Spring 2025 FCIAAO Newsletter

ProfessionalDesignation

News

I’m super excited at the opportunity for us to gather at the 2025 FCIAAO Annual Conference in Daytona Beach and celebrate the continued success of the Florida Chapter and the new IAAO professional designees. Over the past few weeks, I have been notifying chapter members who are eligible to receive the Tony Hodge Educational Award. The FCIAAO Procedural Rules (as amended) specify eligibility of the award, as follows: The Tony Hodge Educational Award may be granted to FCIAAO regular members who earn their IAAO designations. The Executive Board shall recognize newly designated members at the successive FCIAAO Annual Conference and may present them with a $500 check. To be eligible, new designees must be a FCIAAO member in good standing for at least 24 consecutive months prior to being awarded their designation and receiving the award. New designees (who haven’t been notified) should email a copy of IAAO’s letter conferring the designation (or certificate) to tdrake@ccpao.com . It is the designee’s responsibility to provide proof of eligibility. Don’t miss out on joining an exclusive group of designated assessment professionals!

As a member of IAAO’s Professional Development Committee, I thought it would be a good idea to provide the recent history of the IAAO Professional Designation program. As displayed below, there have been a total of 783 new designation candidacy applications from 2020 through 2024. The AAS (261) and RES (218) designations continue to be the most pursued – accounting for approximately 61% of the total.

TRACY DRAKE, CFA CAE, ASA, RES, AAS

Candidacy Applications

YEAR 2024 2023 2022 2021

2020

AAS

54

42

58

46

61

CAE

28

30

32

24

32

CMS

13

14

13

14

15

MAS

8

4

4

6

3

PPS

13

12

12

14

13

37

42

25

51

63

RES

Totals

153

144 144 155 187

13

STAYING APPRAISED

SP 2025