2017 WinterNnewsletter

2016-2017 FCIAAO EXECUTIVE BOARD PRESIDENT Brian Loughrey, CFE Administrative Director Sarasota County

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

What a year. Can you believe it’s over already? I think there may have even been a Presidential election, if memory serves… The Florida Chapter had another great year. Our conference in April was very well received, and thanks to the support of our vendors we en-

VICE PRESIDENT Tracy Drake, CAE, RES, AAS, CFE Assistant Property Appraiser Clay County 2 ND VICE PRESIDENT Katie Casey, CFE Senior Projects Administrator Seminole County TREASURER Justin Edwards, CFE Office Operations Supervisor Putnam County

Brian Loughrey, CFE

joyed some premium breaks and a welcome reception from Thomson Reuters. We will try to keep the momentum going in 2017, with the Tangible Personal Property Seminar being moved to January 25 at the request of the members. The TPP steering committee has done another outstanding job putting together a quality program, and in addition to the seminar they are offering IAAO workshop 552-Basic Per- sonal Property Auditing. It was a rewarding year at the IAAO conference in Tampa. The Chapter won Outstanding Chapter of the Year for a staggering 19th time! This was the fourth year in a row that we won this prestigious award. Chapter Vice President Tra- cy Drake took home the Member of the Year award and Chapter Past President Doug Will received the Instructor of Excellence award. Executive Board member Pat Alesan- drini and coauthor (and former Executive Board member) Tim Wilmath won the Donehoo Essay award. Congratula- tions again to these deserved winners. On April 26 we will reconvene at the Hutchinson Island Mar- riott Beach Resort and Marina for our annual conference and business meeting. We look forward to a warm wel- come from Hon. Laurel Kelly, Property Appraiser for Martin County. The Executive Board has already secured some energetic speakers for the Wednesday plenary session and I know the Real Property, IT/GIS and Exemption steering committees are putting the finishing touches on their re- spective agendas. They have used your feedback from the conference critique forms to drive the conference con-

SECRETARY Wendy Sapp, CFE Administrative Analyst II Alachua County

MEMBERSHIP DIRECTOR Interim, Katie Casey, CFE Senior Projects Administrator Seminole County

DIRECTOR Pat Alesandrini, MAI, SRA, CAE, RES Asst. Chief Deputy of Valuation Hillsborough County

DIRECTOR Kenny Pennington, CFE, CBC Chief Deputy Osceola County DIRECTOR Dee Dee Harnish, CFE Director, Valuation Services Monroe County IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT Todd Finlayson, CFE Director of TPP St. Lucie County

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Winter 2017 Newsletter of the FCIAAO