2022 Winter Newsletter

PROFESSIONAL DESIGNATION NEWS

Happy Holidays and Happy New Year from the FCIAAO Professional Designation Committee! Fingers crossed for a more “normal” 2022.

As we wrap up another year, I thought it would be a good idea to provide an update on the IAAO Professional Designation program. As displayed below, there have been a total of 1,085 new applications for designation candidacy from 2016 through September 2021. The RES (341) and AAS (310) desig- nations continue to be the most pursued – accounting for 60% of the total.

Tracy S. Drake CFA, CAE, ASA, RES, AAS

Year 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016

AAS

30

60

65

36

36

83

CAE

18

31

71

53

62

29

CMS

13

15

20

10

7

10

MAS

5

3

8

10

5

-

PPS

14

13

12

8

8

9

RES

38

63

81

72

65

22

Since 2016, there have been a total of 637 professional designations earned and conferred. As indicat- ed in the table below, the AAS (228) and RES (217) continues to be the most obtained - accounting for approximately 70% of the total.

Year 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016

AAS

35

33

51

30

33

46

CAE

6

30

12

19

18

3

CMS

11

6

25

7

6

15

MAS

1

0

1

2

-

-

PPS

7

3

12

2

5

1

RES

22

25

52

55

48

15

14

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2022 Newsletter of the FCIAAO