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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2019

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

HONORING AND THANKING ANN M. HOLLANDS ON THE OCCASION OF HER

RETIREMENT AFTER MORE THAN FORTY YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE IN THE

FIELD OF REAL ESTATE AND TO THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

     Introduced By: Representatives Shekarchi, Azzinaro, Speakman, Williams, and Vella-
Wilkinson

     Date Introduced: May 30, 2019

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, To the very good fortune of many a Rhode Islander, Ann Hollands began

her distinguished career with the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) on

October 1st of 1995 as the Assistant Director of Transportation. In March of 1999, she was

named Administrator for Property Management and Real Estate, and on October 1st of 2015, she

became the Administrator for Real Estate with the Department; and

     WHEREAS, Ms. Hollands came to RIDOT with myriad years of business acumen and

numerous outstanding qualifications. In 1978, she had founded and served as President and

Principal Broker of East Bay Associates which became one of the top producing real estate

companies on the East Bay, and in 1992, she founded and served as President of Northeast Real

Estate Appraisal Professionals, Ltd.; and

     WHEREAS, Respected and honored by her peers, Ms. Hollands has had numerous

professional affiliations throughout her career including, being named President of the Rhode

Island Chapter Appraisal Institute in 1995 and 2009, serving as Director and Past President of the

Greater Providence Board of Realtors, being a member of the Rhode Island Builders Association

and the National Association of Realtors, attaining the MAI designation and in 2013, was

awarded the "State Implementation of the Year: Rhode Island Department of Transportation" at

the VUEWorks Annual User Conference in 2017 for her participation with VUEWorks over the

course of 2016; and

     WHEREAS, In addition, Ms. Hollands has been very active and dedicated to her

community. She has been a member of the Bristol Fourth of July Committee, served as Director

and President of the Bristol Foundation from 1992 through 1994, and is a past President of the

Bristol Republican Party; and

     WHEREAS, Ms. Hollands and her husband, Bill McGovern, make their home in the

Town of Bristol. They are the proud parents and grandparents of a large and loving blended

family. As consummate boaters, the couple will no doubt be spending many, many hours touring

on their 36-foot Grand Banks "Mist Approach" or socializing with friends at the Wharf Tavern;

and

     WHEREAS, Ann Hollands is an exceptional woman who upon her retirement, has left a

legacy of dedicated and conscientious civic service, and she is enormously worthy of our

recognition and gratitude; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island and

Providence Plantations hereby honors and thanks Ann Hollands for forty years of dedicated

service to the people of the State of Rhode Island and wishes her a most happy, healthy, and

enjoyable retirement; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Ms. Ann Hollands.

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