Message from the CEO

ASA’s CEO letter to members and friends

This past month I have been actively working with our staff and organizers on our Fall events and professional development programs.

Starting with the 2020 ASA International Conference, I had the privilege of moderating the opening keynote panel discussion looking at key trends expected to impact the appraisal profession over the next 6-12 months. We also heard critical insights from a panel of three IRS employees that offered information relevant to all session attendees. A complete recap and photos of the session and highly successful event are available online. We are also making this programming OnDemand for those who missed the event. Stay tuned for more details.

Also this past month, I helped facilitate and lead the joining of the major real estate valuation professional organizations to support training and ethics to combat bias. As a result of our efforts a new pledge was made to develop training programs for appraisers covering unconscious bias issues, with the goal of working to increase awareness by connecting the appraisal community with thought leaders on bias and discrimination. An additional result also included each of the organizations committing to take steps to enhance their respective Code of Ethics to more firmly or overtly address bias and discrimination issues with protected classes.

In a similar effort, I also participated in a special Texts to Table conversation about race & leadership, joining an impressive panel of fellow certified association executives and leaders to share and discuss experiences about what it’s like to parent in today’s America.

As well as participated in a special Traveling Podcast interview, entitled “The Mamba Mentality: How to Create the Best Version of Yourself”, where I shared insights and discussed the importance of continuous learning to build skillsets, maximize professional opportunities and make changes to recognize unconscious bias to help influence change globally.

Last, I worked with three specialty providers to form partnerships to help expand ASA’s professional development reach into new markets.

The first, was a partnership agreement with JSSI Advisory Services to launch a series of advanced continuing education classes for aircraft valuation and allied professionals. The first of four classes sold out and we had to add extra capacity to accommodate demand. Our next upcoming class is, ME162-WEB – Appraising “Off-Book” Aircraft: Managing all of the Necessary Value Components, scheduled for November 17.

Followed by a partnership with BriteCo to offer ASA’s new fundamentals of Jewelry Appraisal course to the company’s network of jewelry appraisers.

And last, a partnership with Western Washington University to offer ASA’s Principles of Valuation courses for aspiring business valuers.

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