Connect Magazine July/August 2017 | Page 12

WE CHECK IN WITH THE MLS PRESIDENT AT THE MID-POINT OF 2017 TO FIND OUT WHAT THEY HAVE ACCOMPLISHED AND WHAT SHE SEES IN HER FUTURE. BY LAURA SHAY, COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR, ROYAL PALM COAST REALTORĀ® ASSOCIATION H alfway through 2017, we sit down with Andover, and North Andover, Massachusetts. Then after President of the Florida Gulf Coast MLS, getting married, I lived in Westfield and Holden, MA Donna Stout, to find out what the board has achieved so far this year, and what else is on Q: When and why did you come to SWFL? the horizon. A: My husband and I moved to SWFL in 2002 because our Q: Tell us about your beginnings: When/where you children were grown and he was retiring. We had friends were born? Where have you lived? who lived in Bonita Springs and they had just bought land in Cape Coral to build a home. They had told us we could A: I was born in Malden, Massachusetts. Previous to moving get the best value in the up and coming city of Cape Coral. to Cape Coral in 2002, I grew up and lived in Lexington, 12 RPCRA.ORG | JUL/AUG 2017