Michael Bean Named 2007 Seacoast REALTOR of the Year

Michael Bean Named 2007 Seacoast REALTOR of the Year

PORTSMOUTH - The Seacoast Board of Realtors named Michael Bean, owner of the Michael Bean Group, as its 2007 Realtor of the Year.

The awards were presented at the Seacoast Board of REALTORS' annual Realtor of the Year luncheon at the Portsmouth Country Club on Friday, June 8.

Bean, recognized as a local pioneer in Internet marketing, is a director of the Seacoast board. He serves as the board's representative to the Northern New England Real Estate Network, the New Hampshire MLS system.

Signature Title vice president Monique Shevlin won Affiliate of the Year honors. Shevlin, now a two-time Affiliate of the Year honoree, co-chairs the board's education committee and has also served on the affiliates and community service committees. She is involved with more than 10 different charitable organizations.

Four local students were named Robert R. Cushing Memorial Scholarship recipients, each winning a $1,000 scholarship. Elisa Loeser and Sam Glennon of Portsmouth High School will attend Mt. Holyoke College and Brandeis University respectively. Christopher Hsieh, Exeter High School, is attending Boston University, and Matthew Cyr, Newmarket High School, will enroll at Massachusetts Maritime Academy.

Twenty Realtors and affiliates were named to the New Hampshire Association of Realtors Honor Society. Pamela Ziadeh, Warranty Title, and Pam Blowen, Precision Title Services, who were both Affiliate of the Year nominees, are first-year Affiliate Honor Society members, while Lynn McClaren, Stewart Title of Northern New England, is a fifth-year member.

Among Realtors, Julie Dufault, the Michael Bean Group, was the lone first-year Honor Society member and Sol Negm, also a nominee for Realtor of the Year, is second-year member. Three-year members, both from Buyers Brokers of the Seacoast, are Patricia Chalpin and Carolyn McGee.

May Youngclaus, also a Realtor of the Year nominee, earns 10-year recognition. Joe Hunkins, Hunkins Real Estate, and Kathy Walsh, Coldwell Banker Walsh Real Estate, are 11-year members.

Cathy Youngs won the Affiliate Wine raffle extravaganza, which included more than 70 bottles of wine donated by Realtors and Affiliates. That event raised more than $6,000 for the board's Charity of Choice, Seacoast Youth Services, as well as other affiliate-sponsored events.