GCAR - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- MLS Tech Support Associate
Bill has been a Realtor for 31 Years. He is a NYSAR approved instructor and has over twenty years of teaching experience. Classes he has taught include Lead-Based Paint, Realtor Board and Broker Orientation Courses, and Understanding the Purchase and Sale Contract. He also teaches Business Planning for the real estate company he works for.
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- Professional Standards Coordinator
Eric Sterling is a New York State certified and registered commercial appraiser. He has been appraising all types of commercial, industrial, institutional, and residential properties for the past 20+ years. His geographical experience is very broad covering dense markets such as New York City, Westchester & Long Island to the wilderness areas of the Adirondacks. Mr. Sterling's formal commercial appraisal training has been with the Appraisal Institute and New York University.
Prior to his career as an appraiser, Eric was an Outward Bound Instructor and Course Director. While there, he leads and designed team building and professional development activities for school groups, and corporate clients. Mr. Sterling currently performs appraisals for banks, law firms, accounting firms, and private clients.
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- MLS Tech Support Associate
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- Senior MLS Tech Support Associate
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- Broker
- State Representative for the RPAC Participation Council
Jeffrey Decatur is a Broker Associate with RE/MAX Capital in Albany, with 25 years of real estate experience. In 2017, Jeffrey was honored by GCAR as the Realtor of the Year. He is known for his sense of humor and interactive teaching style at GCAR's School: The Real Estate Professionals' Institute. Jeffrey is a graduate of the NYS Association of Realtors Leadership Academy, is a Graduate of the Realtor Institute (GRI) designee, and a graduate of the Instructor Training Institute (ITI).
He has been involved with GCAR since the early 1990s where his committee work started with the Make A Wish Monopoly Tournaments and the Habitat for Humanity Bachelor Auctions. Jeffrey headed up what is now the GCAR Community Outreach fund. His passion is advocating for real estate laws through GCAR's REALTOR® Political Action Committee (RPAC) where he has served for many years organizing events and surpassing goals.
Jeffrey has served on the New York State Association of REALTORS® Board of Directors and Delegate body as well as RPAC Trustees, Executive, Nominating, Professional Standards, Global, Resort & Second-Home Market, and Multiple Listing Service Issues as well as Policy Committees. He was trained in Chicago by the National Association of Realtors to be a Mediator for NYSAR. He currently chairs the Legal Action Committee.
On a national level, Jeffrey has served as the state representative for the RPAC Participation Council for 2017- 2018. In his spare time, he can be found traveling, writing real estate classes, or working on one of his other charities.
He resides in Latham with his husband Ross and their two rescue Italian Greyhound dogs Romeo and Hermes.
Real estate maven, wife, philanthropist, extreme optimist, and travel enthusiast, Jennifer is the Broker/Owner of EXIT Realty Empire Associates. With more than 10 years of experience, Jenn works closely with her buyer and seller clients to help them find the right new home or to sell their current home. She also serves on the national Leadership Steering Committee of the Women's Council of Realtors …
Jeremias "Jman" Maneiro is the owner of JMan Seminars and is a licensed NYS Associate Broker who is still actively selling in his home market of Rochester, NY. His speaking career began 28 years ago when he was the ring announcer for his third-grade elementary school circus. He has over 14 years of experience in training salespeople to enhance their productivity, sales skills, efficiency, and tech-savviness. He does Real Estate Technology training throughout the country and specializes in helping everyone learn and adopt new technology to his or her real estate business regardless of the technological inclination or generational difference.
Job Titles:
- Membership Management Assistant
Since becoming an agent in 1986, John DiIanni has immersed himself in the real estate industry. His background includes selling new construction developments, managing offices, purchasing and managing apartment buildings, to owning & managing a mortgage bank, two title insurance agencies and a real estate settlement office, John is steeped with industry knowledge. He is one of the first real estate appraisal instructors in …
Josef (Joe) Fasolino is a graduate of Union College with a Master's of Science in Mechanical Engineering (2003) and received his Bachelors of Science in Mechanical Engineering (1998) from Northeastern University.
He has worked the past 21 years for companies such as General Electric, Lockheed Martin, Plug Power, Diversified Technologies, Espey Manufacturing, Bechtel and currently, is employed as a Principal Engineer for Fluor Marine Propulsion. Joe currently owns and operates Top Gun Inspections Services and has been inspecting since 2012. He developed a business partnership with Dan Osborn and is the Co-Author of the book, "Practical Guide to Being a Home Inspector", which has been approved by New York State for use in Home Inspection schools throughout New York State. Joe is a NYS License Home Inspector instructor and been teaching since 2013 and the lead instructor in the Albany Region. Additionally, Joe is a NYS License Mold Instructor and began teaching in October 2015, including being a NYS License Mold Assessor.
Job Titles:
- Association Services Manager
Lisbeth Calandrino is an accomplished international speaker with expertise in the floor covering industry and customer service. She has been certified as an Independent Floor Covering Inspector and in 2017 was named by Floor Covering News as one of the Top Ten Influencers in the Flooring Industry. She is a regular speaker at the International Surfaces Convention, the largest North American Floor Covering Event, The Remodelers, and Deck Expo, and The International Coverings Show. She is a regular contributor and Associate Publisher of Fabulous Floors Magazine.
Lisbeth's speaking style is straightforward, high energy, and humorous. She has won several speaking awards from Toastmaster's International on her content and speaking style. She is the author of several business books; her book, Red Hot Customer Service is in its second edition.
Job Titles:
- Director of Communications / Marketing
Rebecca Jones started her career in Real Estate in 1986 as a sales agent and then evolved into a NYS Certified Appraiser in 1990. She started her teaching path in 1995 at the local level.
Job Titles:
- MLS Tech Support Associate
Rory O'Connor began his real estate career in 1985, after a successful corporate career in consumer marketing, as well as running his own consulting. Beginning with a small firm, he soon moved to RE/MAX in Saratoga, where he was a top agent, and earned his GRI designation.
In 1996, he founded Saratoga Real Property, Inc. Specializing in personal, one on one service to his clients, the firm grew and was selected as the marketing and construction management firm that built "The Village at Saratoga", one of the most successful sub-divisions of its time.
Rory has served actively for years on various GCAR Committees, including the Grievance, Professional Standards, as well as Education. He also served on the CRMLS Board for several years. After completing his ITI Designation Course, he now enjoys teaching for GCAR's school. He currently serves as a GCAR Director and was recently named a NYSAR Director by GCAR.
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- Real Estate Broker
- Real Estate Broker / Owner of Romeo Team Realty
Victoria "Tori" Romeo is the Real Estate Broker/Owner of Romeo Team Realty. She holds two Master's degrees in History and Education from the University of Edinburgh and St Lawrence University respectively. After working in the field of eLearning for 7 years, she became licensed at the start of 2012 and has been teaching buyers, sellers, and other agents in real estate ever since. Tori is a proud Past President of the Women's Council of REALTORS Capital Region, held the position of New York State Secretary for the Women's Council of REALTORS New York, and been a dedicated volunteer for GCAR and NYSAR Committees for the past few years. She is a Certified Buyer Representative, member of the Performance Management Network, and a top producing agent in the Greater Capital Association of REALTORS. Tori lives on Ballston Lake with her husband, two beautiful daughters, and their two Siberian Huskies. When not working, she is traveling the world and spending time with her family on the lake.
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- Founding Partner of the Firm
William T. O'Keeffe is a Founding Partner of the Firm O'Keeffe & McCann LLP, a law firm with a concentration in real estate transactions.
Raised in Cornwall, New York, William graduated with high honors from Fordham University College of Business in 1990, where he was also commissioned as an officer in the United States Army, graduating first in his class. William was appointed to the Military Intelligence Corps, and after his graduation from Fordham University School of Law in 1993, he was appointed to the Judge Advocate General's Corps, where he served in the Reserves at both the Staff Judge Advocate's office of the 77th Army Reserve Command at Fort Totten, Queens, and at the 4th Judge Advocate General's Detachment in the Bronx. William is admitted to the Bar of the State of New York, as well as the Federal United States District Courts of the Southern and Northern Districts of New York.
In 2001, William founded the law firm of O'Keeffe & McCann LLP with then law associate, Michael McCann, and focused on general legal practice with a concentration in Real Estate transactions. Since then, the firm has grown into one of the busiest real estate law firms in Orange County, with attorneys and staff unmatched in the industry.