Beth VanNess has resided in the Town of Becket for over 30 years. In 1998 she left her position as Executive Assistant to the Executive Director of BCARC in Pittsfield to pursue a career in Real Estate. She started as a Realtor with Century 21, where she was a Top Producer for three consecutive years. In 2001 Beth purchased Gile Real Estate and was the Broker/owner for a number of years. She is currently a Broker Associate with Southern Berkshire Realty, where she has partnered with Susan Deacon, another former Century 21 Top Producer, working together as Gile Real Estate @ Southern Berkshire Realty.

Beth holds many real estate certifications including GRI, ABR, CBR, CRS, and GREEN, her extensive training and experience helping her to provide quality service to her clients.

Beth is intimately involved in her community, having served on the Becket Planning Board and ZBA. In addition, she has served on many committees, including Becket Zoning By-Laws Review Committee, Large Wind Turbine Committee, Town Administrator Selection Committee, Berkshire Regional Planning Commission GREEN Committee, Berkshire Regional Planning Commission Travel Advisory Group, in addition to many other committees. Beth has also served Becket as a volunteer Emergency Medical Technician.

Her volunteerism has continued, she is currently very involved in Emergency Management, acting as a Team Leader with Berkshire County MRC (Medical Reserve Corp), a member of DART (Disaster Animal Response Team), CMDART (Central Mass Animal Response Team), SMART (State of Mass Animal Response Team), and All Hands Volunteers, where she just returned from deployment in the Catskills assisting in disaster recover after Hurricane Irene. She belongs to Animal Dreams which is a Feral Cat, capture, spay/neuter and release group.