Past Award Winners | Greater Harrisburg Association of REALTORS®

REALTOR® of the Year Recipients

Congratulations to the following members on being named REALTOR® of the Year by their peers. The REALTOR® of the Year award recognizes members who shows a variety of contributions to the Association, the community, the real estate business and demonstrates the spirit of being a REALTOR®.

2025 Wendell Hoover
2024 Barb Murdocca
2023 Danielle Winn
2022 Adrian Smith
2021 Jordan Piscioneri
2020 Michelle Gueci
2019 Edwin Tichenor
2018 John Esser
2017 Jodi Diego
2016 Iva Fiorina
2015 Bob Fox
2014 Michael E. Pion
2013 Bernard J. Campanella
2012 James M. Spagnolo
2011 Larry L. Hatter
2010 Frederick L. Briggs
2009 A. Jerrod Paterson
2008 W. Greg Rothman
2007 Susan C. McGeehan
2006 Daniel T. Piscioneri
2005 Frederick D. Humphrey
2004 Donald Roth
2003 Linda J. Melham
2002 David B. Smolizer
2001 Arthur D. Campbell
2000 Jan Rhodes Mattas
1999 Mary E. (Betty) Rader
1998 James. L.D. Monroe
1997 Kathryn E. Lucas
1996 Vernon E. Anderson
1995 Judi Shirk
1994 Charles W. Gilmore
1993 James M. Kriebel, Jr.
1992 Theodore Stefan, Jr.
1991 Mimi Lambert
1990 Viola E. Thompson
1989 Gary K. Maurer
1988 Brian A. Gross
1987 James E. Grandon, Jr.
1986 John R. Detweiler
1985 James L. Helsel, Jr.
1984 Anna Bianco
1983 K. Jesse Reitenbach
1982 Charles F. Schubert, Sr.
1981 Calvin E. Swayze
1980 Don Paul Shearer
1979 June Derrick
1978 Lester G. Connor
1977 Lucille L. Balderston
1976 William F. Rothman
1975 Thomas W. Helsel
1974 Eldon G. Gaughen
1973 Clarence M. Detweiler
1972 W. Franklin Hollinger
1971 J. Joseph McGraw
1970 Stanley D. Adler, Jr.
1969 James L. Helsel, Sr.
1968 Evan J. Miller
1967 Ben G. Helsel
1966 Horace C.Wolbert

CAR REALTOR® of the Year Recipients

Congratulations to the following members of the former Carlisle Association of REALTORS® on being named REALTOR® of the Year by their peers.

Douglas R. Heineman
Anne W. Stewart
Constance I. Kugler
Larry E. Foote
Gwenn Bream Drum
Carol J. Cunningham
Donald A. Rickards
Philip Garman
Bettie J. Henry
Douglas J. Gale

Hall of Fame Inductees

Congratulations to the following members on being named to the Association’s Hall of Fame. This award recognizes significant contributions of the individual to the development, growth, improvement and/or excellence of the real estate industry whether locally, in Pennsylvania or in the nation.

2025 Jodi Diego
2024 Jim Spagnolo
2023 Don Roth
2022 Anna Bianco
2021 Jim Ross
2020 George (Ed) Blum
2019 Linda Melham
2018 Eugene Costello
2017 Larry Hatter
2016 Greg Rothman
2015 Glen R. Grell
2014 James L. Goldsmith, Esq.
2013 Amelia R. “Mimi” Lambert
2012 Susan C. Helm
2011 William F. Rothman
2010 Ray L. “Buz” Wolfe, Jr.
2009 James L. Helsel, Jr.
2008 Daniel T. Piscioneri
2007 Robert S. Hamilton
2006 Douglas R. Heineman
2005 John E. Glise
2004 Viola E. “Vi” Thompson
2004 Eldon “Jack” Gaughen
2003 Stephen Reed
2002 Gary L. Nalbandian
2001 James E. Grandon, Jr.
2000 Ruth A. Myers

Professional Merit Award Recipients

The Professional Merit award is presented to qualifying members of GHAR in good standing. The award recognizes REALTOR® professionalism through education, Association participation and involvement, and community service during the year of application. Congratulations to the following members for their professionalism.

2025 Josh Clelan, Noel Kelley, Trina Malloy
2024 Nicholas Feagley
2023 Tricia Como, Tracy Georgeff, Laurie Carney
2022 Tracee Carter, Jimmy Koury, Barb Murdocca, Mike Rohm
2021 Stephen Fleming
2020 Chris Detweiler, Tracy Klinger
2019 Cathie Heika, Danielle Winn
2018 Jordan Piscioneri, Sylvia Hess
2017 Shannon Foster, Annette Handley, Matthew Madden,
2016 Derek Bicksler, Iva Fiorina, Bob Fox, Michelle Gueci, Edwin Tichenor
2015 John Esser, Leslie St. John
2014 Vincent Mellott
2013 John P. Henry
2011 Drew Bobincheck
2011 Mo Humphreys
2011 Kathleen C. Shannon
2010 James D. Ross
2010 Gary J. Muccio
2010 Susan Kichman
2010 James M. Spagnolo
2010 Michael B. Yingling
2009 Frederick Briggs
2009 A. Jerrod Paterson
2009 Jodi Diego
2009 Bernard Campanella
2004 Andrew Fisher
2004 Martha Garrett
2003 William Keefer
2002 Ira Naiditch
2001 Robert Hoobler
2000 Carl Heintzelman
1999 Patt Boyer
1999 Robert Fox
1998 W. Greg Rothman
1997 David Smolizer
1997 Carol Leisey
1997 M. Sue Daugherty
1996 Beverly Kelly
1996 James Monroe
1996 Donna O’Brien
1995 Shelley Webster
1994 Joseph Gottwald
1994 Janet Hoffmaster
1994 Linda Melham
1993 Mary Rader
1993 Carlea Lenker
1992 Janet Rhodes Mattas
1992 Frances Bender
1992 Andrew Saft
1991 John Hutchinson
1991 Ernest Pace
1991 Jo Ann Weyandt
1991 Benjamin DeFrancesco
1991 Charles Gilmore
1990 Arthur Campbell
1990 Diane Peresie
1990 James Helsel, Jr.
1990 Theodore Stefan, Jr.
1990 David Kelly
1989 James Holtzman
1989 H. Gerard Vogel
1989 L. Richard Zalek
1989 Viola Thompson
1989 Thomas Hoffmaster
1989 Karen Darney
1989 Judith Rosi-Yoder
1989 Anna Bianco
1989 Jean O’Leary
1989 Mary Anne Cypcar
1989 James Kriebel, Jr.
1989 Amelia Lambert

Commercial Member of the Year Recipients

Congratulations to the following members who have received the Association’s Commercial Member of the Year Award.

2025 Stephen Fleming
2024 Jim Helsel
2023 Barb Murdocca

Business Partner of the Year Recipients

Congratulations to the following affiliate members who have received the Association’s Business Partner of the Year Award.

2025 Angela Price
2024 Kevin Kenny
2023 Dan Jameson
2022 Gale Gallo
2021 Cheryl Rost
2020 Steven Williams, Esq.
2019 Rick Liddell
2018 Jeremy McMichael
2017 Heath Freeland
2017 Greg Drake
2016 Brett M. Woodburn, Esq.
2015 Linda Goldstein
2014 Michael Beardsley
2013 Joseph A. Cline
2012 Robert J. Fisher
2011 Fred P. Connor
2010 Karl Krug
2009 James L. Goldsmith, Esq.
2008 Peter A. Jones
2007 Joyce Hafer
2006 Don Krieger
2006 Robbin Crossley
2005 Neddie Gaffney
2004 Pam Bentz
2003 John Schilling
2002 Getty Wilson
2001 William Pierce, Jr.