Thomas M. Skiba is the Chief Executive Officer of Community Associations Institute’s headquarters office in Falls Church, Va. As CEO, he is responsible for providing services to CAI’s more than 42,000 members, including homeowners, homeowner leaders, professional
community associaion managers, and industry business partners. Through educational programs, publications and other activities, CAI works to build communities that operate efficiently and effectively and meet the needs of all their residents.
In recent years, he led CAI through a comprehensive transformation of its governance, membership structure, branding, and technology, designed to make the organization more responsive to member needs and more flexible in a rapidly changing business environment.
For nearly 20 years, Skiba has presented annual state of the industry reports at the CEO-MC Retreat, an annual event held exclusively for CEOs of community association management companies, and at the CAI Annual Conference.
Skiba is also a frequent speaker, promoting CAI’s internationally respected Professional Management Development Program (PMDP), an education curriculum that sets the international standards and best practices for all those living, working, and serving community associations in the U.S. and real estate professionals in Australia, South America, Canada, Spain, India, Bahrain, and Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.
In 2019, Skiba along with other CAI leaders hosted The Essentials of Community Association Management (M-100) course in Bengaluru, India, in conjunction with the
International Real Estate Community Management Summit (IRECMS). The M-100, is the leading international training program for community association managers and volunteer homeowner leaders elected to serve on their community association boards. As part of the two-week education tour, Skiba also served as a presenter at the
Bahrain International Property Exhibition and Forum, the country's largest real estate advisory conference supporting property developers, engineers, and other housing leaders. There, he acknowledged the growing community association housing model in the Middle East and the impact of owners associations on the housing market, and laid out vital steps of how managers can ensure investment protection for their communities.
Prior to joining CAI, Skiba spent almost seventeen years with KPMG Consulting. While at KPMG, he provided business advisory services to a wide variety of not-for-profit, higher education, and government organizations, including the American Cancer Society, Smithsonian Institution, Kennedy Center, American Red Cross, Public Broadcasting Service and National Geographic Society.
Skiba received his BS and MBA degrees from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, USA. He currently resides in Alexandria, Virginia, USA, with his wife Carol and son Matt.