Paula Konikoff was nominated for the 2023 Appraisal Institute (AI) vice president position by the AI National Nominating Committee at its May 11 meeting in Chicago. National Nominating Committee Chair Rodman Schley then submitted the committee’s nomination to the AI Board of Directors at its May 12 meeting, AI announced in a release.

Board members may file petitions for additional nominees in accordance with the Appraisal Institute Bylaws. The AI Board of Directors is expected to elect the 2023 vice president at its Aug. 4-5 meeting.

“The 2023 vice president will serve as the Appraisal Institute’s 2024 president-elect, 2025 president and 2026 immediate past president, in addition to chairing the Finance Committee in 2023 and the National Nominating Committee in 2026,” the release stated.

Konikoff serves as vice chair of Region VII and chair of the Professional Standards and Guidance Committee, of which she was a member for many years, and is a member of the Body of Knowledge Committee. She received her MAI Designation in 1986 and became active in the American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers (an AI predecessor organization) as a member of her chapter’s Admission Committee and as an instructor.

Konikoff has served on the Standards Committee, the Ethics Committee, the Admissions Appeal Board, and her chapter’s board of directors, and she has participated in the peer review process.  Additionally, she was involved in the creation of the national Women’s Initiative Committee in 2019 and was its first chair, while being recognized twice with the President’s Award and once with the Y.T. and Louise Lee Lum Award.