Leadership

Chapter No. 44’s board of directors volunteer their time to make IREM’s Florida West Coast Chapter a valuable career tool for every member of the organization. Your opinions and ideas on making Chapter No. 44 better suit your business needs are critical to our future growth and success. Please do not hesitate to contact the appropriate individual listed below or the administrative offices.

2008 Officers
Chapter President Hunter Swearingen, CPM^®, CCIM, RPA Ciminelli Real Estate Services of Florida, LLC 3928 Premier North Drive Tampa, FL 33618 Phone: 813-908-1727 Fax: 813-908-5518 hswearingen at ciminelliflorida dot com
President Elect Phyllis Galan, CPM^®, RPA, FMA Parkway Properties 150 Second Ave., N, Suite 970 St. Petersburg, FL 33701 Phone: 727-823-1124 Fax: 727-895-9682 pgalan at pky dot com
Secretary-Treasurer Jeffrey Brandes Tibbetts Holdings, LLC 695 31st Street South St. Petersburg, FL. 33712 727-374-9632 Business jeffreybrandes at aol dot com
Past presidents

Administrators
Meridythe Kanaga, CPM^®, LCAM Mark Management 2755 Border Lake Road Suite 101 Apopka, FL 32703-4857 407-862-2292 ext 1004 407-862-1819 fax mk at markmgmt dot com
Committees
ARM Gail Lui By-Laws/Ethics Bill Ante Communications Hunter Swearingen Education Phyllis Galan Fair Housing/EOE/HUD Communications Richard Wasilik Friends of IREM Hunter Swearingen and Chris Reckart Income/Expense Bill Ante Legislative Richard Wasilik Membership Desanya Daly Past President Steve Easton Programs Hunter Swearingen and Linda Podlaski Public Relations/Welcome Hunter Swearingen Scholarships/Minority Outreach Phyllis Galan Technology and Website Hunter Swearingen

2008 Executive Council Members
William F. Ante, CPM^® ABM Industries 5405 W Cypress St #101 Tampa, FL 33607 Phone: 813-289-8788 Fax: 813-289-8788 william.ante at abm dot com Board Position: Director - Income and Expense	Jeffrey Brandes Tibbetts Holdings, LLC 695 31st Street South St. Petersburg, FL. 33712 727-374-9632 Business jeffreybrandes at aol dot com Board Position: Treasurer
Desanya Daly, CPM^® RAM Realty Services 2203 N. Lois Avenue #814 Tampa, FL 33607 Phone: 813-874-0461 ext. 4681 Fax: 813-874-0471 desanyad at aol dot com Board Position: Membership	John Edds, CPM^® Civix 2033 Main St #201 Sarasota, FL 34237 Phone: 941-953-7700 Fax: 941-953-7711 jedds at civix dot com Board Position: Director
Steve Easton, CPM^®, CCIM, GRI Easton Realty PO Box 11077 St. Petersburg, Florida 33733 secpmccim at aol dot com Board Position: Past President	Phyllis Galan, CPM^® Parkway Realty 150 Second Ave, N., Suite 970 St. Petersburg, FL 33701 Phone: 27-823-1124 Fax: 727-895-9682 pgalan at pky dot com Board Position: Director
Ronald A. Kerr, CPM^® Sperry Van Ness 3941 Luverne Street Ft. Myers, FL 33901 Phone: 239-333-3265 Fax: 239-333-3268 Ron.kerr at svn dot com Board Position: Director	Gail Liu, ARM Liu Property Management 4807 Bayshore Blvd. Suite 101 Tampa, FL 33611 Phone: 813-831-1300 Fax: 813-831-6500 gail at liupropertymanagement dot com Board Position: ARM Committee
Chris Reckart Ciminelli Real Estate Services of Florida, LLC 3928 Premier North Dr Tampa, FL 33618 Phone: 813-908-1727 Fax: 813-908-5518	J. Hunter Swearingen, CPM^®, CCIM, RPA Ciminelli Real Estate Services of Florida, LLC 3928 Premier North Drive Tampa, FL 33618 Phone: 813-908-1727 Fax: 813-908-5518 hswearingen at ciminelliflorida dot com Board Position: President, Friends of IREM, Programs, Newsletter, Public Relations, Technology and Website
Richard Wasilik, CPM^®, GRI, LCAM S&R Property Management 8322 42nd Avenue North St Petersburg, FL 33709 Phone: 727-384-6902 Fax: 727-384-6902 cpm3129 at mindspring dot com Board Position: Legislative