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Welcome to the
Tennessee Chapter, IAAO Candidates Club. The goal of the chapter
is to actively promote the IAAO designation program to benefit the
assessment administration in the state of Tennessee. IAAO has
developed and implemented a program of professional designations
intended to increase the professional competence of assessment
personnel through education. The objectives of IAAO's professional
designation program are to raise the standards of the profession,
to attain recognition of the assessment profession by government
authorities and the public; and to gain for designated member
recognition qualified, objective, unbiased appraiser and
administrators of systems for ad-valorem tax purposes.
The Professional
Designation Program confers five internationally recognized
professional designations:
The benefits of a professional designation are many. I obtained
an RES designation in 1981 and went on to achieve the CAE
designation in 1982. I can say with confidence that attaining
these designations catapulted my career in the assessment field.
It is my goal as chairman of the candidates club to assist as many
of you to achieve a designation from IAAO and ultimately improve
the quality of assessment professionals and assessment
administration in Tennessee.
On
the following pages, please find some helpful direct links to
IAAO’s Professional Designation program pages as well as grants
available from IAAO and the chapter to assist you in gaining this
professional recognition. To assist me in these endeavors, our
president has appointed regional committee members to assist and
encourage all who pursue one of IAAO’s designations.
Yours on behalf of TIAAO,
A. Dean Lewis, CAE
Candidates Club Chairman
The following are regional committee members who stand ready and
able to assist and encourage you to pursue your designation. Feel
free to contact them via their email addresses. Also, if I can be
of assistance, you may contact me at
Dean.Lewis@knoxcounty.org
East Tennessee Committee
Members
Lyle Lane, AAS James.Lane@tn.gov
Lou Smith, CAE, AAS
Patricia.L.Smith@tn.gov
Ryan Cavanah, CAE, RES Ryan.Cavanah@tn.gov
Middle Tennessee Committee
Members
Jim Gattis, CAE, RES JimG@Hamiltontn.gov
Amy Endsley-Jones, RES Amy.Endsley-Jones@tn.gov
Joe Griffin,
RES
Joseph.Griffin@tn.gov
Barbara Kizer, CMS BKizer@lawcotn.org
West Tennessee Committee
Members
Greg Moody, CAE
MoodyG@assessor.shelby.tn.us
Marie Holyfield, CMS
MeHolyfield@att.net
Mark Volner, RES Johnny.Volner@tn.gov
Bryan Kinsey, AAS Bryan.Kinsey@tn.gov
The following links are listed below that will assist you as you
begin to work on your designation as well as receive financial
assistance. If you have any questions, please feel free to
contact anyone of the committee.
IAAO’s Professional Designation Link:
www.iaao.org/professionalDesignation/index.cfm
The Professional Designation
appraisal report forms and templates:
www.iaao.org/documents/index.cfm?Category=27
IAAO Scholarships to assist in
attaining designations. Pay particular attention to the IAAO
Scholarship Fund and the Jeff Hunt, CAE Memorial Candidates Trust
www.iaao.org/sitePages.cfm?Page=118
In
addition to scholarships and grants available to candidates
through the IAAO, the Tennessee Chapter of IAAO has a standing
rule of reimbursing Demo Grading Fees to candidates who receive
successful results of written demonstration reports in pursuing
IAAO professional designations.
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