Local realtor is 2013 president of Pacific Southwest Association of Realtors

Patrick Henry alum and East County realtor Jeff Campbell, a realtor with Jeff Campbell & Associates, affiliated with Pacific Sotheby’s International Realty, will be installed as 2013 president of the recently merged 1,900-member Pacific Southwest Association of Realtors at PSAR’s 2013 board of directors installation dinner and celebration on Friday, Jan. 18. The event starts at 6 p.m. at the Bonita Golf Course, 5540 Sweetwater Road, in Bonita. Seats cost $45 per person, or $400 for a table of eight. Register online at www.psar.org or www.esdcar.org, or phone (619) 421-7811 or (619) 579-0333.

Campbell will serve as the first president for a full calendar year of the realtors association following the 2012 merger of the El Cajon-based East San Diego County Association of Realtors, with roughly 800 members, and the Chula Vista-based Pacific Southwest Association of Realtors, with roughly 1,100 members. The California Secretary of State approved the merger between the two realtor associations in August, 2012, followed by approval by the National Association of Realtors in September 2012. Peg Tischer-Keeley of the East County association served as president of the combined association in 2012.

A San Diego native and resident of Alpine since 1990, Campbell is a second generation real estate professional. He is a graduate of Patrick Henry High School (class of 1979) and San Diego State University. He has worked in real estate since 1980, including in the homeowner’s insurance, title insurance and escrow fields. He has been affiliated with Century 21 and Prudential Realty before joining Pacific Sotheby’s International Realty in 2011. Jeff Campbell & Associates operates offices in Alpine, La Mesa and Point Loma.