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Alabama Association of Realtors names 2020 President

Alabama Realtors

Morgan Ashurst, CCIM, CRS of the Baldwin County Association of REALTORS® was named 2020 President of the Alabama Association of REALTORS®, the largest statewide organization of real estate professionals. Ashurst was officially installed as President on November 11 at the National Association of REALTORS® Conference in San Francisco, Calif.

Ashurst is a native of Fairhope, Ala. where he is a Qualifying Broker and Owner with Ashurst Niemeyer Real Estate. A REALTOR® since 2002, Ashurst has been an active member of the Association serving on the Board of Directors and numerous committees including the Finance Committee, Public Policy Committee, and Issues Mobilization Committee, to name a few. Ashurst was named the 2016 Alabama REALTOR® of the Year and has been listed on Mobile Bay’s “40 under 40.”

“The real estate industry affects so many integral parts of Alabama’s economy from creating jobs to attracting business and everywhere in between,” said Ashurst. “So, for our Association, we have a unique opportunity to protect and advance the very thing that helps our state thrive – private property rights – and I’m proud to be a part of that.”

Other members of the 2020 Alabama REALTORS® Executive Committee include Slade McElroy, President-Elect; Wes Grant, Treasurer; RaJane Hampton, Secretary; Valerie Miles, Northern Regional Vice President; Wendy Childers, North Central Regional Vice President; Senia Johnson, Jefferson/Shelby/Blount Regional Vice President; Forrest Meadows, Central Regional Vice President; and Troy Wilson, Southern Regional Vice President.

The Alabama Association of REALTORS® (AAR) is the largest statewide organization of real estate professionals comprised of over 16,000 members from 25 boards and 1,200 real estate companies.  United by adherence to a Code of Ethics, our members work as real estate professionals in the sale, lease, appraisal, management and development of residential, commercial, rural and resort properties throughout Alabama.

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