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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT: Lisa G. Noon, ABC, CAE
February 3, 2010 (804) 264-5033
AREA REALTOR TO BE NAMED STATE MANAGER OF THE YEAR
Richmond – Bud Kreh, ABR, CRB, CRS, GRI, of Montague Miller & Company in Madison, VA, will be
presented the 2009 Manager of the Year Award during the Virginia Association of REALTORS’ (VAR) annual
awards reception, planned for February 18 in Richmond. He is a member of both the Greater Piedmont Area
Association of Realtors (GPAAR) and the Charlottesville Area Association of Realtors (CAAR).
The VAR Virginia Managers Council presents this award, which recognizes excellence in real estate
management by a Realtor manager who shows a commitment to personal education and internal or external
education and training supplied to Associates. Business and civic accomplishments, as well as innovation and
creativity in management including Associate recruitment and retention, are a part of the criteria for
nomination.
A Realtor since 1964, Kreh has been a volunteer for several different committees for both the state and
local Realtor associations. He is a certified ethics instructor and teaches at both the Greater Piedmont and
Charlottesville Area Associations. He currently is vice chairman of the VAR Risk Management Committee,
which oversees professional standards curriculum and training, ethics and standard forms for Realtors in
Virginia. He holds six professional designations: ABR (Accredited Buyer Agent), CRB (Certified Real Estate
Brokerage Manager), CRS (Certified Residential Specialist), GRI (Graduate Realtors Institute), e-PRO (real
estate internet professional), and SRES (Senior Real Estate Specialist).
Pearl Insurance, a long-time VAR-sponsored program and member service, sponsors this award.
The Virginia Association of REALTORS (VAR) is the business advocate for real estate professionals in
Virginia. VAR represents 30,000 REALTORS active in all phases of real estate brokerage, management,
development and appraisal.
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