Mark Foreman, Vice President & Liaison to Committees

Mark Foreman, a REALTOR® from Fairfield, Conn., is 2008 Vice President and Liaison to Committees for the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®. NAR, The Voice for Real Estate®, is America’s largest trade association, representing 1.3 million REALTORS® involved in all aspects of the residential and commercial real estate industries.

Foreman, a REALTOR® for 21 years, is owner of Cornerstone Capital Mortgage & Real Estate Services, Inc. The firm, owned by his wife and him, has worked with clients such as the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fleet Bank, Chase Bank, Bank of America, GMAC, Clayton National, the Charles Smith Foundation and the Bridgeport Housing Authority.

At the national level, Foreman served on NAR’s Housing Needs committee in 2005 and its Member Policy and Board Jurisdiction committees from 2005 to 2007. He was co-leader of NAR’s joint work with Habitat for Humanity’s Global Village Program, which built affordable homes in Mobile, Ala., in 2007.

In 2006, Foreman was president of the Connecticut Association of REALTORS®. He served as its treasurer from 2002 to 2004. Foreman was a member of CAR’s strategic planning committee in 2003 and 2007. He was named “REALTOR® of the Year” by his state peers in 2005.

At the local level, Foreman was president of the Greater Bridgeport Board of Realtors® from 2001 to 2002.

Active in the community, Foreman served as vice president of the board of Southwest Community Health Center in Bridgeport from 2000 to 2007, and on the board of The Polka Dot Playhouse in Bridgeport. He also was a member of U.S. Representative Christopher Shays’ (R-Conn.) affordable housing task force in 2006, as well as the Town of Fairfield’s affordable housing committee in 2007.

Forman resides in Fairfield, Conn., with his wife, Wende, and two daughters, Asia (15), and Hali (11.) He received his bachelor’s in economics and political science from Yale University in 1987, where he was also a member of the varsity football team.