50+ Housing e-Source - 03/27/2008  (Plain Text Version)

Joanne Theunissen
50+ Housing Council Chair

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In this issue:
Fair Housing for the Active Adult Builder
Five Reasons to Attend the 2008 Building for Boomers & Beyond: 50+ Housing Symposium
Find Out the Latest Market Trends at the Best of 50+ Housing Awards Gala
Seven Tips on How to Make the Most of Your Print Advertising Budget
CAASH In – Earn NAHB' s Active Adult Designation at the 2008 Symposium
Bell Named to Helm of 50+ Housing Council, New Leadership Team Announced
50+ Housing Council Networking Reception
National Membership Day 2008: Prizes, Rewards for Top 50+ Housing Council Recruiters
Register Online Now: New NAHB Spokesperson Training
Drive Away With a Shiny New $500 GM Private Offer
Review Group Wants to Hear from YOU!

Bell Named to Helm of 50+ Housing Council, New Leadership Team Announced

  • Bell Named to Helm of 50+ Housing Council

The National Association of Home Builders recently appointed Sharon Dworkin Bell as Senior Staff Vice President for NAHB Multifamily and 50+ Housing. Bell’s primary responsibility is policy and advocacy issues, and she has direct oversight for both groups’ programs, products and services.

Bell joined NAHB Multifamily six years ago and has played a pivotal role in building the group’s visibility and influence within NAHB and the industry as a whole. She plans to raise the profile of the 50+ Housing Council, whose numbers have grown significantly over the past five years.

Bell’s promotion is part of a departmental reorganization announced by Jerry Howard, NAHB’s Chief Executive Officer, in December. The groups were paired because they share similar priorities and programs. The staffs of NAHB Multifamily and the 50+ Housing Council were consolidated into one department to streamline resources, although both areas will continue to maintain their own separate identities.

The rest of the staff and their respective 50+ Housing Council responsibilities are as follows:

  • Laura Zaner – Oversight of all Council activities, including marketing
  • Jeff Jenkins – Member services
  • Carmel McGuire – Policy and advocacy issues
  • Lawrence McFadden – Membership and marketing
  • Ann Marie Moriarty – Industry relations, communications and 50+ Housing Magazine
  • Janice Coyle – Education activities, including the Building for Boomers & Beyond: 50+ Housing Symposium, Certified Active Adult Specialist in Housing (CAASH) designation and convention education
  • Sheronda Carr – Recognition programs, including The Best of 50+ Housing Awards
  • Erin Grant – 50+ Housing e/Source newsletter and the Council's Web site.
  • Lynn Basso – Budgeting and program support
  • Patty Vuylsteke – Program support and member relations

To reach staff, contact the NAHB 50+ Housing Council at 800-368-5242 x8220 or 50plus@nahb.com.

  • New Leadership Team Announced

The 2008 leadership team for the NAHB 50+ Housing Council was announced during the 2008 International Builders’ Show in Orlando.
Joanne (Jo) Theunissen, a small-volume custom builder from Mount Pleasant, Mich., was named the 2008 chair. Theunissen integrates green building techniques and universal design features into the homes she builds.

Pat Kelley, CAASH, an active adult builder from Chesterfield, Mo., was named the first vice chair, while Mike McGowan, CAASH, a builder/developer from Binghamton, N.Y., is the second vice chair.

Rounding out the leadership team is immediate past chair Bob Tippets, CAASH, an active adult builder from Salt Lake City, Utah, and Sharon Dworkin Bell, senior staff vice present for the NAHB 50+ Housing Council in Washington, D.C.

The 2008 50+ Housing Council Board of Trustees are as follows:

Larry Armstrong, CAASH, Denver, Colo.
Patricia Barnes, Oakhurst, Calif.
Norman Cohen, CAASH, Atlanta, Ga.
Gerald Constanzo, CAASH, Castle Rock, Colo.
George Cundy, CAASH, Shoreview, Minn.
Fred Dallenbach, Louisville, Ky.
Lita Dirks, MIRM, CMP, CAASH, Englewood, Colo.
Mary DeWalt, MIRM, Austin, Texas
David Jensen, CAASH, Denver, Colo.
Pat Kelley, CAASH, Chesterfield, Mo.
Mike McGowan, CAASH, Binghamton, N.Y.
Randy Rinehart, CAASH, Charlottesville, Va.
Anthony J. Sala, CAASH, Fredericksburg, Va.
Wayne Sant, Newport Beach, Calif.
Manny Schatz, CAASH, MIRM, RCS, Danville, Calif.
Jeff Smedley, Dacula, Ga.
Joanne Theunnisen, Mount Pleasant, Mich.
Robert Tippets, CAASH, Murray, Utah
Norton Wheeler, Mystic, Conn.

 

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