To be eligible for the designation, managers must have at least three years of experience providing community management and be a CAI member in good standing. PCAM® candidates must successfully complete the 20-hour Essentials of Community Association Management course; the Professional Management Development Program, which includes more than 80 hours of coursework and six examinations; and a two-day case study culminating in a complete community profile presentation. PCAM®s must fulfill annual continuing education and service requirements and adhere to the CAI Professional Manager Code of Ethics.

Community association management is a growing profession dedicated to fostering responsive, competent, effective community associations. 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 and authorizing payment for community association services;
• directing association personnel; and
• performing site inspections.

The Community Associations Institute is a nonprofit association created in 1973 to educate and represent the nation's 205,000 community associations—condominium associations, homeowner associations and cooperatives. CAI members include homeowners, associations and related professionals and service providers.

[Editor's note] A list of CAI's Professional Community Association Manager designees is shown below.

Professional Community Association Managers:

• Tim Ambre, Kappes Miller Management, Bellevue, Wash.
• Elaine Anghel, Tri-City Property Management, Mesa, Ariz.
• Anastasia Arao, Chaney, Brooks & Company, Lahaina, Hawaii
• Kathe M. Barnes, Scottsdale Ranch Community Association, Scottsdale, Ariz.
• Camellia Belcher, Elm Creek Ranch Owners Association, Inc., Austin, Texas
• Susan Blackburn, Community Management Corporation, Chantilly, Va.
• Jane Chapman, Battlement Mesa Co., Battlement Mesa, Colo.
• Barbara Clark, Excel Association Management, Inc., Plano, Texas
• Donna Erwin, Associated Management, Inc., Sparks, Nev.
• Mark Fulcher, Tyler Community Management, Nashville, Kan.
• Gary Hammond, Rossmoor Community Association, Inc., Jamesburg, N.J.
• Daniel J. Henning, Community Management Associates, Atlanta
• Rhonda Hewett, Community Management Associates, Ocean Isle Beach, N.C.
• Barbara Kansky, Thayer & Associates, Inc., AMO, Waltham, Mass.
• Phyllis Kendler, Tri-City Property Management Services, Inc., Mesa, Ariz.
• Linda Kolstad, RCI Management, Inc., Corona, Calif.
• Jay Lord, Rogal Real Estate, Inc., Lanham, Md.
• Wanda McCullough, Woodland House Condo Association, Inc., Hartford, Conn.
• Craig Merrill, Elliott Merrill Community Management, Vero Beach, Fla.
• Jennifer Morrison, The Lorell Management Corporation, Mansfield, Mass.
• Dana Pepper, Tyler Community Management, Inc., Lakewood, Colo.
• Marvin Rich, W. Bloomfield, Mich.
• Dana Shotts-Neff, Jeffrey Charles and Associates, Inc., Newport News, Va.
• Tracey Siemer, Telluride Resort Accommodations, Telluride, Colo.
• Robin Simon, Hofeller Management Company, Brookline, Mass.
• Howard Solomon, United Community Management Corporation, Coral Springs, Fla.
• Tom Sparks, Edgewater Beach Resort Management, Panama City Beach, Fla.
• Diann Spoon, Summerlin, Las Vegas
• Jim Toscano, Property Management of Andover, Pelham, N.H.
• Layne Varney, Sunbird Golf Resort HOA, Chandler, Ariz.
• Barbara Volpe, Rinevol and Co., Inc., Laguna Hills, Calif.
• N. Earl Warren, Castle Pines Homes Assn., Inc., Castle Rock, Colo.
• Phyllis Williams, Sterling, Va.
• Tom Williams, Tower Villas Council of Owners, Arlington, Va.