The NAHB 50+ Housing Council recognized 42 new designees for NAHB’s Certified Active Adult Specialist in Housing (CAASH) designation in a Feb. 11 ceremony during the International Builders’ Show in Orlando.

Designees were grandfathered because of their 50+ housing industry experience or by completing all CAASH designation requirements.

The 2008 class of CAASH designees is as follows:

Douglas F. Ahlstrom KKE Architects Las Vegas, Nev. Jim Albertson Lifestyle Properties, LLC Leawood, Kan. S. Robert August S. Robert August & Co., Inc. Greenwood Village, Colo. Charles W. Beattie Western Retirement Communities, Inc. Stockton, Calif. Saundra Christensen Design East Interiors Exeter, N.H. Michael A. Costa Simpson Housing Solutions, LLC Long Beach, Calif. Gerald L. Costanzo G.L. Costanzo & Associates, Inc. Monument, Colo. George F. Cundy Cundy, Santine & Associates Architects Shoreview, Minn. Catherine A. Daly Design East, Inc. Medford, N.J. Curtis W. Dowdle Suncrest LLC/Terrabrook Draper, Utah Randolph L. Duzan Nuszer Kopatz, Inc. Denver, Colo. Jean Ewell The Manlin Company Wildwood, Mo. Annie Gerard Apt Market Research Costa Mesa, Calif. Manuel G. Gonzalez KTGY Group, Inc. Santa Monica, Calif. Evelyn Howard Howard & Associates Bethesda, Md. David R. Jensen David Jensen Associates, Inc. Denver, Colo. Patrick G. Kelley P.G. Kelley & Company Chesterfield, Mo. Mac Kennedy The Jerry McClain Co., Inc. Newark, Ohio Michael Kephart KEPHART Denver, Colo. Michael Kingsley Cubellis Vienna, Va. Daniel R. Levitan Levitan & Associates Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

Susan Mack Homes for Easy Living/Universal Design Murrieta, Calif. Frank J. McKee The McKee Group Springfield, Pa. Jane Meagher Success Strategies Manalapan, N.J. Pamela M. Meding BFC Columbia, Md. Brian W. Nagle Pringle Development Eustis, Fla. Eugene J. Nicolelli Gene J. Nicolelli Jr., AIA, Architect Plymouth, Minn. Anne E. Olson Olson Architecture Niwot, Colo. David H. O’Sullivan O’Sullivan Architects, Inc. Wakefield, Mass. Dennis R. Pfeifer The Group, Inc. Loveland, Colo. Sandra R. Quinn Traditions of America Philadelphia, Pa. Gail J. Riley Booshardt Realty Gainesville, Fla. Linda C. Rooney Advantage Builder Services Bordentown, N.J. Barry P. Rosa Prudential Connecticut Realty Rocky Hill, Conn. Anthony Sandoval Western Seniors Housing Irvine, Calif. Bob Schultz Bob Schultz & The New Home Specialists Boca Raton, Fla. William T. Slenker Slenker Communities Springfield, Va. Mark Stemen K. Hovnanian Homes Chantilly, Va. T. Gavin Sweeney Traditions of America Philadelphia, Pa. Louann Thoma-Holec Thoma-Holec Design LLC Gold Canyon, Ariz. Kelli Tolocka Winchester Homes Bethesda, Md. Margaret A. Wylde ProMatura Group LLC Oxford, Miss.

To find out how to earn the CAASH designation, visit www.nahb.org/CAASAHinfo or contact NAHB’s Professional Designation Help Line at 800-368-5242 x8154 or e-mail CAASHinfo@nahb.com.

CAASH courses will be offered at the following venues:

• HBA of Greater Kansas City, Kansas City, Mo. — Trends and Research Methods to Define the Active Adult Lifestyle, March 12; Designing for the Active Adult, March 13; and Selling to Active Adults, March 14. To register, e-mail Kristin Vaughn-Petersen or call her at 816-733-2226. 
• Michigan Association of Home Builders, Lansing, Mich. — Selling to Active Adults, March 19. To register, e-mail Cathy Robinson or call her at 517-322-0224.
• BA of the Twin Cities, Roseville, Minn. — Trends and Research Methods to Define the Active Adult Lifestyle, March 20. To register, e-mail Kimberly Lockwood or call her at 651-697-7571. 
• Greater Atlanta HBA, Tucker, Ga. — Selling to Active Adults, March 24; Trends and Research Methods to Define the Active Adult Lifestyle, March 25; and Designing for the Active Adult, April 29. To register, e-mail Angela Faison or call her at 770-938-9900.
• BIA of Southern California, Lake Forest, Calif. — Selling to Active Adults, March 25; Designing for the Active Adult, March 26; and Trends and Research Methods to Define the Active Adult Lifestyle, March 27. To register, e-mail Anna Senatore or call her 909-396-9993.
• Atlantic Builders Convention, Atlantic City, N.J. — Trends and Research Methods to Define the Active Adult, April 15; Designing for the Active Adult, April 16; and Selling to Active Adults, April 17. To register, e-mail Marlene Spencer or call her at 856-616-8460.
• 2008 Building for Boomers & Beyond: 50+ Housing Symposium^SM , New Orleans, La. — Selling to Active Adults, May 17; Designing for the Active Adult, May 18; and Trends and Research Methods to Define the Active Adult Lifestyle, May 18. Visit www.nahb.org/build4boomers for details.

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