PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
Fall 2014 Newsletter of the FCIAAO
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2014-2015 FCIAAO
EXECUTIVE BOARD
PRESIDENT
Alice Weinberg
Community Service Director
Seminole County
VICE PRESIDENT
Todd Finlayson, CFE
Director of TPP
St. Lucie County
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VICE PRESIDENT
Brian Loughrey, CFE
Administrative Director
Sarasota County
TREASURER
Justin Edwards, CFE
Office Operations Supervisor
Putnam County
SECRETARY
Tracy Drake, CAE, RES, AAS, CFE
Assistant Property Appraiser
Clay County
MEMBERSHIP DIRECTOR
Katie Casey, CFE
Senior Projects Administrator
Seminole County
DIRECTOR
Marsha Coleman, CFE
Director of Tax Rolls
Citrus County
DIRECTOR
Pat Alesandrini, MAI, SRA, CAE, RES
Asst. Chief Deputy of Valuation
Hillsborough County
DIRECTOR
John Watterson, GISP, CFE
GIS Specialist
Martin County
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
Neil “Nick” Nikkinen, AAS, CFE
Real Estate Assessment
Dep. Director
Orange County
Since the Annual Conference your
board has been actively involved in a
number of areas and I will outline and
refer you in some cases to detailed
information in this newsletter:
Submission of Outstanding Chapter/
Affiliate Award to IAAO: the
deadline for our annual submission
was during the conference and the
required video by myself was filmed at the conference
with palm trees as my backdrop;
Designations: Additionally, final documentation was
submitted to IAAO for designees from Florida and the
consideration for the Virginia Cup Award;
Annual Board of Directors meeting was held during the
conference and new board members: Pat Alesandrini
and John Watterson were updated on our status. The
agenda for the new year was discussed and outlined;
The new FCIAAO website and logo were launched at the
conference and are in place and updated collateral
materials are now in place;
Your Board of Directors met in St. Petersburg Beach on
Saturday, August 2
nd
to plan the year and to tour several
locations in consideration for the 2016 Annual Conference
(the 2015 location has been selected and contracted);
Membership and Sponsor fees were discussed; changes
and benefits were updated and plans for notification of
those changes are underway;
80
th
Anniversary IAAO Annual Meeting was attended by a
number of Board Members and FCIAAO members held in
Sacramento, California – August 24 – 27
th
;
The Chapter/Affiliate /Representative Reception was held
on Sunday afternoon at the Annual IAAO Conference and
was attended by your President. Staff liaison David Reed
facilitated an exercise for attendees to bring awareness to
coordination with IAAO and the groups nationally and
internationally;
Exciting news announced at the conference for awards
presented and certifications received by FCIAAO and
Alice Weinberg
