The National Board of Certification for Community Association Managers (NBC-CAM) has granted credentials to 60 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 3,200 CMCA certificants nationwide.
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 not 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 210,000 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, and
- performing site inspections.
The National Board of Certification for Community Association Managers (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 educate and represent the nation's 210,000 community associations - condominium associations, homeowner associations and cooperatives. CAI members include homeowners, associations and the professionals who provide products and services to them.
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[Editor's Note: A complete listing of newly certified managers is attached.]
Certified Managers of Community Associations
- Angela Alfano, C&R Realty & Management Co., Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ
- Michelle Alt, Mazur & Miller Realty, Inc., Reading, PA
- Betty Anderson, The Manor Association, Belmont, CA
- Pat Arch, Managed With Care, LLC, Westminster, CO
- Patrice Asuncion, Certified Management, Kilauea, HI
- Jane Beecher, Evergreen Management, Inc., Bedford, NH
- Janice Boulware, Schooner Bay Landing Condominium Association, Kimberling City, MO
- Mary Buchanan, United Property Associates, Virginia Beach, VA
- Cheryl Burr, Certified Management, Inc., Honolulu, HI
- Jeffrey Chafe, Ocean Real Estate, Brigantine, NJ
- Clifton Charnes, Moss Creek Owners Association, Hilton Head Island, SC
- Brooke Chartier, Horizon Community Management, LLC, Henderson, NV
- Claude Dionne, La Paloma Group, L.C., Boynton Beach, FL
- Chris Ehlers, Hines Resorts-River Valley Ranch, Carbondale, CO
- Paul Epstein, United Community Management Corp., Coral Springs, FL
- Diane Frazer, Chartered Management, Las Vegas, NV
- Marianne Freeman, Ennisbrook Owners Association, Santa Barbara, CA
- Maureen Frese, Manderley Property Services, Inc., San Luis Obispo, CA
- Kim Gratzer, EMB Management, Inc., Bellevue, WA
- David Grier, Village Management, Baltimore, MD
- Stephanie Harmon, Wentworth Group, Red Bank, NJ
- James Howard, Penasquitos Casablanca Owners Association, San Diego, CA
- Karen Johnson, Delbe Real Estate Co., Inc., Washington, DC
- Gail Jones, Oakridge HOA, Montebello, CA
- Kahleetah Kamins, Income Property Services, Albuquerque, NM
- David King, Governor's Landing Foundation, Williamsburg, VA
- Jerri Krull, The Case Bowen Co., Dublin, OH
- Mark Lewis, Lewis Management Resources, Inc., Tucson, AZ
- Patti Jo Lewis, Lewis Management Resources, Inc., Tucson, AZ
- Lori Loch-Lee, Rossmar, Phoenix, AZ
- Sandra Marshall, Managed With Care, Westminster, CO
- Donald Matthews, Fairway Village II, Mill Creek, WA
- Wendy May, Adminstrative Outsourcing, Sykesville, MD
- Andie McIntyre, Bay Area Property Management, Inc., Houston, TX
- Marie McKendrick, Benchmark Properties, Las Vegas, NV
- Elizabeth McWilliams, HOAMCO Happy Trails Community Association, Surprise, AZ
- R. Merritt, Bernard's Landing Resort & Conference Center, Moneta, VA
- Susan Miller, Galena Territory Association, Inc., Galena, IL
- Nigel Parfitt, Kramer Triad Management, Ann Arbor, MI
- Judith Pecora, Austin Realty, Management & Investments, Inc., Warrenton, VA
- Blanche Prokes, Rossmar & Graham Community Association Management, Phoenix, AZ
- Michele Reilly, Willoughly Community Association, Stuart, FL
- Tom Richards, Rossmar Management Co., Phoenix, AZ
- Robert Risden, Rossmar/Graham CAM Group, Phoenix, AZ
- Robert Sackett, Country Road HOA, Brea, CA
- Jerry Ringenberg, CDC Management Services, Seattle, WA
- Patrick Rooney, CDC Management Services, Inc., Kirkland, WA
- Paul Bova, CDC Managemenat Services, Inc., Kirkland, WA
- Erica Sandoval, Colorado Management & Associates, Littleton, CO
- Arthur Self, Rossmar & Graham Management Co., Inc., Scottsdale, AZ
- A. Smith, United Property Associates, Chesapeake, VA
- Donald Smith, Paradise Island Towers, Treasure Island, FL
- Jo Soderberg, Crown Property Management, Claremont, CA
- Alan Takumi, Certified Management, Inc., Honolulu, HI
- Bob Timperio, Sunrise Country Club HOA, Rancho Mirage, CA
- Mia Van Nevel, Colorado Management & Associates, Evergreen, CO
- Marie White, Certified Property Management, Brookline, MA
- Shannon White, Kiawah Island Community Association, Kiawah Island, SC
- William Wright, Appletree Management Group, Inc., Moscow, PA
- Gene Yojo, Certified Management, Inc., Honolulu, HI