Ohio CCIM Chapter Newsletter | Third Quarter 2019

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NEWSLETTER

Third Quarter 2019

President's Message

What a pleasure to have the opportunity to serve you as Chapter President. As some of you know, I had an early start to my tenure as President this year, but did so at the request of our Board and Mr. Jeff Soclof, CCIM. Jeff unfortunately had to step down earlier this year due to outside circumstances. He was gracious enough to spend some time preparing me for the role and I could not be more excited to fill the shoes of the great leaders we have had in years past. I am dedicated to growth of our Chapter through adding value to our members!

We are just settling back in after an exciting Governance conference in San Diego where I had the absolute pleasure of pinning our newest designee, Mr. Jacob R. Grieser, CCIM. It is events like these that help reinvigorate my passion to continue the growth trajectory we are on. CCIM continues to introduce many tools to support us at the chapter level which we will certainly be taking advantage of during my tenure.

Please stay tuned for exciting events announcements, among many other things, next quarter as we gather in Columbus for our 2020 Strategic Planning meeting.

Mark your calendars now for important dates in 2020, including the Midyear Governance meeting to be held in Charlotte, April 16-20, and the Annual Governance meeting and Conference next year in Chicago, October 27-31, 2020.

As always, I would like to extend a personal invitation if you are interested in getting more involved. Call me anytime, 419-345-4460 or email me to discuss.

Sincerely,

Paul Kwapich, CCIM

Kwapich Real Estate Companies

2020 Ohio CCIM Chapter President

Congratulations!

Ohio's own Alec Pacella, CCIM has been honored by receiving the 2019 Robert L. Ward Instructor of the Year Award. Congratulations to Alec for the well-deserved recognition.

Congratulations also goes to our own Leslie A. Biskner, CCIM, on being accepted to the prestigious JWL Leadership Development program through the CCIM Institute in Chicago for 2020. Named in honor of Jay W. Levine, CCIM, the institute's first president and its second designee, the JWL Leadership Development Academy is a nine-month program designed to build the skills and self-knowledge participants need to fulfill leadership roles with the institute, as well as in their communities and professional careers.

CCIM Pinning

Jacob R. Grieser, CCIM was our new CCIM pinned. He is a Senior Asset Manager at Welltower in Toledo, Ohio and is a graduate of Hawaii Pacific University.

Photo: Paul Kwapich, CCIM (left) pinning Jacob R. Grieser, CCIM (right)

Recent Events

Instructor George Carr, Sikora Law did an excellent job with Disability Rights and Responsibilities for Commercial Brokers & Lenders, held July 17 in Columbus. Drew Meyers, Lawyers Development gave a quick summary of the ADA issues they addressed after purchasing the property as well.

A special thank you goes to CBRE for hosting an awesome happy hour after the event.

Change the Game, Celebrating the Installation of CCIM Institute Leadership and 2020 CCIM Institute President, Eddie D. Blanton, CCIM was held October 14, 2019 at the Manchester Grand Hyatt, San Diego. The Ohio CCIM Chapter was a sponsor of the Inaugural Ball.