Nordblom is executive vice president of Boston-based Nordblom Company and oversees the company’s
multifamily assets, and corporate technology and property insurance activities, as well as its accounting and
human resources departments. The Nordblom Company
was founded in 1924 by Nordblom’s great grandfather.
Nordblom earned the CPM designation in 1990 and has
served in many leadership positions with IREM Boston
Metropolitan Chapter No. 4, including president. He is
also a member of the IREM Governing Council and the
Audit and Legislative Committees.
RegION 2 VICe PResIdeNt
Jesse holland, cpM, aRM®, of Albany,
N.Y., serves as the 2009 and 2010
Regional Vice President for Region 2.
During his two-year term, he has oversight for the activities of IREM chapters
in Delaware, New Jersey, New York
and Pennsylvania.
Holland is the founder and president of Sunrise Management & Consulting, AMO, headquartered in Albany.
Active in IREM, he is concluding a three-year term as
president of IREM New York Capital Region Chapter No.
93. Holland is a licensed real estate broker in New York,
New Jersey and Massachusetts. In addition to earning the
CPM designation, he is certified as an assisted housing
manager and a tax credit specialist.
RegION 3 VICe PResIdeNt
J. Todd Willett, cpM, of Richmond, Va.,
serves as the 2009 and 2010 Regional
Vice President for Region 3. During his
two-year term, he has oversight for the
six IREM chapters in Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia.
Willett is the director of asset services with CB Richard
Ellis of Virginia, AMO, and has 20 years of real estate
management experience. As an IREM Member, he has
served as president of the executive council of IREM Virginia Tidewater Chapter No. 39 and president of IREM
Northern Virginia Chapter No. 77.
RegION 4 VICe PResIdeNt
Kevin grail, cpM, cpO, of Winter Park,
Fla., will serve as the 2010-2011 Regional
Vice President for Region 4. During his
two-year term, he will have oversight for
the activities of the five IREM chapters
in Florida and Georgia.
President of Strong Management, Inc., Winter Park,
Grail has over 23 years of industry experience and specializes in multifamily management of market rate apartments as well as project-based Section 8 communities.
Grail has served in many leadership positions with IREM
Central Florida Chapter No. 60, including president. He
was honored as the chapter’s “CPM Candidate of the Year”
in 2006, “CPM of the Year” in 2007, and currently serves as
its chair of the Minority and Student Outreach Committee.
Grail has also been vice chair of IREM Industry Standards
Board and a member of the Advisory Board for JPM®.
RegION 5 VICe PResIdeNt
R. Wayne pierce, cpM, of Madison,
Miss., serves as the 2009 and 2010
Regional Vice President for Region 5.
During his two-year term, he has oversight for the activities of the four IREM
chapters in Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi.
Pierce is president of the Heritage Properties, Inc. of
Mississippi, AMO. He has been active in IREM Mississippi Chapter No. 80 since 1993. He has held numerous
chapter leadership positions, including president, and
served on various IREM national committees. Pierce is a
licensed real estate broker in Mississippi and Louisiana.
RegION 6 VICe PResIdeNt
sheila a. austin, cpM, aRM, of South-
field, Mich., serves as the 2009 and
2010 Regional Vice President for
Region 3. During the two-year term,
she has oversight for the activities of
nine IREM chapters in Indiana, Ken-
tucky, Michigan, Ohio and West Virginia.
