It is a satisfying feeling to believe you have had the perfect job at the perfect time. Baskin Robbins, Rothschild Wines, the Durham Fair… the top realty team in Middlesex County… yes, you could say Debbie Huscher leads an impressive life.

In her work in real estate, Huscher often reflects on an attitude she held in college as she studied marketing – that her calling was in psychology. As she approaches each client and each sale, she reminds herself to try to keep people calm through a stressful time and that the aim should be to do what is right for each person involved.

With twenty-one years of real estate experience under her belt, Huscher is no stranger to the industry. While she grew up in California, she soon found herself moving across the country to pursue a career in wine and spirits in the greater Hartford area. As she juggled that work and becoming a new mom, she quickly found a home in the real estate community, building her career in family real estate in the nutmeg state. She had two sons, volunteered in school classrooms, became involved with the Durham Fair, and made her way in Connecticut in a life on the east coast. She calls herself a “rugby mom” with her two boys having played Division I rugby and her husband coaching with the team at Yale.

The Durham Fair – an autumn staple in Connecticut frequented by thousands every year and the largest agricultural fair in the state – has become more than a pet project for Huscher. She was approached about an opening as the coordinator of marketing for the fair. She picked up that mantle more than a decade ago and now manages the fair’s social media and exhibits, organizing the fair’s advertising, marketing, sponsorships, information booths, and more over a dozen years of fair work. Huscher says she loves the volunteer-led effort, the regular meetings with a tight-knit community of organizers, and the reward of putting on a great fair every year. The smiles on kids’ faces, she says, make it all worth it.

In her work as one of Connecticut’s top realtors, Huscher likes to keep her operation small – even after two decades of work in the state. She says she has never had the desire to build a larger team because she wants to be hands-on with clients from the first meeting to the final handshake. She has built a core group on her team to work together – allowing each realtor to have a hand on the wheel in the process.

Much like the Durham Fair – real estate takes a team to make everyone look good… and if Debbie Huscher can keep up her good work with both fair marketing and selling homes, she’s going to be looking just fine for years to come.