Rita Zambito to be honored by Chamber for ‘lifetime achievement’
Photo by Ginny Kropf: Rita Zambito has been honored with the Orleans County Chamber of Commerce’s Lifetime Achievement Award.
MEDINA – Receiving the Orleans County Chamber of Commerce’s Lifetime Achievement Award next week is a surprise and an honor, said Rita Zambito, founder of Zambito Realtors and now co-owner with son Mark of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Zambito Realtors. Their home office is located at 11228 Maple Ridge Rd.
Information on her website states she has built her business by providing consistent, top notch service regardless of sale price. By doing so, she would reach sales volumes previously deemed unobtainable in her market and build long-term relationships that would grow her business exponentially for years to come.
Zambito raised her three children in Elba, and moved to Medina in 1978 to work at Fisher-Price. She started selling real estate for another broker in 1995. At the age of 50, she decided to go into business for herself and started Zambito Realtors.
Her son, Michael Zambito, is the very successful restaurant owner of Zambistro on Main Street in Medina, and daughter Mandy Gotham is manager of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Western New York Properties in Orchard Park.
As her business grew in addition to the Orchard Park location, Zambito opened an office in Lockport in 2019 (the same year they moved their Medina office to Maple Ridge Road), a Batavia office in 2022 and a Monroe County office in 2024.
In 2021, Zambito bought into the nationwide Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices.
She currently employs close to 89 sales associates and is one of the highest ranking realtors in the region.
“The secret is to take your eyes of yourself and help other people become successful,” Zambito said. “We are like a family, and I’m successful because of them.”
File photo: Rita Zambito is pictured with her son Mark and her daughter Mandy Gotham. They are shown in 2021 when Zambito Realtors connected with Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices.
