Message from the CEO

May marks my first full month with ASA and I must say it is exciting to be part of a great organization and profession. This past month and a half I have had the opportunity to visit with some amazing members and worked on partnerships that will strengthen ASA for the future. Below is a brief summary of my travels.

My first week I was in NY attending the IVSC – Member VPO meeting where I was able to meet other CEO’s from other Appraiser organizations and share ideas and determine where we could collaborate even more. The next week I was back in NY attending our very popular Fair Values Conference. Our conference had over 100 attendees and provided me the opportunity to talk to our members and nonmembers. I was able to gain some great insights from the program. The following week I was back in NY attending the RICS Built Environment Forum where I learned a lot from the hot topics that were discussed throughout the program.

End of that week I was in Daytona Beach, FL congratulating the class of graduates that passed our ASA/EmbryRiddle two week “Aircraft Valuation” course. I am proud of these men and women that took the time to take this two week course. A number of the individuals were members of the National Aircraft Appraisers Association (NAAA), but unfortunately NAAA has closed their doors. Knowing these individuals now needed a home we were able to find a solution to allow them to become members of ASA and obtain an ASA designation. We are currently working on reaching out to all NAAA members to invite them to be part of ASA.

The next week in our headquarters in Reston I met with our good friend Kazuo Wakayama who leads JaSIA organization in Japan. We have done a lot of work with JaSIA and as result of our meeting we are looking to enhance our relationship to provide even more programs in the future in Japan. The following week I was back in NY to start the process of developing the details for our collaboration with RICS. This collaboration will help in simplifying the appraisal landscape and build public trust in professional valuations. Immediately after this meeting I visited our Oklahoma chapter to observe one of the many successful chapter courses they do and sit down with the members. Had a wonderful time visiting with them and listening how we can provide better services to our chapters. This is an area we will make some changes to better serve our chapters. On a side note, if you are ever in Oklahoma you must stop by Cattlemen’s Steakhouse and try the steak of course and their lamb fries. It was a first for me.

My last trip of the month was up to Collingwood, Canada where it was a very interesting ride from a very interesting driver from the airport to the hotel, so if you ever see me please ask me to tell you the stories about this ride. But more importantly I was able to participate in the signing ceremony to execute our partnership agreement with CNAREA at their annual meeting. This partnership will help both of our Real Property members.

I have had a very busy start with the organization, which is allowing me to learn quickly about the profession in order to lead ASA in the right direction. The future is bright for ASA.

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Johnnie White, CEO