John H. Banks, president of REBNY, is retiring.
NEW YORK CITY—The Real Estate Board of New York has announced that John H. Banks will retire as the professional trade association's president. He held the office for five years and worked for 33 years in the private and public sectors. The REBNY board of governors confirmed the organization's EVP Jim Whelan will be the new president, effective July 1, 2019.
Banks says he plans to spend more time with his family and philanthropic causes. He first joined REBNY in March 2015.
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Betsy Kim was the bureau chief, East Coast, and New York City reporter for Real Estate Forum and GlobeSt.com. As a lawyer and journalist, Betsy has worked as the director of editorial and content for LexisNexis Lawyers.com, a TV/multi-media journalist for NBC and CBS affiliated TV stations in the Midwest, and an associate producer at Court TV.
