Press Release

Bill Hanley of Weichert, Realtors® Named 2007 President of New Jersey Association of REALTORS®

METUCHEN, N.J. – Weichert, Realtors® is pleased to announce that Bill Hanley, branch manager of Weichert’s Metuchen Office, was named 2007 president of the New Jersey Association of REALTORS^® (NJAR). NJAR, part of the National Association of REALTORS^® (NAR), is a non-profit organization serving the professional needs of its members and currently has 24 local boards/associations and more than 57,000 members.

“Weichert is proud to have one of its own selected from among the many real estate professionals within the state to lead the New Jersey Association of REALTORS,” said Paul Christman, senior vice president for Weichert, Realtors. “Bill’s appointment is a testament to his years of leadership, expertise and service to both the clients he has served and the real estate industry.”

A member of the Weichert Family of Companies since 1998, Hanley currently supports and manages more than 75 active sales associates in his role as manager of the Metuchen office. He is a past president of the Middlesex County Association of Realtors and was named that organization’s REALTOR of the year in 2000. A member of NJAR since he began his real estate career more than 25 years ago, he has served NJAR in various capacities, including first vice president, president of the NJAR Educational Foundation and as a trustee of the NJAR Housing Opportunity Foundation. As a director for NAR, he has served on the risk management and housing needs committees and has been an instructor of the NAR Quadrennial Ethics Training course in Middlesex County.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in music education from Westminster Choir College and is a resident of Somerset, N.J. 

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