It is with mixed emotion that we announce, that after 17 years, MAR General Counsel and Government Affairs Director Steve Ryan will be leaving MAR to take a position as CEO of the New England Convenience Store Association. This is a wonderful growth opportunity for Steve and he’s fully ready to serve as an association CEO. We will all miss him greatly and we wish him the very best. We have enjoyed working with Steve immensely over the years, and look forward to continuing to support his career accomplishments. His last day at MAR will be Friday, March 16.
Please join us in leaving a farewell message to Steve in the comment section below.

Thanks for everything Steve!
Thank you!
Rob Authier
MAR CEO







Best of luck Steve!
Congratulations Steve!! I will miss your common sense approach to the law and your ability to explain it in terms that REALTORS and instructors could understand.
Congrats and best wishes with your new endeavor Steve. It has been a pleasure learning from your presentations at various MAR events.
Steve, you have been a great asset to MAR, you will be missed by all
Congratulations Steve! It will be good to know another association will have a diehard Sox fan at the helm. We will miss your valuable support. Thanks for your help and friendship.
Congratulations, Steve.
This is just one of those opportunities to which you just can’t say ‘No.’ I wish you good fortune. Please know that your friends in New England will miss you.
Susan Arnold, Rhode Island
Thanks for all your hard work over the years
Congratulations and Best Wishes, Steve. Steve will be missed for the technical expertise that he provided in helping us by explaining the law and helping to untangle problems. Probably even more so, Steve is to be commended for his even handed and personable nature.
Good luck on your new job!
[...] Here are the articles and posts that resulted from the release of our February 2012 Massachusetts pending sales data. We’ll update this post as more articles come in. Also, for those of you who know, MAR’s General Counsel/Gov’t Affairs Director Steve Ryan, is leaving MAR after 17 years (his last day is this Friday). Great opportunity for him, but sad for us. You can leave comments for Steve here: Wish Steve Luck [...]
Steve,
I have always admired your style whether it was at our monthly G/A meetings or discussing real estate matters with our legislators on Beacon Hill or Capital Hill. You always helped them understand the REALTOR point of view.
I wish you the very best and you can be sure I will never forget what you have done for the REALTOR community.
Thank You,
Bert Beaulieu