The National Board of Certification for Community Association Managers (NBC-CAM) has granted credentials to 70 professionals who have completed the requirements to become Certified Managers of Community Associations. The CMCA certification demonstrates that these managers have passed NBC-CAM's national exam and met requirements for managing condominium, cooperative and homeowners' associations, joining more than 3,800 managers nationwide who have earned their CMCA certification.
To obtain the CMCA certification, a manager must successfully complete a 16-hour classroom course, the Essentials of Community Association Management, and pass the National Certification Examination. The test was developed by over 1000 managers, homeowners, and association professionals and is administered by an independent outside testing agency. Certified managers must adhere to the CMCA Standards of Professional Conduct and take continuing education courses to re-certify. If CMCA certificants do no comply with the Standards of Professional Conduct, they are subject to disciplinary action, up to and including suspension or revocation of the credential.
The CMCA certification is the first tier of the pyramid of professionalism for community association managers, which is followed by the Association Management Specialist (AMS) and the Professional Community Association Manager (PCAM) designations offered by the Community Associations Institute (CAI).
NBC-CAM is the first and only nationwide organization created solely to certify community association managers and to help consumers identify managers who have demonstrated fundamental competency and knowledge in this profession. With the dramatic increase in association-governed housing over the last 25 years (10,000 community associations in 1970 versus 231,000 today), there is an expanded need for education in community association management.
A community association manager's duties include:
- Providing administrative, operational and managerial counsel to association boards and residents
- Developing association budgets and financial reports
- Directing the enforcement of community association covenants and restrictions
- Assisting board members in the selection of contractors and insurance providers
- Overseeing payment for community association services
- Directing association personnel
- Performing site inspection
Here is a listing of newly Certified Managers of Community Associations:
- Elaine Alexis, Barrington Management, Arlington, VA
- Doris Beda, Resource Property Management, Largo, FL
- Andrea Brown, Professional Community Management, Crofton, MD
- Nancy Calta, The Continential Group, Miami, FL
- Elizabeth Clark, HRW, Inc, Chocowinity, NC
- S. Dawn Cothran, Talis Management Group, Raleigh, NC
- Michael Crew, Homeowner Management Services, Inc, Alpharetta, GA
- Leon Cukierman, Arco-Wentworth Corp, Suffern, NY
- Larry Daly, Genesis Community Management, Inc, Houston, TX
- Kelly Decker, Talis Management Group, Raleigh, NC
- Sandra Depa, Homeowner Management Services, Alpharetta, GA
- Dale Dobis, Bluegreen Resorts Management, Inc, Myrtle Beach, SC
- Robert Eaton, Planned Community Management, Inc, Houston, TX
- Farrah Esquer, Cardinal Property Management, Inc, Anaheim, CA
- David Evans, Continental Country Club, Flagstaff, AZ
- Anthony Forlano, Action Property Management, Irvine, CA
- Pamela Forsythe, HRW, Inc, Raleigh, NC
- Wayne Fowkes, Astro Management, Friendswood, TX
- Scharlene Fralin, Principal Management Group, Dallas, TX
- David Friedlander, St. Francis Square Co-op, Inc, San Francisco, CA
- Kimberly Fries, Bluegreen Resorts Management, Inc, Myrtle Beach, SC
- James Funk, Vail Resorts, Aurora, CO
- David Gattey, Islandia Homeowners Association, Alameda, CA
- Matha Geiger, Governor's Land Foundation, Williamsburg, VA
- Joseph Gennaro, Southwest Property Management, Naples, FL
- Deborah Giggi, Homeowner Management Services, Alpharetta, GA
- Michelle Glover, Principal Management Group, Dallas, TX
- Nancy Gould, Wm. Goldsmith Co, Greenville, SC
- Philip Henderson, Henderson Properties, Inc, Charlotte, NC
- Patricia Hillen, Homeowner Management Services, Inc, Alpharetta, GA
- Anita Hilyer, Cardinal Property Management, Inc., Anaheim, CA
- Susan Horton, Hammersmith Management, Lakewood, CO
- Kathie Johnston, The Dartmouth Group, Bedford, MA
- Rashid Kassir, Seabreeze Management Company, Aliso Viejo, CA
- Mitchell Krach, Heritage Springs Community Assn, Inc, New Port Richey, FL
- Susan Kramer, Sudler Property Management, Chicago, IL
- Patricia Lall, Metro Property Management, Inc, Baltimore, MD
- Philip Lavezzo, IPM Corp, Hendersonville, NC
- Lynn Lum, Management Specialists Company, Honolulu, HI
- Douglas McBride, AOAO Makena Place, Kihei, HI
- Kenneth McKane, Lake Caroline Property Owners Association, Ruther Glen, VA
- Richard Moltzon, Orlando, FL
- Sherrie Moore, Condominium Management, Bellevue, WA
- Diana More, Seabreeze Management Company, Inc, Aliso Viejo, CA
- John Mott, Heritage Ranch Owners Association, Paso Robles, CA
- Dianna Patton, Assn & Planned Comm Mgmt Srvcs, Inc, Charlotte, NC
- Carole Pavelchak, Executive Property Management, North Brunswick, NJ
- Lori Pershing, Fairfield Communities, Inc, Branson, MO
- Ange Pollett, Fairfield Communities, Inc, Branson, MO
- Jerome Pruchniewski, Professional Community Management, Inc, Crofton, MD
- Julie Quaresimo, Saw Creek Estates Community Assn, Inc, Bushkill, PA
- Patricia Rath, Resource Property Management, Largo, FL
- Debra Reinhardt, Resource Property Management, Largo, FL
- Judith Roddis, Santa Rosa, CA
- Janet Sakach, Planned Community Management, Inc, Houston, TX
- Linda Schiff, Community Advantage of Barrington Bank & Trust Co, Barrington, IL
- Kimberley Slaker, Wensmann Management Co, Eagan, MN
- Robert Spencer, Seabreeze Management Company, Aliso Viejo, CA
- David Stanley, ProCom Management, San Antonio, TX
- Kathryn Strathearn, Stoney Brook Homeowners' Association, Denver, CO
- Justin Stratman, Mediate Management Company, Boston, MA
- Yancy Strickland, HRW, Inc, Raleigh, NC
- Evelyn Sue, Planned Community Management, Inc, Houston, TX
- Cathy Thompson, Coventry Homeowners Association, Yorktown, VA
- Cynthia Trabish, Coffman Development Co., Cincinnati, OH
- Sarah Venesky, Indian Rocks POA, Inc of Ledgedale, Greentown, PA
- Lisa Vogel, 2000 Island Boulevard Condo Assn, Inc, Williams Island, FL
- Christine Wayda, Resource Property Management, St. Petersburg, FL
- Peggy Willis Panasewicz, Wentworth Prop Mgmt of New Jersey, Hackensack, NJ
- Charles Wood, Community Resources of Virginia, Hampton, VA
NBC-CAM was established in 1995 by the Community Associations Institute to ensure that managers have the appropriate skills to effectively manage community associations.
The Community Associations Institute is a nonprofit association created in 1973 to provide education and resources to America's 231,000 community associations—condominium associations, homeowner associations and cooperatives. CAI members include homeowners, associations and the professionals who provide products and services to them.