LOS ANGELES, Nov. 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The
CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF
REALTORS® (C.A.R.) has installed its 2022 Leadership
Team. Leading the team is C.A.R. President Otto Catrina, a full-time Bay Area real estate
broker/REALTOR® since 2002. Serving with Catrina
are President-elect Jennifer
Branchini and Treasurer Heather
Ozur. The 2022 officers begin their official term this week
at the close of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®
(NAR) Conference and Expo held in San
Diego.
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C.A.R. President Otto
Catrina
A full-time real estate broker/REALTOR® in the
San Francisco Bay Area since 2002,
Otto Catrina serves as C.A.R.
president. In addition to serving his clients, Catrina also is
active with his local, state, and national associations of
REALTORS®.
Catrina serves as a State Director for the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF
REALTORS®, where he has served as C.A.R.'s Federal
Chairman and Chairman for C.A.R.'s Legislative Committee. He
has served as Public Policy Liaison to C.A.R. Leadership,
overseeing federal and state legislation.
Catrina also has served in various leadership positions at the
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (NAR) including NAR
Director, member of the Issues Mobilization Committee, and
REALTOR® Party Member Involvement Committee. He
will serve on NAR's Executive Committee in 2022-2023.
At the local level, Catrina was 2011 president of the Bay East
Association of REALTORS®, where he served on various
committees, including Strategic Planning, Board of Directors,
Marketing, Professional Standards, and Local Government
Relations.
Distinguished in the real estate industry, Catrina has been
recognized by the Bay East Association of REALTORS® with
numerous honors. He received the Association's prestigious
"REALTOR® of The Year" in 2007, the John A. Deadrich Distinguished
Service Awards in 2009 and the Outstanding Leadership Award in
2019. He is a member of NAR's Presidents Circle and in 2016, was
inducted into NAR's Hall of Fame.
Active at the federal legislative level, Catrina is a Federal
Political Coordinator for Calif. Congressman Eric Swalwell and a Key Contact for Calif.
Assemblymember Bill Quirk.
When he isn't serving his clients, Catrina serves on the Board
of Directors of Alameda County
chapter of the 100 Club, which provides financial assistance to
families of first-responders who pass away in the line of
duty. He is also a financial supporter of the Goodness
Village, a community of 28 tiny homes built and managed by
Crosswinds Church, providing transitional housing for homeless
individuals in Livermore.
C.A.R. President-elect Jennifer Branchini
San Francisco Bay Area REALTOR® Jennifer
Branchini serves as C.A.R. president-elect. Branchini has
been a REALTOR® since 1998, having worked in management at her
family's brokerage for many years. As an agent and associate sales
manager with Compass Real Estate in Pleasanton, she's also an active REALTOR®,
helping her clients achieve their housing needs.
Branchini has held numerous leadership positions during her
career.
At the state level, Branchini has served on the Board of
Directors of the CALIFORNIA
ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® since 2010 and has served in various
capacities on numerous C.A.R. committees. Most recently, Branchini
served as C.A.R. treasurer in 2020-2021 and was responsible for
leading the Strategic Planning Committee, identifying critical
issues of importance to REALTORS® based on the driving forces
affecting the evolution of the real estate market and brokerage
industry.
Nationally, she has served on the National Association of
REALTORS®' Board of Directors since 2014. Most recently, she served
as Member Services Liaison Chair of the Meetings and Conference
Committee.
At the local level, she served as the 2014 President of the Bay
East Association of REALTORS®. She was instrumental in establishing
the Bay East Young Professional Network (YPN) and led the
CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF
REALTORS® YPN forum. Branchini was honored as the 2010
REALTOR® of the Year and was recognized as the Bay East Outstanding
Leader in 2017.
C.A.R. Treasurer Heather
Ozur
Palm Springs REALTOR® Heather
Ozur serves as C.A.R. Treasurer. Ozur has been a REALTOR®
for more than 20 years, specializing in residential property with
Keller Williams in Palm
Springs.
Ozur has been an active voice in the REALTOR® community
since 2003. At the state level, Ozur has served as a CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF
REALTORS® Director since 2008, serving on various committees
including Strategic Planning and Finance, Professional Standards,
Transaction and Regulatory, Federal, Legislative, and Business
Technology Forum.
At the national level, Ozur serves as a Director with the
National Association of REALTORS®. She has served as the Chair for
Strategic Thinking Advisory Committee, member of the Finance
Committee and as a RPAC Major Investor representative for Region
13. She is a graduate of the NAR Leadership Academy and an RPAC
Golden R Presidents Circle Hall of Fame.
At the local level, Ozur served as the 2010 and 2011 President
of California Desert Association of REALTORS® (CDAR) and as
Secretary of Palm Springs Regional Association of
REALTORS® (PSRAR) from 2015-2018. In 2013, she was awarded the
honor of CDAR's REALTOR® of the Year.
Also active, with the Women's Council of REALTORS®, Ozur served
as its 2019 National President. Previously, she served as the 2005
Local Network President for Greater Palm
Springs and the 2014 President for Women's Council of
REALTORS® California.
As previously announced earlier this year, current chief
executive officer, Joel Singer, will
retire at year's end, following 43 years of service with the
Association. A search committee is conducting a nationwide search
for Singer's replacement, which is expected to be announced by the
end of this year.
Leading the way…® in California
real estate for more than 110 years, the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF
REALTORS® (www.car.org) is one of the largest state trade
organizations in the United States
with more than 200,000 members dedicated to the advancement of
professionalism in real estate. C.A.R. is headquartered in
Los Angeles.
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