Brian Flook

Meredith Oliver

The Institute of Residential Marketing (IRM) announced the selection of two new officers during the NSMC/IRM joint board meeting on Jan. 11, which preceeded the NAHB International Builders' Show in Orlando.

The IRM Board of Governors elected Brian Flook, MIRM, CMP, president of Power Marketing & Advertising, LLC, to be the 2011 IRM vice chair, and Meredith Oliver, MIRM, Master CSP, CMP, CSP, president of Meredith Communications, to be the 2011 IRM second vice chair. 

They join Tom Vetter, MIRM, Master CSP, CMP, CSP, president of Accelerated Marketing Partners, LLC, who will serve as IRM chair for 2011. Ross Robbins, MIRM, CMP, CSP, of the Homebuilder Coach, now serves as the immediate past chair.

The IRM board recently held a special election to fill the newly vacated vice chair position, along with the regular election for the second vice chair position, which is held every year. 

The IRM Board of Governors also welcomed six new members who began their official terms at the 2011 IBS:

• Adrienne Albert, MIRM, CMP
  The Marketing Directors, Inc.
  
  
• Kelly Bosetti, MIRM, CMP, CSP
  CEA Marketing Group
  
  
• Gian Hasbrock, MIRM, Master CSP, CMP, CSP
  CB Advantage New Homes
  
  
• Tim Sullivan, MIRM, CMP
  John Burns Real Estate Consulting
  
  
• Dorothy Tayloe, MIRM, CMP, CSP
  Daniel Homes
  
  
• Dottie Fawcett, Master CSP, CMP, CSP
  Constellation Web Solutions

For more information about IRM, visit www.nahb.org/irm.

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