The January Breakfast Meeting will be held on Wednesday, January 15, 2014 at 8:00 am at the Doubletree Guest Suites in Plymouth Meeting, PA. The guest speaker will be ASA Executive Vice President and CEO, James R. Hirt, who will talk about “The ASA Outlook: Challenges and Opportunities.”
Jim Hurt joined the ASA in March 2012, bringing with him over 17 years experience as a nonprofit executive. A graduate of California State University-Fullerton with an M.A. in Business Administration from National University, he had previously served as as Executive Director for the American Association of Poison Control Centers and the American Poison Control Center Foundation. At these organizations, and others before them, he focused on education programming, branding, communications, strategic planning, and certification and accreditation programs. Conditioned by Jim’s extensive experience in association management, international relations, and public-private partnerships, his talk about ASA’s current outlook is sure to be enlightening.
Please register early for this educational and productive multi-disciplinary breakfast meeting which qualifies for 2 hours credit toward ASA reaccreditation..
The Breakfast is FREE for ASA Philadelphia members and $25 for guests. Family members, colleagues, and associates are welcome! To pay online with your major credit card or PayPal go to the ASA Philadelphia Members Page, otherwise please make checks payable to ASA Philadelphia Chapter 35. Please RSVP by January 10 to Executive Secretary Joanne Paciello by mail to 8 Terrace Rd, Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462, email, phone (610-277-1366) or fax (610-277-1366).
Mr. Mitchell holds a BA from Gettysburg College and an MBA in Finance from LaSalle University. He joined Haverford Capital Advisors in 1998. His professional experience includes a broad range of business valuation and transaction advisory projects with a particular focus on clients in the healthcare industry. He has substantial experience in valuing pathology and clinical laboratories; radiology and imaging centers; and ambulatory surgery centers. 
Mr. Aglira took his B.S. at James Madison University and is enrolled at Villanova for an M.B.A. in 2014. David specializes in valuations for the pharmaceutical, telecommunications, gaming, retail, and heavy manufacturing industries. He has performed valuations related to mergers and acquisitions, financial reporting, corporate restructuring, income tax and tax planning for large and middle market multinational clients across a range of industries. 
This 15-Hour USPAP Course presents an overview of the USPAP 2012-2013 regulations and guidelines, and fulfills the requirements of appraisal societies for designation, and for USPAP continuing education. 
Michael Piper will revisit "Assessment Issues and Property Taxes" in light of the recent citywide reassessment in Philadelphia. Mr. Piper, who earned his MBA at Temple University, is a member of the 
Real Estate Appraisers Certification Act and the Assessors Certification Law, and the Regulations of the Pennsylvania State Board of Certified Real Estate Appraisers. It emphasizes changes to the laws made during the past two years, and offers a refresher on the provisions most relevant to everyday practice. 
For Seller Concessions.” The Advisory provides guidance on generally accepted methods and techniques of seller concession. The course will define sales concessions and financing concessions, explain how to verify concessions and when to adjust for them, review the methodology for calculating concessions, discuss concessions for non-residential comparables and how to deal with them when using the Cost Approach or the Income Approach.
Mr. Penny (top left) is a Business Valuation appraiser who is a Partner and Managing Director of 
Gary Snowdon, who received his B.A. in Education from William Paterson University and earned a Graduate Certificate in Public Management from Rockefeller College, SUNY Albany, has over 20 years experience appraising commercial and industrial real estate. He specializes in complex commercial, industrial, and vacant land appraisals in the Hudson Valley, Capital, Saratoga, and Adirondack regions for finance, litigation support, estates, eminent domain, conservation, and other purposes.