 13, 2022, at Deerfield Golf Club in Newark. Also sworn in for 2022 Board service were 16 other Officers and Directors. Lax has served on the Board of Directors as President-Elect (2021) and as a member of several NCCBOR committees and task forces in addition to serving as a Director and committee member with the Delaware Association REALTORS® (DAR). He is also slated to serve as a member of the 2022 Diversity and Inclusion Committee for the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR). “My hope is that we not only are able to maintain the good work done by my predecessors, but that we also are able to increase the Board’s footprint in the community,” said Lax. “I feel its important that the public knows that we are here to be their advocate.” Lax plans to educate the community about REALTORS® and their potential impact. According to NAR, 72% of REALTORS® volunteer in their communities in an effort to make them better places to live, work, and play. Lax hopes to “form an ongoing cooperative dialogue” so that the public knows REALTORS® are not self-serving and that they share with their neighbors a common vision of improving and advancing their communities. Joining President Lax on the NCCBOR Board of Directors: President-Elect, Eddie Barksdale, Barksdale & Affiliate Realty Vice President, Deborah Harris, RE/MAX Associates Treasurer, Scott Farnan, Berkshire Hathaway HomeService Immediate Past President, Denise Forman Gaines, Century 21 Gold Key Realty Executive Committee Appointee, Kimberly Morehart, Compass Real Estate Legal Counsel, Andy Taylor, Copeland and Taylor Public Member, Stephanie Rizzo, New Castle County Department of Community Services Affiliate Director, Patrick Baronsky, Patrick Baronsky & Associates Affiliate Director, Anthony Santoro, DiamondState Photography Director, Ashley Falkowski, Keller Williams Wilmington Director, Andrea Harrington, Compass Real Estate Director, Monica Hill, RE/MAX Associates Director, Stephen Marcus, Brokers Realty Group LLC Director, M. Daniel Nelson, House of Real Estate LLC Director, Patrick Pennington, RE/MAX Associates Director, Octavia Samuels, Century 21 Gold Key Realty Director, Ruth Vella, Berkshire Hathaway HomeService Director, Ali Wilson, Berkshire Hathaway HomeService