President's message: Manzari 2008 president of N.Y. CCIM

My term as 2007-08 president of the NYS-NNJ CCIM Chapter started at the CCIM/IREM Success Series held in San Antonio, Texas in October. The conference was a tremendous success with over 1,200 people in attendance. In addition to education and networking events, we were honored to have Steve Forbes as one of our guest speakers. Over 400 candidates took the six hour comprehensive exam while in San Antonio. The following from New York State and Northern New Jersey passed the exam and have received their CCIM designation: * Marco Ascazubi - Century 21 Americana Realty - Ridgewood, NY* Zachary Conley - Conley Realty Associates - Albany, NY * Michael Farrell - TIAA-CREF - New York, NY * Jason Han - More Realty - Fort Lee, NJ * Doris Pokras - United Equity Investments - New York, NY * Syed Quandri - Century 21 Best, Inc. - Corona, NY * Mark Rupprecht, CB Richard Ellis - Syracuse, NY * John Scipione - NDC Capital Partners - New York, NY * Jordon Spiegel - Sunburst Advisors, LLC - New York, NY For those of us who have been in the shoes of these new designees, we know what they have been through and wish them the best of luck and congratulations on achieving their CCIM designation. Today, there are CCIM designees in every U.S. state, across Canada and in more than 30 countries overseas. Globally, CCIM's comprise the largest commercial real estate brokerage network. For more information on becoming a CCIM designation, visit our website at www.ccim.com. 2008 Calendar of Events: * April 21-22, 24-26 CCIM 101Location: Amhurst, NY * May 5-6, 8-10 CCIM 101 Location: Newark, NJ * May 8 - 9 Partners Event Location: Boston, MA * May 19, 20 CCIM Intro Class Location: Albany, NY * August 8-9, 14-16 CCIM 104 Location: Albany, NY * September 22-23, 25-27 CCIM 102 Location: Newark, NJ In closing, I would like to thank outgoing president Walter Lotz for his four years of service to the chapter. I would also encourage others to join and to become involved with the chapter. We have accomplished a lot in previous years and need your help to accomplish more. If you'd like to find out how you can become more involved, don't hesitate to give me a call at 607-937-9720.
 Mike Manzari is the 2008 president of CCIM, Albany, N.Y.