About Erica
Erica Ramus is a Schuylkill County native and a graduate of St. Clair Area High School. She earned degrees at Armand Hammer United World College of the American West (I.B.), University of Delaware Honors Program and Kutztown University (B.A.). She holds a Master’s Degree in Real Estate (MRE) and in 2013 was one of only 10 real estate brokers in the first class to complete this program. She has served on committees at both the state and national level (PAR and NAR) and was the 2021 President of the Reading Berks Association of Realtors. In 2023 she chaired the Pennsylvania Association of Realtors Professional Standards committee. She was honored with the Reading-Berks Association of Realtors REALTOR of the Year in 2023.
As a magazine editor and publisher, Erica started Schuylkill Living Magazine in 1997. She later sold that magazine to the Pottsville Republican newspaper. She opened her real estate brokerage in Pottsville in 2007. She has been extremely active in the community, especially in the Schuylkill Chamber of Commerce (Past President) and Rotary Club of Pottsville (Past President). She lives in Wayne Township with her husband and has two grown sons. The Ramus family frequently hosts exchange students and has had 11 students live with them from France, Russia, Germany, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Bangladesh, Mexico and Ecuador.
Awards & Designations
MRE, ACRE, SRES, SFR, MRP, PMN
- 2024 Member, Pennsylvania Association of Realtors, Professional Standards
- 2023 Chair, Pennsylvania Association of Realtors - Professional Standards
- 2022 Co-chair, Pennsylvania Association of Realtors - Professional Standards
- 2021 President, READING BERKS Association of Realtors
- MRE Degree (Master’s of Real Estate)
- Instructor at Penn State Schuylkill, Real Estate Licensing & Continuing Ed
- National Association of Realtors - Research Committee 2019-2020
- National Association of Realtors – Professional Development Committee 2015-2016
- National Association of Realtors – Housing Opportunity Committee 2017
- National Association of Realtors – Realtor University, Scholarship Committee
- National Association of Realtors – Realtor University, Alumni Committee Chair
- Pennsylvania Association of Realtors – Strategic Plan Committee 2015
- Pennsylvania Association of Realtors – Association Services Coordinating Committee
- Pennsylvania Association of Realtors – Member Services Task Force Chair 2017
- Pennsylvania Association of Realtors - Commercial & Industrial Committee 2018-2019
- Pennsylvania Association of Realtors - Finance Committee 2019-2021
- Women’s Council of Realtors, Southeast Pennsylvania Chapter – Education Chair
- Women’s Council of Realtors, Southeast Pennsylvania Chapter – VP Membership
- Schuylkill Businesswoman of the Year 2000
- Top 20 Under 40 in Northeast Pennsylvania
- Kutztown University Young Alumni Award 2002
- Northeast PA Top 25 Women in Business 2008
- Past President Schuylkill Chamber of Commerce
- Past President Rotary Club of Pottsville
- Penna. Association of Realtors/PAR Excellence Club 2007
- Certified Distressed Property Expert (CDPE) training
- Accredited Consultant in Real Estate (ACRE)
- Internet Marketing Specialist (IMSD) training
- Certified Residential Specialist (CRS)
- RES.NET REO Certified
- WCR’s PMN Designation for negotiating
- NAR “At Home With Diversity” (AHWD)
- NAR Green Designation (GREEN) training
- NAR SRES Designation (Seniors Specialist) training
- NAR MRP Certification (Military Relocation Pro)
- NAR SFR Certification (Short Sales & Foreclosures Certified)
- NAR SRS Designation (Seller Representative Specialist)