About Me
Jay A. Conner, GRI
CENTURY 21 Hometown Realty
With over 30 years experience
in planning and project management for Central Coast residential, agricultural
and commercial properties, including fifteen years in Solvang, Buellton and the
Santa Ynez Valley, Jay Conner “knows the territory”. Jay is a Vietnam-era vet with a BS degree in
Business Administration, and he has experience in foreclosures, short sales and
vineyard properties. He brings a special understanding and unique expertise to
complex projects, with decades of experience in utility design (from his 42
years with PG&E), easements, roads, wells, equine and vineyard properties. Jay
holds the prestigious GRI (Graduate Realtor Institute) designation, a
certification of advanced real estate training and education earned by only 19%
of all Realtors.
A dedicated community
volunteer, Jay has held dozens of community leadership positions. He has
recently become a founding board member of Honor Flight Central Coast
California, a chapter of a national organization created to fund trips for WWII
and other veterans to see their memorials in Washington D.C. A sampling of his
other current and past volunteer postions: chairman,
Leadership Santa Maria Valley; chairman,
Santa Maria Valley Contractors Association Home and Garden Show; chairman,
Hospice Light Up a Life; president,
Pismo Beach and Grover City (now Grover Beach) Chambers of Commerce;
member, Elks Lodge; board member, Arroyo
Grande Chamber of Commerce; loaned executive, Central Coast United Way and
board member, Sharon Leigh (ovarian) Cancer Organization. Jay is also a member of the Buellton and Solvang Chambers
of Commerce and a 2013 founding board member of the Santa Ynez Chamber.
A law enforcement champion,
Jay is also past Grand (national) President of the International Footprint Association
(IFA); past president, California Central Coast Chapter #73 IFA; co-founder,
Cops ‘n Kids Field Day; alumnus, FBI and DEA Citizens Academies; past chairman,
San Luis Obispo Sheriffs Advisory Council and charter board member and two-term
president, Santa Maria Police Council.
A recipient of numerous
awards, Jay has earned the following community service recognition: Leadership
Santa Maria Founders Award; Special Humanitarian Award, Pismo Beach Chamber of
Commerce and Citizen of the Year honors, Grover City. He also received
PG&E’s highest corporate recognition for community service, the Frederick
W. Mielke Award, which provided a $5000 grant to Hospice, Santa Maria. In 2014,
Jay was one of 58 awardees nationwide honored at FBI headquarters in Washington
D.C. for his law enforcement support as a recipient of the 2013 (FBI)
Director’s Community Leadership Award.
In the real estate arena, Jay
received the Century 21 top producer Masters Emerald award in 2012.
“As a community volunteer, I
find fulfillment in supporting community needs that often go unnoticed,” states
Jay. “As a Realtor, I get special satisfaction from helping clients envision
the potential of their properties and in finding the exact property to meet
their special needs.”
Designations
- GRI
