Nearly six months after its previous communications vice president resigned, the National Association of Realtors has added two new communications and marketing directors to its executive team. Journalism veteran Bennett Richardson will serve as the senior vice president of marketing & communications, and public relations dynamo Raffi Williams will be the vice president of communications, according to an announcement on Thursday.
Source: Inman News
NAR appoints new SVP, VP of communications department
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