BOMA Family News

BOMA ATLANTA/GEORGIA PAST PRESIDENTS

Mark Dukes,

Vice President of Asset Management with Physicians Realty Trust, was elected to serve as the 2021-22 BOMA International Chair and Chief Elected Officer. Mark is only the fifth BOMA Atlanta/ Georgia member to serve in this capacity. Mark has been a member of BOMA Georgia for 25 years and was named a BOMA Fellow by BOMA International in 2018. BOMA Georgia is very proud to have Mark serving in this role.

Dara Nicholson

retired from Jamestown after a 40-year career in commercial real estate. Dara is now splitting her time between Atlanta and Ft. Lauderdale. She is enjoying experiencing life with her family and plans to increase her volunteerism.

BOMA ATLANTA/GEORGIA MEMBERS

Mark Gallman retired from Highwoods after 15 years of BOMA Georgia membership. He is now enjoying retirement and spending more time with family, his dogs and the great outdoors. He still volunteers with BOMA Georgia to teach and lend his knowledge to the next generation of building engineers.

BOMA FRIENDS

Erin Hall

celebrated the birth of her third child, Campbell Hall, on July 18, 2021. Erin previously served as director of communications and advocacy as a member of the BOMA Georgia staff from 2008-2015 and currently serves as the product marketing expert and association enthusiast for Personify.

Tierra Copeland started a new job in November 2021 as Events Manager at the Emory University School of Law. Tierra previously served in several events, professional development, and membership roles as a member of the BOMA Georgia staff from 2015 to 2020.

BOMA INTERNATIONAL

Pat Areno, Senior Vice President with BOMA International, has announced her retirement after 31 years of service as a member of the BOMA International staff.

Lisa Pratts, Managing Director of Standards and International Affairs with BOMA International, has announced her retirement from BOMA International.

ASSOCIATION & FOUNDATION

The BOMA Legacy website

(www.BOMALegacy.org) will be relaunched in mid-January. The site highlights the history and accomplishments of BOMA Atlanta/ Georgia and features many of the people who have contributed to the success of BOMA and the real estate industry. If you have materials or information that could further build the site, contact Gabriel Eckert at 404-475-9980 or geckert@bomageorgia.org. Throughout the COVID-19

Pandemic,

BOMA Georgia has provided more than 150 webinars, videos, articles, and other resources to help real estate professionals navigate the pandemic - all complimentary. This year, BOMA Georgia also provided dozens of other webinars, in-person seminars, networking events, and other programs free for membership, producing more resources complimentary for members than any other real estate organization in Georgia. View a growing set of real estate resources at

www.creinsightjournal.com.

BOMA Georgia was one of only two organizations throughout the United States to be recognized in all three of the association management profession’s top three organizational awards programs this year, winning an American Society of Association

Executives (ASAE) Gold Circle Award

for the transition from an in-person trade show to an “enhanced exposure experience;” earning an ASAE Power of Associations Award for the CRE Insight Journal website; and receiving two Association TRENDS Trendy Awards: one for the “enhanced exposure experience” trade show and another for a member care initiative.