What's New!
Board election information now available
Members interested in running for spots on the 2024 IAAO Board of Directors should submit candidate materials by July 1. Check out the Elections page for more information and forms needed to submit. Regular members in good standing will be able to vote electronically from Nov. 1-15, for the Regular Board Member and Officer positions.
HUD official to speak at conference; review PAVE Action Plan
Melody Taylor, an official with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and Executive Director of the Interagency Taskforce on Property Appraisal and Valuation
Equity (PAVE), is slated to speak at the 2023 IAAO Annual Conference in Salt Lake City on Aug. 30. Taylor serves as the Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary of Enforcement Compliance in the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO) for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. IAAO representatives met with Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary Taylor in Washington, D.C. in February as part of industry group meetings and in April as part of the Board of Directors meeting.
Interested in a designation? Attend a Zoom chat
The Professional Development Committee members are offering Zoom chats on the second Thursday of every other month to answer questions and share experiences about earning a designation. The first Zoom chat was in February on earning an IAAO designation, followed by chats focusing on specific designations featuring designees who have completed the process. The next chat is an open discussion on June 8, followed by an Aug. 10 chat on the MAS and AAS designations. The year will wrap up with a chat on Dec. 14 on the CMS and PPS designations. Register here.
Update Your Member Profile
IAAO is continuing its demographic data collection campaign to have members update profile information. Updates are a focal point for the IAAO Diversity and Inclusion Task Force and this information will be used to assess IAAO’s membership makeup and highlight the diversity of our global community. Update your profile at www.iaao.org/demologin.
IAAO logo wear available from Lands’ End
IAAO has teamed up with Lands’ End to offer a variety of IAAO logo wear through a Lands’ End store, accessible at www.iaao.org/landsend. The store is a one-stop shop for high-quality apparel and customer service. To start shopping, visit the store and select a category from the tabs. You can shop the various products and then add a white, blue, or black IAAO logo embroidered on the product. Numerous men’s, women’s, and promotional products are available.