Professional Experience

8/22-Present            Office of the County Appraiser, Johnson County KS

                                 Assistant County Appraiser (Deputy)

• Oversees all activities within the Appraiser’s Office, including personal and real property appraisal and support staff duties, including but not limited to maintaining compliance with the Division of Property Valuation.

• Provides training on appraisal theory, practicality, and implementation.

• Participates and guides establishment and maintenance of Appraiser office policies and procedures.

• Maintains relationships and assists public officials with inquiries and education.

• Ensures statutory deadlines are met and participates in lobbying for change where needed on appraisal issues.

• Consults with staff on unusual properties and property type valuation.

• Guides management team in strategic planning, goal setting and personnel issues.

9/20-8/22                Office of the County Appraiser, Johnson County KS

                                 Real Property Valuation Manager

• Oversees & maintains valuation of over 11,000 Commercial properties, including office, industrial, apartment and retail parcels

• Works with Commercial Real Estate Special Use Analysts to establish values on special use properties, the commercial depreciation study and the commercial land study.

• Manages and trains approximately 25 employees in the Commercial Real Estate Valuation Department.

• Works with the Commercial Appraisers and Supervisor, on the establishment of income modeling and valuation.

• Works with other members of the management team to establish office direction.

6/15-9/20                Office of the County Appraiser, Johnson County KS

                                 Residential Sr. Regional Coordinator

• Specifies and Calibrates Sales Comparable Modeling

• Develops Land Study for over 60,000 parcels

• Conducts Residential Depreciation Study for Department

• Values and maintains over 60,000 parcels, including Residential, vacant and multi-family properties

• Manage, train, and evaluate nine appraisers

• Works with other members of the management team to mold and shape office procedures and innovate work processes

8/13-6/2015            Office of the County Appraiser, Johnson County KS

                                 Commercial Real Estate Special Projects Analyst

• Designs and Constructs Mass Appraisal Computer Assisted Land Pricing (CALP) tables for land valuation

• Designs and Constructs depreciation tables and studies for the Cost Approach to value

• Designs and Constructs ECF for Cost Approach the value

• Creates Commercial Office Condominium along with Specifies and Calibrates Sales Comparable Modeling

• Performs any special duties designated by the County Appraiser or Commercial Real Estate Manager

8/10-8/2013            Office of the County Appraiser, Johnson County KS

                                 Commercial Real Estate Court of Tax Appeals Specialist

• Review and perform mass appraisals and provide expert witness testimony on all commercial property under appeal at the State Court of Tax Appeals

• Prepares evidence for support of valuations at the State Court of Tax Appeals

• Develops appropriate defense strategies with the Legal Department

• Analyzes sales and construction costs of commercial real estate

• Guides and instructs Commercial Real Estate Appraisers

• Assists in forming office policies and valuation procedures

5/07-7/2010            Office of the County Appraiser, Johnson County KS

                                 Commercial Real Estate Appraiser

• • • • • • • • • Researched commercial markets to develop ‘value’ models

                • Valued and maintained over 3,000 commercial properties in Johnson County KS

                • Conducted Informal hearings on the valuation of commercial properties

                • Defended commercial real estate values at the Small Claim Level of Tax Appeals

4/01-5/07                Office of the County Appraiser, Johnson County KS

                                 Residential Real Estate Appraiser II, District Appraiser

• Maintained and valued over 20,000 properties in the condominium and Lenexa area

• Managed, trained, evaluated and guided two Appraiser I positions

• Worked with seven other Appraiser II positions to guide and shape office procedures

• Organized workload for area throughout the appraisal cycle

• Testified at Small Claim Hearing level on behalf of Johnson County

7/98-4/01                Office of the County Appraiser, Johnson County KS

                                 Residential Real Estate Appraiser I

• • • • • • • • • Responsible for appraising residential, vacant, and agricultural properties

                • Conducted and supported valuation hearings

                • Provided customer service and public relation functions

                • Managed multiple projects at one time and completed by deadline

                • Aided new employees by providing leadership and guidance

7/97-7/98                Office of the County Appraiser, Johnson County KS

                                 Residential Real Estate Appraiser Trainee

• Responsible collecting data for residential, vacant, and agricultural properties

• Provided customer service and public relation functions

• Participated in collection of 17% data for established properties

• Assisted in grading projects