As Jefferson Sherman takes over the presidency of the Appraisal Institute (AI), other elected AI officers for 2020 are in place as well, according to a press release from AI.
The officers are Rodman Schley (president-elect), of Arvada, Col., M. (Jody) Bishop III (vice president pledger), of Mount Pleasant, S. C., and Stephen S. Wagner (immediate past president), of West Lafayette, Ind.
In the coming year, the Appraisal Institute’s officers and Board of Directors will focus on advocating on behalf of all appraisers, increasing diversity and inclusion in the organization and throughout the valuation profession and expanding AI’s body of knowledge, AI announced.
Schley has served nationally on the AI Board of Directors as Region II vice chair, and as a member of the Strategic Planning Committee and the Governance Structure Project Team. He previously served on the National Nominating Committee. He also has served in chapter roles, including as president of the Colorado Chapter. In 2002, he founded Denver-based Commercial Valuation Consultants, Inc., which was acquired by national appraisal firm BBG in 2016.
Bishop serves as a non-voting member of the AI Board of Directors due to his position on the Audit Committee. He has chaired the General Demonstration of Knowledge Grading Panel and has served on the Admissions and Designations Qualifications Committee. He has served as president of the South Carolina Chapter. He also is an AI associate instructor, has been a seminar and webinar author, and has served as discussion leader at the Leadership Development and Advisory Council conference. He is currently senior managing director of Valbridge Property Advisors in Charleston, S.C.
Wagner has served on the AI Board of Directors and as chair of the Finance Committee and vice chair of the Professional Standards and Guidance Committee. He is a past chair of the Demonstration Report Writing Panel, has served on the Admissions Designations and Qualifications Committee and has been involved in the development of the General Review courses and two Capstone case studies.
He also teaches general qualifying education and advanced-level courses and seminars for the AI. Additionally, he served as president, vice president, secretary and treasurer of the Hoosier State Chapter, and currently is a senior appraiser in the appraisal firm of Terzo & Bologna, Inc. in Indiana.