QUALIFICATIONS
ROBERT E. GALLAHER, MAI, CRE

• Resident of Miami, Dade County, Florida since 1950 

• State Certified General Real Estate Appraiser, State of Florida (Certificate Number RZ0000098) 

• Licensed Real Estate Broker, State of Florida

• Licensed Real Estate InstructorState of Florida

• Graduate of University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida Bachelor of Science in Business Administration: Major in Real Estate, August 1972

• Member of:

• Appraisal Institute, with designation MAI

  • Certified Under Continuing Education Program through November 2007 

  • Board of Directors Chapter 24 1988-1990

• The Counselors of Real Estate, with designation CRE

• Realtor Association of Greater Miami and the Beaches (formerly the Miami Board of Realtors)

  • Chairman of Association for 1995-96

  • Chairman of Education Foundation 1993 to 1995

  • President 1987-1988 

  • Board of Directors 1985-1989, 1994, 1995, 1996-1997, 2002-2003

• Florida Association of Realtors 

  • Board of Directors 1982, 1987, 1988, 1995, 1996

  • Education Foundation 1988 to 1989

• National Association of Realtors 

• Coral Gables Association of Realtors (1975 to 1992) 

  • President 1982 

  • Board of Directors 1980-1982

• Kendall Perrine Association of Realtors 1988 to 1994

• Participated in appraisals in Miami-Dade, Broward, Monroe and other Counties in Florida of various types of residential, commercial and industrial properties.

• Boards of Directors

  • Florida Savings Bank - current 

  • Advisory Board Jerome Bain Real Estate Institute at Florida International University: Chairman 1998 to present

  • ChamberSouth - 2001 to present 

  • Dade County Sur Tax Advisory - 1984 to 1993 

• Instructor, having taught seminars and/or courses for: 

  Miami-Dade Community College; the local chapter - Appraisal Institute, the  American Bar Association, The Florida Association of Realtors; and various local real estate associations and companies.

Currently President/Owner of Gallaher & Birch, Inc., (formerly Hedg-peth & Gallaher, Inc.). Has been officer, director and stockholder of several closely held corporations, including Sanctuary Farms, Inc., a farming venture in Collier County; Marina Bay, Inc., a shopping center development in North Miami-Dade County; Burlingame Group, Inc., an office space owner in Miami; Miller Ludlam LLC an owner of retail stores; and First Reserve, Inc., a corporate holding company that owned Esslinger-Wooten-Maxwell, Inc., a general real estate brokerage firm and which participated in the development of Gables Waterway Executive Center and the University Inn Condominium.

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QUALIFICATIONS

PATRICIA J. BIRCH

• Resident of Miami-Dade County, Florida since 1959 

• State Certified General Real Estate Appraiser, State of Florida Certificate Number 0001294 

• Licensed Real Estate Salesperson, State of Florida

• Appointed to: 

  • Florida Real Estate Appraisal Board - Governor's Appointee 

    • February 2000 - Present 

    • Chair - 2001 

  • School Site Planning and Construction Committee - 

    • Miami-Dade County Public Schools 

    • April 2002 - Present 

  • Unsafe Structures Board of Miami-Dade County - Commissioner's Appointee

    • 1994 - 2000 

    • Chair - 1999/2000 

• Graduate:

  • Florida International University

    • BBA - Bachelor of Business Administration Major in Finance and Major in Real Estate (2002)

• Member of: 

  • South Florida Caribbean Chapter of the Appraisal Institute 

    • Associate Member pursuing the MAI designation 

    • Chairperson - Candidate Leadership Committee - 1994 - Present 

    • Candidate Liaison Committee - 1991-1993 

  • CREW Network - Commercial Real Estate Women 

  • Commercial Real Estate Women - Miami (CREW-MIAMI) 

    • 1998 National Delegate 

    • Executive Committee - 1992-1998

    • President - 1993-1994 

  • Industrial Association of Dade County (IADC) 

  • Realtor Association of Greater Miami and the Beaches 

  • Florida Association of Realtors 

  • National Association of Realtors

• Participated in appraisals in Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties, Florida, of various types of commercial and industrial properties, including:

  • Brickell Point site (location of Miami Circle archaeological remains) 

  • Seacoast Towers Apartments 

  • Courthouse Tower Office Building (now Miami-Dade County Family Court) 

  • Albion Hotel 

Currently a stockholder, officer and director of Gallaher & Birch, Inc.; associated with the firm since 1986.

Manager of Miller Ludlam, LLC, a real estate holding company. Partner in the ownership of suburban offices, Miami-Dade County. Former owner of residential investment real estate, south Miami-Dade County. Former manager of 110-unit apartment development.

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