Teams
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BOMA Members Stay Active in the Real Estate Industry
BOMA has many opportunities for our members to get involved in the industry. Listed below are current BOMA teams and the team chair's contact information. If you're a BOMA member and you're interested in joining a team, please sign in first and apply.
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Past President Leadership Council | Preparedness Team | Membership Team Legislative Affairs Team | Education Team | Sustainability TeamEngineers Team | Industrial Team | Emerging Professionals Team Awards Team | Golf Team | Networking Team
Public Relations Teams | Service Projects Team |PROGRAMS TEAM |Finance Team |
Past President Leadership Council
Mission: The Past Presidents Leadership Council will serve as a resource to identify, develop, educate, and mentor leadership in BOMA Orlando.
Goals:
- Provide leadership resource for guidance to the current officers and board
- Attend board meetings to mentor new board members
- Review the Nominating Committee process for future leadership
- Offer & Coordinate Leadership 101, s 5-course curriculum presented annually to our members interested in leadership
- Utilize BOMA Orlando Leadership to include Board of Directors, Past Leaders,
and Past Presidents to identify future candidates for theboard and provide mentoring and support
Chairs will send out an
Team Chairman: Sandy Castro
Team Co-Chairman: Mary Dillard
Past Presidents:
- Allyson Peters
- Edna Trimble, CPM
- Terri Walther
- Mary Lantz, RPA, LCAM
- Laura Ragans, RPA
- Yahrah Blackman, RPA, LCAM
- Luci Smith, RPA, FMA
- Diane Sitzer, RPA
- Jane Bullock
- Debbie Chamberlain
- Karen Padgett
- Dianne Crouse
- Suzanne Galarneau, CPM
- Rebecca Whitley
- Mary Dillard
Preparedness Team
Mission: To support BOMA Orlando by investigating and implementing policies and procedures that pertain to safety and security for our members.
Goals:
- To educate and engage members in the following areas: Office, Industrial, Medical, and Corporate.
- Facilitate events that would be beneficial, CPR, Local Law Enforcement and Emergency Coordinators Event.
Chairs will send out an
Team Chairman: Michelle Lasch
Team Co-Chairman: Danielle Gonzalez
Membership Team
Responsible for the recruitment and retention of members. Members serve as “hosts” for new and/or prospective members at functions. and actively follows up with members at renewal time.
Mission: To recruit and retain members while maintaining an optimum ratio of associate members to principal members.
In 2020 the Team goals will be:
To grow the association
Luncheons: produce activity for each luncheon/breakfast, the introduction of new members, Meet and Greet of new members during networking time
Twice a year after-hours get-together
Meetings will be held monthly before the luncheons at 10:30 a.m. or if we have
Chairs will send out an
Team Chairman: Leonard Salemme, Jr.
Team Co-Chairman: Stacey Boeshko
Legislative Affairs Team
Reviews and determines the direction for legislative activities on the National, State, and Local level. Actively monitors issues affecting BOMA members and creates grassroots campaigns to address these issues. Also participates on the BOMA Florida level.
To provide education and communication to all members on legislative matters affecting the Property Management profession on the Local, State, and National levels.
2020 Goals:
The Legislative Team will actively monitor issues being tracked by BOMA International and BOMA Florida that could affect BOMA members.
BOMA members that attend the National Issues Conference will visit legislators at the Capitol with the direction from BOMA International on what issues will be discussed.
The team will actively pursue making local visits with legislators on BOMA Florida issues.
Attend the BOMA Annual Florida meeting.
The team will actively collect for the BOMA International PAC.
In addition to continuing to engage our State and Federal leaders, the Legislative Team will increase efforts to form relationships with local leaders of the various jurisdictions that make up BOMA Orlando's membership.
The team will
Chairs will send out an
Team Chairman: Thomas Moses
Team Co-Chairman: Bianca Santos
Education Team
To provide and promote education for commercial property management professionals, through a scholarship program aimed at increasing BOMI class attendance in Orlando and offering education session forums for collaboration and networking.
To oversee the education put on by various teams and encourage BOMI Designations. Work on our Scholarship Program awarding our members with scholarships for their designations.
The chair will send out the agenda for the team meetings.
Team Chairman: Isabel Raehn-Lantry
Team Co-Chairman: Joe Territo
Sustainability Team
As a BOMA
Goals:
- Maintain awareness of any municipality project that we are aware of
- Survey membership on sustainability-related knowledge needs
Chairs will send out an
Team Chairman: Greg Terrrito
Team Co-Chairman: John Ubinger
Engineers Team
Do your engineers get new training on new subjects, do they get refresher training on systems and or problems, do they know the way to respond to situations, then a good way to learn would be to attend the Engineers Breakfasts that BOMA Orlando offers. Get knowledge on codes/laws, learn updated systems, network, and benefit from talking to others in the field.
Goals:
- Hold educational events for engineers and property managers
Chairs will send out an
ASHRAE, click here for website
NFPA, click here for website
OSHA, click here for website
Team Chairman: Suresh Balgobind, RPA, FMA, LEED, SMT/SMA
Team Co-Chairman: Paul Carter
Industrial Team
To provide a reliable resource of education and information for commercial property management professionals, specific to industrial properties, while offering a forum for collaboration and networking.
Goals:
- Round Robin Event
- Events that will provide education to the industrial industry
Chairs will send out an
Team Chairman: Lisa Brown
Team Co-Chairman: Allie Owen
Emerging Professionals Team
To engage and connect with BOMA Orlando professionals in commercial real estate under the age of 35.
Goals:
- Plan educational, networking,
and social events for peer interaction among members 35 years or younger. - Engage and connect by promoting benefits of BOMA, committee participation, and leadership opportunities
- Hold quarterly eventsCoordinate and structure a mentorship program with Leadership Chairs
Chairs will send out an
Team Chairman: Anna Territo, PE
Team Co-Chairman: Victoria Weir
Awards Team - this is under the Networking Team as a Task Force
Golf Team - this is under the Networking Team as a Task Force
Networking Team
Plans, coordinates, and facilitates approximately three social networking events per year. Promotes the benefits of networking.
Goals:
- Put on three major events for our members to network
- Help assist Membership Team with Meet and Greets
Chairs will send out an
Team Chairman: Melissa Edgin
Team Co-Chairman: Chris Gallegos
Public Relations Team
Actively pursues all methods to get BOMA recognized through the media. Forwards press releases from BOMA International to local media as well as alerting the media to BOMA’s local, state, and national legislative issues.
Work with our Social Media platforms more to promote BOMA Orlando while continuing to send press releases to the media.
Team Chairman: Mike Lewis
Team Co-Chairman: Heather Packard
Service Projects Team
Develops guidelines for the organization’s involvement with community organizations and recommends charitable organizations to the Board. Coordinates with BOMA members to secure donations and volunteers for functions.
Goals:
- Continue to help our community by providing items needed for charities.
Chairs will send out an
Team Chairman: Ronda Dominiguez
Team Co-Chairman: Gabrielle Walther
Programs Team
Will book speakers for the 2020 luncheons/breakfast calendar and recommend to the board for approval. Stay industry related to
Chairs will send out an
Team Chair: Laura Ragans
Team Co-Chair: Lisa Snow
Finance Team
This team is specific to Board requests during the year.
Team Chair: Mike Lewis
Team Co-Chair: Kelly Dillard