Journal of Property Management - September/October 2010

Awards & Recognition

doug Chasick, Cpm®, senior vice president of multifamily professional services at CallSource in Westlake Village, Calif., has received the 2010 Apartment Career and Education Award (ACE) Award from the National Apartment Association Educational Institute (NAAEI). The award recognizes outstanding achievement in the field of apartment career development and contributions made to, or on behalf of NAAEI and its professional education interests and initiatives. The ACE Awards are awarded annually to volunteer leaders and professional educators.

Kathy vandegaer, Arm®, Cpm, was named “Portfolio Supervisor of the Year” by the Houston Apartment Association (HAA) in June. She was one of 27 supervisors nominated for this top Industry Achievement Award (IAA). Vandegear is an 18-year industry veteran with 90 percent or greater occupancy across her portfolio of 2,500 units. She has one of the lowest employee turnover rates in her company, and many of her employees and cowork-ers call her “a true rock star,” the HAA said.

robert l. hendricks, Cpm, received the 2010 Gregory J. West Real Estate Management Award from Peirce College.

Hendricks received the award during the College’s 145th Commencement in June at The Kimmel Center in Philadelphia. Hendricksgraduated with a Bachelor’sin Business Administration, Concentration in Real Estate Management. The award recognizes a student who demonstrates outstanding academic performance in real estate management studies.

isaac W. northern, Jr., Cpm and 2003 Memphis Area Association of Realtors® (MAAR) president, was elected to serve as chairman of the Tennessee Real Estate Commission. In 1972, Northern founded NORTHERN, Inc.

in Memphis, Tenn. He has served as president of the IREM Memphis Chapter No. 20.

Wrh realty Services, AmO®, deployed its second annual Operation Overseas, a drive that recognizes soldiers overseas for their courage, dedication and sacrifices. In April and May 2010, Operation Overseas collected 1,375 drawings, homemade cards, notes and letters of encouragement from communities throughout the southeast and Texas. Each of the WRH leasing offices were designated drop off locations for the mementoes, which were then sent to overseas military personal. This year’s drive collected 30 percent more letters and notes than last year.