FCIAAO Summer 2023 Newsletter

2023-2024 FCIAAO EXECUTIVE BOARD

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

Hello there! I hope everyone is in the process of finishing up their tax roll submission for the 2023 tax year. 2023 appears to be following 2022 in terms of being an interesting year of assessment. I would like to thank everyone again who attended our Annual Conference this past April in St Petersburg. We saw our turn out return to pre-COVID numbers and had a record turnout for 2023. The hard work of our steering committees and our board members paid off once again.

PRESIDENT Christopher MItts, PPS, CFE Appraisal & Automation Specialist St. Lucie County VICE PRESIDENT Kevin Hayes, MAI, CAE, RES, CFE Deputy of Appraisals Pinellas County 2ND VICE PRESIDENT Wynta Loughrey, RES, CFE Asst Commercial Valuation Manager Sarasota County TREASURER A. Renee Large, AAS, EA, CFE Chief Administrative Officer Gina Fletcher, AAS, CPM, CFE Assistant Property Appraiser Leon County MEMBERSHIP DIRECTOR Kathy Rhodes, CFE Manager, Western Community Service Center Palm Beach County DIRECTOR Opal Hudson, CFE, CSM, CPM Asst. Chief Administrative Officer of Value Hillsborough County DIRECTOR Nikki, Pontello, MPP, CFE Chief Administrative Officer St. Johns County DIRECTOR Sage Sullivan, MBA, PPS, RES, CFE TPP Division Chief Duval County IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT Dee Dee Harnish, RES, AAS, CFE Director, Valuation Monroe County Clay County SECRETARY

CHRIS MITTS PPS, CFE

The Annual Conference would not be the success it is without the hard work of our steering committees and board members. I would like to thank you all for electing me your President for the 2023-2024 year and I appreciate everyone’s confidence and faith in me. The 89th Annual IAAO Conference will be held August 27th through August 30th in Salt Lake City, Utah. If you can attend, I highly recommend it. Congratulations to our 2023 scholarships winners, Beau Gordon from Pinellas County and Alan Rapaport from Palm Beach County. They will be awarded $1,500 to help cover the cost of traveling to the annual conference. Myself and several of your board members will also be in attendance. The TPP Committee is working hard on our annual TPP Education Week and Seminar. This event will be held in Kissimmee during the week of December 4th through December 8th. At the beginning of the week, we will offer a TPP themed Excel class for professionals with beginner level Excel experience. Registration for the Excel class is now open on the chapter website. Finally, as it is summer, and the summer movie season is upon us. On those rainy summer Florida afternoons if you need something to watch, I recommend this summer movie marathon. I think every president in their post conference message has said this but it’s true, so you’re going to hear it from me as well. Indedepence Day (Title of the movie says it all, plus Bill Pullman’s speech is still fantastic.) Jaws (You will understand people’s need for bigger boats.) Raiders of the Lost Ark (”It’s not the years it’s the millage”.) Back to the Future (Why wouldn’t you make a time machine out of a DeLorean.) Ghostbusters (Wait, isn’t this a Fall-Halloween themed film?! Why yes, that’s the beauty of it being released during the summer of 1984, it doubles as both)

Thank you, Christopher D Mitts, PPS, CFE FCIAAO 2023-2024 Chapter President

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SUMMER 2023