The Long Island Board of REALTORS®, Inc. (LIBOR) is pleased to announce that REALTOR® Paul Wernersbach, broker/owner of Sunset 3 Realty Inc., has been named the recipient of the esteemed REALTOR®-Broker of the Year award. The announcement was made at the association’s Annual Installation and Awards Dinner held on November 22, 2016 at the Crest Hollow Country Club in Woodbury.

Paul has been a Licensed REALTOR® since 1971 and in 1995, Paul officially opened Sunset 3 Realty Inc. in Brightwaters Village.  Sunset 3 Realty Inc. provides services to the entire Long Island market, offering Residential, Commercial and Business Brokerage.

Paul has served as Director of the Long Island Board of REALTORS󠄛® for over 17 years.  He is a dedicated member of the Suffolk South Shore Chapter of LIBOR and has been a Director for the Chapter since 1995.  He has held every office within that Chapter including President from 2008 to 2010 and is currently serving as Chapter Vice President.   Paul has served and chaired numerous LIBOR and MLSLI committees.  He has served as MLSLI Zone 21 Chairperson since 2013.

Paul’s community involvement is vast.  He is President of the Brightwaters Village Business Association; a Director of the Bay Shore Summit Council; the Bay Shore Impact Forum and Keep Islip Clean.  For numerous years, Paul has served as President of WLO (Wives, Lovers and Others) Bowling League.  Paul was honored with LIBOR’s Community Service Award in 2013, for his commitment and dedication to the betterment of our communities. 

A devoted member of his Lions Club in Bay Shore since 1995, Paul served two terms as President.  More recently, he was a Zone Chair, overseeing several local area clubs and then District Governor, responsible for all the Lions Clubs in Suffolk.  To raise money for the Lions Eye Bank and the Eye Foundation, Paul co-chairs “A Taste for Sight,” the Lions Club’s largest fund raiser. 

Paul is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati, he’s a father of three and grandfather of four.  He was married to his childhood sweetheart Rochelle, a partner in his company for 35 years, before widowed in 2004.  He met his fiancée Joy, who is now a REALTOR® working with Paul, through his volunteer work at the Eye Bank.