FCIAAO Summer 2023 Newsletter

Lifetime Achievement

WILL SHEPHERD, ESQ HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY

The 2023 recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award is Will Shepherd. Will has been a regular presenter at our conferences, as well as, national conferences on dozens of mass appraisal and property tax issues, each of which always have a clever title. We could always count on him to entertain us with his no-nonsense approach and teach us at the same time. Will was general counsel for the Hillsborough County Property Appraiser in Tampa, Florida, where he has represented the office in property tax matters since 1997, including real estate and tangible personal property valuation cases, exemption disputes, agricultural classification, and numerous appellate decisions. Additionally, he is a contributing member to the IAAO position papers, "Setting the Record Straight on Fee Simple" and "Commercial Big-Box Retail: A Guide to Market-Based Valuation."

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ANNUAL AWARDS

The 2023 recipient of the Member of the Year Award is Justin Edwards. Justin has been very active in the Chapter and a mainstay on the Executive Board for more than 13 years. He has long been an outstanding member even before we created this award. Just when he thought he was done, he got pulled back in, chairing and taking charge of our new Audio-Visual Management Committee. His service and dedication to this organization did not end when he exited the Executive Board.

I t has been an honor and pr i vi lege to be a par t of thi s organi zat ion as an Execut i ve Board member and now as a Commi t tee member . Thi s organi zat ion i s t ruly one where you get back what you put into i t . ~Just in Edwards

JUSTIN EDWARDS PPS, AAS, CFE PUTNAM COUNTY

Member of the Year

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STAYING APPRA I SED

SUMMER 2023