2012 Officers

Chapter President: Brian Davies, CPM

Chapter President Elect: Brenda Pritchard, CPM

Chapter Secretary: Rachel Manes, CPM

Treasurer: Tracy Williams, CPM

Association Executive: Tracy Puleo

CPM Membership Chair: Brenda Pritchard, CPM

ARM Admissions Chair: Ouida Reynolds, ARM/Candidate

AMO Admissions Chair: Kerri Toth, CPM

Friends of IREM: Lori Thomas, CPM

Educational Chair: Rachel Manes, CPM

Program Chair: Paul Epps, Candidate

Executive Council Board Members

Beth Makowski, CPM
Brenda Pritchard, CPM
Cynthia Haines, CPM
Betsy Miller, CPM

Mission Statement:

IREM’s mission is to educate real estate managers and certify the competence and professionalism of individuals and organizations engaged in the management of real estate. IREM serves as an advocate on issues affecting the real estate management industry, as well as enhancing and supporting its members’ professional competence so they can better identify and meet the needs of those who utilize their services.

Statement of Vision:

Through IREM’s education, training, certification, marketing support and advocacy, members benefit by access to new market opportunities and increased abilities to exploit them, timely information, trends, useful interpretations and relative advice. Members also receive the enhanced ability to obtain and retain clients, obtain and retain tenants and manage the value of property and related services.

From the Desk of the President

Dear Chapter 35 Members:

The IREM North Florida Chapter has had a great 2011. I thank Beth Makowski for her leadership throughout the year. Our chapter had a very successful year, not only being recognized as a Five-Star Chapter by IREM Headquarters, but also having great involvement from the chapter members as well as our Friends of IREM.

I am extremely excited to serve as the Chapter President for 2012 and the Executive Committee has planned a great year of events and educational opportunities for our members and Friends. Starting off the year we will be holding our January meeting in Jacksonville and the February meeting will be held in Tallahassee. The Education Committee is planning multiple courses for the year including Ethics for the Real Estate Manager (ETH800), Investment Real Estate: Financial Tools (FIN402) and Sustainable Real Estate Management (SRM001).

It was a great pleasure to have Beth Machen, President Elect for IREM National, attend and speak at our November meeting. Beth gave us updates on IREM nationally and installed our officers and newest CPM member Rachel Manes and newest our newest ARM member Tracy Williams.

Also in November, we held our annual Candidates Breakfast where we discussed the opportunities and the process for applying for scholarships through the IREM Foundation. As part of the discussion some of the attendees were excited to hear that their Certified Apartment Manager (CAM) designation through the National Apartment Association (NAA) satisfies IREM’s educational requirements for the ARM designation. If they have their CAM designation from the NAA, the only other requirements to getting their ARM designation through IREM is to successfully complete Ethics for the Real Estate Manager course and pass the ARM exam.

I am looking forward to seeing all our members and friends in 2012 as we look forward to a successful new year.