Resume

Thomas A. Howard, GRI, CBR
Principal Broker
NH Conservation Real Estate

EDUCATION

1997 Real Estate Training Institute; Certified Buyer Representative (CBR)

1996 UNH Cooperative Extension; Granite State Woodlot and Wildlife Management Course

1992 Tri-State Realtors Institute; Graduate Realtors Institute (GRI)

1988 Plymouth State College; Real Estate Entrepreneurship

1987 Institute for Practicing Real Estate; Fundamentals of Real Estate

1979 University of Maine, BS with high distinction, Recreation and Parks Management

EMPLOYMENT

Real Estate Broker

• licensed and active in the State of New Hampshire, 1987-present

Land Protection Specialist

• Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests, Concord, NH, 1998-2003

Conservation Manager

• Lakes Region Conservation Trust, Meredith, NH, 1996-1998

Director of Parks and Recreation

• Town of Meredith, NH, 1980-1987

ORGANIZATIONS

New Hampshire Association of REALTORS

• Public Policy Committee 1992-present, vice-chairman 2000-01, 04-06, 10-11
• Board of Directors 1997-99

Lakes Region Board of REALTORS

• Professional Standards Committee 1995-97, 2006-present
• Legislative Committee 1992-2000, 04-06, 10-present; chairman 1995-99
• Board of Directors 1993-2000
• President 1999
• Realtor of the Year 1997

Lakes Region Conservation Trust

• Board of Trustees 1993-96
• Lands Committee 1992-96

SEMINARS INSTRUCTED

"Creative Real Estate Transactions for Conservation": November 2011: NH Assoc. of Conservation Commissions Annual Meeting; Concord, NH

"Tools for Real Estate Professionals: What You Should Know about Land Conservation Transactions and Conservation Planning": September 2008; Amherst Land Trust and Center for Land Conservation Assistance; Amherst, NH. // April 2006; Harris Center for Conservation Education, Monadnock Conservancy and NH Dept. of Environmental Services; Hancock, NH. // March 2005; Seacoast Land Trust, Center for Land Conservation Assistance and NH Estuaries Project; Greenland, NH *

"Open Space & Land Protection": September 2002, Antioch New England Institute,
Selectperson Institute; Plymouth, NH

"Conservation Easements - What a Broker Needs to Know": October 2000, NH Association of REALTORS Annual Convention; Dixville Notch, NH *

"Protecting Family Lands: Land, Estate Taxes, and the Next Generation": February 2000, Belknap County Cooperative Extension; Laconia, NH

"Voluntary Land Protection": September 1999, NH Coverts Project, UNH Cooperative Extension Service; Strafford, NH

"Conservation Easement Monitoring Workshop": May 1998, Lakes Region Conservation Trust; Moultonborough, NH

*Approved for continuing education credit by NH Real Estate Commission.

 

SEMINARS AS PLANNING PARTICIPANT

"Forests, Foresters, and Forestry": September 1999, September 2000; Belknap and Carroll County Extension Services; Gilford, NH *
 
"Promoting Healthy Waterfront Property: A Seminar for New Hampshire Real Estate Agents": May 2000, Lakes Region Board of REALTORS, NH Department of Environmental Services, and NH Lakes Association; Holderness, NH *

*Approved for continuing education credit by NH Real Estate Commission.

 

COMMUNITY

Boy Scouts

• Moultonborough, NH, Adult Leader, 1997-2008; Troop Committee, 2002-present
• Worcester, MA, Scouting for the Handicapped, Adult Leader, 1975-77
• Orrington, ME, Eagle Scout, 1972.

State of New Hampshire

• Commission to Review the Comprehensive Shoreland Protection Act, 2005-06
• Lakes Management Advisory Committee, Dept. of Environmental Services, 1993-2002.

Town of Moultonborough, NH

• Planning Board, 2011-present
• Recreation Strategic Planning Team, 2004-2008
• Master Plan, Land Use & Economic Development Work Group, 2007-08