13 RICS Americas Members Are Upgraded to Fellowship Status

07/01/2010 14:08

NEW YORK – July 1, 2010 – RICS Americas is pleased to announce the upgrade of 13 qualified Members (MRICS) to RICS Fellowship (FRICS) status since April 2010. Most MRICS are eligible to apply for Fellowship as soon as they are elected.

What does it mean to be an RICS Fellow? The letters FRICS represent a prestigious RICS award that reflects the career achievements of a special group of property professionals. Typically, Fellows are leaders in their companies and fields who have completed unique projects and contributed significantly to the profession. Within the last year, more than one hundred members have successfully applied for and received this prestigious designation in the RICS Americas region.

Detailed guidance, a candidate check list, and the application form are online at the RICS Americas web page: http://www.ricsamericas.org/fellowship

The next deadline for MRICS to apply for RICS Fellowship is Monday August 16. MRICS who submit their complete applications for the August deadline will receive the result by November 22, 2010.

Name	Employer	RICS Chapter
Robin A Brown FRICS	Trett Consulting	US - South Central
William Chan FRICS MHKIS		US - South Central
Bruce A Daubner FRICS MAI	Integra Realty Resources	US - Midwest
Oscar J Franck Y Terrazas FRICS	Integra Realty Resources	US - Southern California
Eric B Garfield FRICS MAI	WTAS LLC	US - Southern California
Stephen B Gottlieb FRICS MAI	Deloitte Financial Advisory Services	US - Tri-State NY
Bruce Greenberg FRICS ASA SRA MAI	Montana Verde, LLC	US - Southwest
Douglas W Leo FRICS CCC	Censeo Project Solutions	US - Northern California
Jacob A S Opadeyi PhD FRICS	University of West Indies	Trinidad & Tobago
David M Rosenthal FRICS MAI	Curtis-Rosenthal LLC	US - Southern California
Don R Scheidt FRICS CCIM MAI	Don R. Scheidt & Co., Inc.	US - Midwest
Anthony C Watts FRICS MInstCES	Cayman Islands Government	Cayman Islands
Sidney W Womack FRICS MAI	Cushman & Wakefield	US - Midwest

About RICS & RICS Americas
RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors), with headquarters in London, is the leading organization of its kind in the world for more than 100,000 professionals in property, land, construction and related environmental issues.

RICS Americas, based in New York and covering North, Central and South America and the Caribbean, has more than 2,300 members in commercial and residential development, construction and project management, brokerage, planning and finance, valuation and fine arts appraisal. For further information visit www.ricsamericas.org or e-mail ricsamericas@rics.org.