Joy Baez named 2018 REALTOR of the Year

[ GENEVA ]

– The REALTOR Association of the Fox Valley announced in a news release that Joy Baez, a broker at Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Starck Real Estate in St. Charles, has been named the 2018 REALTOR of the Year.

Baez was presented with the award at the annual meeting and officer installation ceremony of the Geneva-based organization, the release stated.

“The REALTOR of the Year award is the highest honor that our association can bestow upon a member,” Mark Coleman, the organization’s new president stated in the release. “It is presented to an individual whose dedication to excellence has most profoundly enhanced the professional image of Realtors in our association.”

Baez stated in the release that she was shocked by the announcement.

“I joined the real estate profession in 1990 and have not looked back since,” Baez stated in the release. “Over the years, I have come to believe in hard work and face-to-face relationships based on trust. But my ultimate joy is from helping people.”

A 27-year veteran of the real estate industry, Baez has a long list of accomplishments in the association, the community and the real estate business, the release stated.

Baez served on the board of directors for the REALTOR Association of the Fox Valley for three years and has been a member of its Professional Standards Committee for 10 years, the release stated. Baez also served on the REALTORS Political Action Committee for seven years, the release stated.

Her unwavering enthusiasm and passion for the protection of the rights of homeowners and Realtors moved her to become a major investor for the political action committee, the release stated.

She has represented the association at several conferences and meetings at the state level in Springfield and at the national level in Washington, D.C., the release stated.

In 2014, Prudential Starck Realtors recognized Baez with membership in its Honor Society for 2013 sales; she was honored again in 2016 by Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Starck Real Estate, the release stated.

She became part of the elite Director’s Circle for Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices in 2015, and she received a President’s Award from the REALTOR Association of the Fox Valley in that same year, the release stated.

Baez is a longtime supporter of TriCity Family Services and is involved with the Association for Individual Development, the release stated.

Baez will be given the opportunity to travel to the state capital in Springfield and be presented her award at the REALTOR of the Year banquet in the spring, the release stated.