16 RICS Americas Members Are Upgraded to Fellowship Status

03/24/2010 14:56

NEW YORK – March 24, 2009 – RICS Americas is pleased to announce the upgrade of 16 qualified Members (MRICS) to RICS Fellowship (FRICS) status since October 2009. 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 company and/or field who have completed unique projects and contributed significantly to the profession. Within the last year, more than eighty 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 May 17, 2010. MRICS who submit their complete applications for the May deadline will receive the result by August 27, 2010.

Name	Honors	Firm Name	Chapter
Keith Barlow	FRICS MAI	Barlow Appraisal Associates	US - South Central
Sally Carothers	BSc FRICS	Stickelman, Schneider & Associates	US - Midwest
Stephen Crosson	FRICS MAI	Crosson Dannis Inc.	US - South Central
Ron DeVries	FRICS SRA MAI	Appraisal Research Counselors	US - Midwest
Chris Greenwalt	FRICS ARA RPRA		US - Rocky Mountains
Steven Hall	FRICS MAI	Hall-Widdoss & Co., Inc.	US - Northwest
Kevin Horkan	FRICS MBIFM	AMEC Americas	Canada - Prairies
Patrick Kerr	FRICS SRA MAI	Integra Realty Resources	US - Mid Atlantic
Adnan Malik	BSc(Hons) FRICS	CHP International LLP	US - Tri-State NY
John Marrazzo	FRICS ASA		US - Tri-State NY
Bongani Ndlovu	FRICS PMAQS		Bermuda
Colin Obi	MA FRICS	Cayman Islands Government	Cayman Islands
Alfred Ojejinmi	BSc FRICS CPM	Presbeuo Group	US - Tri-State NY
Donald Potter	FRICS SRA MAI	Dean Potter and Associates, Inc.	US - Northwest
Leland Trice	FRICS SRA	The Trice Group LLC	US - Mid Atlantic
Juliana Young	FRICS ARA MAI	Young Appraisal & Consulting	US - Florida

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 2,000 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.