GWEN JAMES CRB, GRI, CNS

Gwen James CRB, GRI, CNS
President
(601)261-1077  Voice Mail
gjames@coldwellbanker.com

Have been involved in the real estate business for over 34 years, Gwen James is presently co-owner and President of Coldwell Banker Don Nace, Inc.

She is currently serving as President for the Mississippi Association of Realtors having served as Chair of the Professional Standards Committee, State Forms Committee, a MARPAC Trustee and chaired the Legislative Committee for MAR in 2007. She is on the Local and State Issues Committee and Housing Needs Committee for the National Association of Realtors as well as NAR’s Board of Directors.
 

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Among her achievements, Gwen was selected “Small Business Leader of the Year” by William Carey University in 1994. She was also chosen as one of Mississippi’s 50 Leading Business Women in 1997, plus “Executive of the Year “by the Hattiesburg Chapter of Sales and Marketing Executives that same year. In 2001 she was named Woman of Achievement for Hattiesburg. Gwen was honored by the Hattiesburg Rotary Club as the recipient of The Paul Harris Non-Rotarian of the Year for 2002.

In additional to her business ventures, Gwen has supported South Mississippi as a charter Director of Hattiesburg Habitat for Humanity, Past Chair of the Family Y, former Trustee for William Carey University, Director with the Mississippi Economic Council and has served as Chair of the Planning Commission for the City of Hattiesburg.

In 1998 promoted The Greater Hattiesburg Area as Chair of the Area Development Partnership. She is presently serving as Trustee for the Foundation of First Baptist Church and the Foundation of the ADP. She is Past President of the Greater Hattiesburg Foundation and of the United Way.

Her involvement with the ADP has spanned a number of years and various positions. She organized the implementation of the retirement recruitment effort which has brought more than 1100 households to the Hattiesburg Area. She and her late husband Bob received the Volunteer of the Year Award from the State of Mississippi Economic and Community Development for their Retiree Recruitment efforts in 1996.