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Weekly UpdatesNEW IREM LEADERS TAKE THE HELM At the IREM 2008 fall business and governance meetings in Chicago, new officers and regional vice presidents were installed. They will spend the next year serving and getting to know members. Readers can take this opportunity to get to know them.
IREM OFFICER BIOGRAPHIES
PRESIDENT
Pamela W. Monroe, CPM [R] is vice president of operations at Community Realty Management, Inc., AMO [R], Pleasantville, N.J. She has over 25 years of professional industry experience, managing multifamily housing.
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She earned the CPM designation in 1985. Monroe was an IREM chapter president for two years in the late 1980s and began her national involvement in 1990, serving first as a regional vice president, then as a senior vice president, then most recently, as IREM secretary/treasurer.
PRESIDENT-ELECT
O. Randall Woodbury, CPM, serves as corporate secretary and vice president in charge of property management for the Woodbury Corporation.
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Woodbury has served IREM on various committees, as a Regional Vice President and as a member of the Executive Committee. At the chapter level, he has served in many capacities including president of Utah Chapter No. 33 in 1992. He was honored by the chapter in 1993, 2000 and 2005 as its "CPM of the Year."
SECRETARY/TREASURER
Ronald L. Goss, CPM, is 2009 Secretary/Treasurer of IREM and a senior vice president of RPM Management Co., Inc., AMO. He also is senior vice president, a director and assistant secretary of RPM Management's parent company Rector Phillips Morse., Inc.
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Goss is a long-time member of IREM Arkansas Chapter No. 64 and has held numerous leadership positions with the chapter, including that of president. In 1986, he was honored by the chapter as its "CPM of the Year."
RVP BIOGRAPHIES
REGION 1 VICE PRESIDENT
Melvin A. Cote, CPM, of West Hartford, Conn., serves as the 2008 and 2009 Regional Vice President for Region 1. During his two-year term, he has oversight for the activities of IREM chapters in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont.
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Cote is a property manager with Simons Real Estate Group in West Hartford, Conn.
Cote earned his CPM designation in 1992. He is a past president of IREM Connecticut Chapter No. 51, and currently serves on its executive council. Cote has also been a Governing Councilor and a member of the IREM Membership and Credentialing Committee.
REGION 2 VICE PRESIDENT
Jesse Holland, CPM, ARM [R], of Albany, N.Y., serves as the 2009 and 2010 Regional Vice President for Region 2. During his two-year term, he will have oversight for the activities of IREM chapters in Delaware, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania.
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He is the founder and president of Sunrise Management & Consulting, AMO, in Albany.
Holland is concluding a three-year term as president of IREM New York Capital Region Chapter No. 93. Holland is also a licensed real estate broker in New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts. In addition to earning the CPM designation, he is certified as an assisted housing manager and a tax credit specialist.
REGION 3 VICE PRESIDENT
J. Todd Willett, CPM, of Richmond, Va., is serving as the 2009 and 2010 Regional Vice President for Region 3. During his two-year term, he has oversight for the six IREM chapters in Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia.
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Willett is the director of asset services with CB Richard Ellis of Virginia, AMO, and has 20 years of industry experience.
He has served as president of the executive council of IREM Virginia Tidewater Chapter No. 39 and president of IREM Northern Virginia Chapter No. 77. He earned the CPM designation in 1997.
REGION 4 VICE PRESIDENT
Brett Koutnik, CPM, of Alpharetta, Ga., serves as the 2008-2009 Regional Vice President for Region 4. During his term, he has oversight for the activities of the five IREM chapters in Florida and Georgia.
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Koutnik currently is a senior property manager for Colonial Properties Trust in Atlanta. He has over 20 years of institutional asset and property management experience.
Mr. Koutnik earned the CPM designation in 1992. He served two terms as president of IREM Georgia Chapter No. 67 (then known as IREM's Atlanta chapter), was named the chapter's "CPM of the Year" in 2006, and was a member of IREM's national Governing Council for three years. Koutnik currently serves on the IREM faculty.
REGION 5 VICE PRESIDENT
R. Wayne Pierce, CPM, of Madison, Miss., serves as the 2009 and 2010 Regional Vice President for Region 5. During his two-year term, he will have oversight for the activities of the four IREM chapters in Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi.
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Pierce is president of the Heritage Properties, Inc. of Mississippi, AMO. He has been active in IREM Mississippi Chapter No. 80 since 1993 and earned the CPM designation in 1993. He has held numerous chapter leadership positions, including that of president, and has served on various IREM national committees.
REGION 6 VICE PRESIDENT
Sheila A. Austin, CPM, ARM, of Southfield, Mich., is serving as the 2009 and 2010 Regional Vice President for Region 3. During the two-year term, she has oversight for the activities of nine IREM chapters in Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and West Virginia.
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Austin is the founder, owner and president of Wedgewood Property Management and Consulting, LLC.
Austin has served as president of IREM Michigan Chapter No. 5, and was honored by the chapter in 1998 as "CPM of the Year," and then again in 2002 with a "Special Recognition Award." She has served as an IREM Governing Councilor and as chair of the IREM Membership Committee and Ethics and Discipline Committee. Austin is a member of the IREM faculty.
REGION 7 VICE PRESIDENT
Rheta N. Williams, CPM, serves as the 2008 and 2009 Regional Vice President for Region 7. During her two-year term, she has oversight for the activities of IREM chapters in Oklahoma and Texas. Williams is vice president and director of property management with Schlosser Development Corporation in Austin, Texas. She has over 20 years of commercial real estate experience.
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Williams earned the CPM designation in 1999. She served as IREM Austin Chapter No. 61 chapter president in 2003 and was honored in 2006 as the chapter's "CPM of the Year."
REGION 8 VICE PRESIDENT
Donald B. Wilkerson, CPM, of Reno, Nev., serves as the 2008 and 2009 Regional Vice President for Region 8. During his term, he will have oversight for the activities of eight IREM chapters in Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah.
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Wilkerson is president and chief executive officer of Gaston and Wilkerson Management Group, AMO. He has served twice as IREM Northern Nevada/Tahoe Chapter No. 89 chapter president. In 2005, he was honored as the chapter's "CPM of the Year."
REGION 9 VICE PRESIDENT
Dale A. Nusbaum, CPM, of Park Ridge, Ill., serves as the 2008 and 2009 Regional Vice President for Region 9. During his two-year term, he has oversight for the activities of IREM chapters in Illinois, Minnesota and Wisconsin.
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Nusbaum is President of Park Ridge-based McLennan Property Management Company, AMO.
Nusbaum earned the CPM designation in 1977. He served as IREM Chicago Chapter No. 23 chapter president in 1995. He also has held positions on IREM Minority Outreach, Legislative and Public Policy Committees.
REGION 10 VICE PRESIDENT
Henry B. Voges, Jr., CPM, St. Louis, serves as the 2008 and 2009 Regional Vice President for Region 10. During his two-year term, he has oversight for the activities of IREM chapters in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota.
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Voges is senior vice president and group manager of Jones Lang LaSalle, St. Louis, and has more than 22 years of diverse commercial real estate experience.
Voges earned his CPM designation in 1991 and is a past president of the IREM St. Louis Chapter No. 11.
REGION 11 VICE PRESIDENT
J. Benjamin McGrew, CPM, of Sacramento Calif, will serve as the 2009 and 2010 Regional Vice President for Region 12. During his two-year term, he will have oversight for the activities of IREM chapters in California and Hawaii. McGrew is president and majority shareholder of MANAGEWEST, Inc., in Sacramento, Calif., and a principal in Signature Equity Group, Inc..
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McGrew earned his CPM designation in 1987. He served as IREM Sacramento Valley Chapter No. 22 chapter president in 2001, was named "CPM of the Year" in 2000 and again in 2004, and received its prestigious "Chapter Leadership Award" in 2007. McGrew also has served as chairman of the IREM Ethics and Discipline Committee and its Legislative and Public Policy Committee. He is a member of the Ethics and Discipline Committee and the Ethics Appeal Board, and was elected to IREM's Governing Council to serve a term from 2008 to 2010.
REGION 12 VICE PRESIDENT
John Hatton, CPM, of Mercer Island, Wash., is serving as the 2009 and 2010 Regional Vice President for Region 12. During his two-year term, he has oversight for the activities for IREM chapters in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington and Wyoming.
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Hatton is an executive with Legacy Partners Residential, Inc., AMO, and has 25 years of industry experience.
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