On Jan. 30, The Appraisal Foundation’s (TAF) Board of Trustees (BOT) voted in a public meeting to approve 12 organizations to become partners of TAF. Partners are organizations that have committed to work with TAF to uphold public trust in the appraisal profession through communication and collaboration, TAF announced in a press release.

Partner organizations have the ability to nominate individuals to become partner trustees on the BOT, but there is no direct appointment.

The 12 approved partners are:

• American Society of Appraisers
• American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers
• Appraisal Institute
• Appraisers Association of America
• Canadian National Association of Real Estate Appraisers
• Farm Credit
• International Society of Appraisers
• International Right of Way Association
• Massachusetts Board of Real Estate Appraisers
• National Society of Real Estate Appraisers
• North Carolina Professional Appraisers Coalition
• Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors