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Awards Committee

Every other year, our chapter organizes its “Award of Excellence” program which recognizes developers and vendors for the highest quality and most innovative commercial real estate achievements. Select individual awards are also presented in various categories including “Broker of the Year” and “Lifetime Achievement.” This committee works with our association management company to complete a diverse set of projects including the generation of award submissions, judging, arranging corporate sponsorship and logistics involved with the awards banquet.

The next “Awards of Excellence” program is scheduled for spring, 2010 and we are actively recruiting for a Committee Chair and participating members. For additional information to express interest in joining this committee, please contact Tom Shaner, NAIOP-Maryland Executive Director at 410-752-3318 or tomshaner@assnhqtrs.com.

The Awards Committee alternates activities - on an every other year basis -- in conjunction with the Community Service Committee.

Current Chairman:

Connie Rhodes

Committee Co-Chairs:

Taylor Fields
Liz Tarran-Jones

Further Info Contact:
Connie Rhodes

Community Service Committee

This committee alternates activities - on an every other year basis -- in conjunction with the Awards Committee, and is actively planning an event in spring 2009 at the Living Classrooms Foundation. On an 80-acre site in Baltimore City overlooking the waterfront, this committee will recruit volunteers to donate their time constructing park benches, picnic tables, trash receptacles and a canoe rack. The Foundation is a non-profit organization that provides educational and job skills training to local students, especially those that are at-risk.

The Community Service Committee creates programs that support the goals of NAIOP-Maryland, and their vision is to raise approximately $20,000 for this and other needy charitable groups, such as the Chesapeake Habitat for Humanity, through the generosity of our event sponsors and volunteers.

Committee Co-Chairs:

Education Committee

Educating NAIOP-Maryland members and prospective members is an integral and important task of our organization. One re-occurring program that is organized annually by this committee is the “Development 101” curriculum. This four-part program comprehensively covers a wide range of industry topics including financing, asset/property management, leasing and investment principles. Experienced commercial real estate professionals will serve as our instructors.

The Education Committee has responsibility for organizing the real estate professional that serve as instructors, recruiting attendees and handling various logistics associated with the curriculum sequence.

Current Chairman:

Will McCullough, SIOR, CCIM
St. John Properties, Inc.
2560 Lord Baltimore Drive
Baltimore, MD 21244 
TEL: 410-369-1207
FAX: 410-369-1807
wmccullough@sjpi.com

Golf Committee

You don’t have to play - or even be good at -- golf to serve on this committee, but a passion for the sport certainly doesn’t hurt. The responsibility of this committee is to organize and execute two annual Golf Tournaments, which are held each spring and fall - and represent an important fundraising activities for NAIOP-Maryland.

Activities of this committee include selecting the golf course venue, soliciting corporate sponsorship support, recruiting foursomes to participate, selecting awards and door prizes and handling other logistics.

Current Chairman:

Christopher Nevin
M&T Bank
25 S. Charles St., 17th fl.
Baltimore, MD 21201
TEL: 410-545-2407
FAX: 410-545-2385
cnevin@mtb.com

Legislative Committee

Taxes and fees, Smart Growth, Chesapeake Bay cleanup, climate change, energy price and supply and other legislative issues that affect NAIOP member companies are on the agendas of state and local governments every month. The NAIOP Legislative Committee monitors state and local legislative activity, develops policy positions and serves as an advocate for the industry in the Maryland General Assembly and before county governments in Central Maryland. The NAIOP Legislative Committee is comprised of asset and land development managers, land use and transactional attorneys, civil engineers and senior executives from NAIOP member companies. Please see the legislative section insert hyperlink of this website for specific information about NAIOP legislative activities. If you want to lend your expertise and experience to the committee or just want information about the issues NAIOP is currently managing, please contact Cathy Ward, NAIOP Legislative Chair cathy.ward@copt.com or Tom Ballentine, NAIOP V.P. forPolicy naiop.md.tom@verizon.net

Current Chairperson:

Catherine M. Ward
Corporate Office Properties Trust
6711 Columbia Gateway Dr., Suite 300
Columbia, MD 21406
TEL: 443-285-5702
FAX: 443-285-7650
cathy.ward@copt.com

Membership Committee

Every good organization needs great members, and the role of this committee is to attract and retain qualified professionals to advance the goals and objectives of NAIOP-Maryland. Activities of this group include the identification and solicitation of prospective members, dues collecting and the organization of new member events and activities.

A “Developing Leaders” section of NAIOP-Maryland was also recently formulated - targeting commercial real estate professionals under the age of 35 - and this new group falls under the auspices of the Membership Committee. The “Developing Leaders” segment of the organization is intended to attract new blood to the group that can inject fresh ideas and unbridled energy, so young professionals can continue the traditions, activities and programs of our chapter.

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Program Committee

A key component and strength of NAIOP-Maryland is the numerous networking opportunities offered to its membership. This committee is extremely active and has overall responsibility for organizing, promoting and executing the year-long roster of educational, social and networking gatherings for the Chapter. Committee members work with venue locations, suggest timely topics for discussion and arrange speakers. Approximately ten different events are handled annually by the Program Committee.

Current Chairman:

Morgan C. Gilligan
Commercial Settlement Services, LLC
1829 Reisterstown Rd, Ste. 380
Baltimore, MD 21208
TEL: 410-653-2828
DIRECT: 410-415-7516
morgan.gilligan@csstitlellc.com

Sustainability Committee

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