The Peabody Companies, a group of award-winning property management and real estate firms, proudly announces that Principal and COO Melissa Fish-Crane was installed as President of the Institute of Real Estate Management® (IREM) Boston Metropolitan Chapter No. 4 during the recent Boston Holiday Celebration and Chapter Awards Night held at Granite Links in Quincy. 

A resident of Hingham, Fish-Crane, who also served as IREM Boston president in 2021, has been affiliated with the organization since 2011 and is the qualifying member for certification of Peabody Properties as an Accredited Management Organization (AMO).  

In addition to her association with the Peabody Companies and IREM, Fish-Crane sits on the Metro Housing Boston Board of Directors and the National Affordable Housing Management Association (NAHMA) Board of Directors. She also chairs Metro Housing Boston’s Development Committee and is a member of the MassHousing Multi-Family Advisory Committee. Fish-Crane is also a National Affordable Housing Professional (NAHP-e), achieving the level of C13P through Spectrum, and was named the National Affordable Housing Executive Professional of the Year by the New England Affordable Housing Management Association (NEAHMA) in 2015.  

“It’s a true honor to lead the Boston Chapter of IREM for a second consecutive year and work alongside the many outstanding people who are a part of this organization,” said Fish-Crane.