CLARE BERRY, Broker/Owner
Berry & Co. Real Estate
The Shoppes of Ponte Vedra
330 A1A North, Suite 305
Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 32082
(904) 382-5875 (cell)
(904) 273-4800 (office)
BUSINESS BACKGROUND:
Broker/Owner, Berry & Co. Real Estate, 1993-present (multi-million $ sales annually)
Broker/Agent, Marsh Landing Realty, 1990-1993 (multi-million $ sales annually)
Broker/Agent, Watson Realty Corporation, 1985-1990 (Executive Committee/multi-million $ sales annually)
Manager, Arvida-Clearview Cable TV, Ponte Vedra Beach, 1982-1985
Co-Founder and Business Manager, The Sun Times Newspaper of the Jacksonville Beaches, 1981-1982
Sales and Editorial Assistant, Ponte Vedra Recorder Newspaper, 1979-1981
Advertising Associate and Circulation Manager, The News-Gazette, Lexington, VA, 1977-1979
PROFESSIONAL HONORS AND MEMBERSHIPS:
Five Star Best in Client Satisfaction Award 2005-2022 (2005 was first year this award was given)
“BEST OF THE BEST” 2019/2020/2021/2022 Ponte Vedra Recorder Poll (1st year 2019) BEST in many real estate categories
"Best REALTOR" Winner, Ponte Vedra Recorder Readers' Poll, 2001 & 2002 (poll was not repeated after 2002)
Jacksonville Business Journal’s “Top 25 Realtors” (#3 in 2020) & “Top 25 Residential Real Estate Cos” (several years)
Northeast Florida Multiple Listing Service Board of Directors, 2005-2013 (Treasurer 2008; PRESIDENT 2010),
Budget & Finance Committee 2012-2018
Northeast Florida Association of Realtors Education Committee Chairman, 2000; Board of Directors, 1998-2000, 2010
Northeast Florida Association of Realtors CIRCLE OF HONOR, 2015, RESIDENTIAL MEMBER OF THE YEAR, 1998
Ponte Vedra Association of Realtors Board of Directors, 1992-1994; PRESIDENT, 1994; REALTOR OF THE YEAR, 1992
Florida Association of Realtors Board of Directors, 1994, 2010; HONOR SOCIETY, 20+ years
Advanced Coursework: Seller Representative Specialist (SRS); Real Estate Business Institute (REBI/CRB); Graduate Realtor
Institute (GRI) (business & ethics); e-PRO (internet marketing); CNE (Certified Negotiation Expert); Certified Sales Professional (CSP).
Member, Northeast Florida, State of Florida and National Associations of Realtors, Northeast Florida Multiple Listing Service
COMMUNITY (VOLUNTEER) ACTIVITIES and AWARDS:
THE PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP Committee Chair or Co-Chair (since 1982); Leadership Jacksonville Class of 2016;
Episcopal School of Jacksonville Board of Trustees (2012-2019), Major Gifts Co-Chair; 50th Anniversary Committee;
Ponte Vedra Beach Rotary Club (member since 2001) honored as the first club member named a “LOCAL HERO” in 2022, serves on
misc. committees; Ponte Vedra Public Education Foundation Board (1994-2015);
Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens; Marsh Landing Property Owners Association (Marsh Views editorial staff, 2010-2014,
Advisory Board 1989-90, ad hoc committees); Florida Master Naturalist (designation candidate, volunteer); American Cancer
Society (Cowford Ball, Making Strides); Junior League of Jacksonville; Christ Church; Ponte Vedra Community Association;
BEAM (Beaches Emergency Assistance Ministry) Beach Ball Presenting Sponsor (2022), Back to School, Grace Garden;
Beaches Museum & History Park Beaches Legends sponsor; Wolfson Children’s Hospital Winter Design Show Beaches
Sponsor (2022), Florida forum;
Florida Audubon Eagle Watch Volunteer; St. Johns County/PVB Chamber Auto Show
Northeast Florida Regional Planning Council, appointed by the Governor to represent our region April 2000-October 2006
THE PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP Robert R. Feagin Founders Award “for long-term service and
untiring dedication to the welfare of the Tournament” (2010)
Ponte Vedra Chamber Jeff Jenkins Community Service Award (2010 and 2015), Most Sociable Award (2013) Rotary Club of Ponte
Beach Local Hero Award (2022)
EDUCATION:
Jim Moran Institute for Global Entrepreneurship/ FSU College of Business Small Business Executive Program (2022)
B.A., Auburn University (Architecture, Interior Design, English)
The Harpeth Hall School, Nashville, TN (12th grade); Episcopal School of Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL (grades 7-11)
OTHER INTERESTS:
Promotions and marketing, the arts, beach activities, writing, conservation, design, aviation, pro sports
PERSONAL:
Married since 1977 to Vance Berry, Jr., a business lawyer with Stoneburner Berry Purcell & Campbell
One son, Vance III, born November 1986
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