QUALIFICATIONS
ROBERT E. GALLAHER, MAI, CRE

QUALIFICATIONS OF ROBERT E. GALLAHER, MAI, CRE

• Resident of Miami, Dade County, Florida since 1950 

• State Certified General Real Estate Appraiser, State of Florida (Certificate Number RZ98) 

• Licensed Real Estate Broker, State of Florida

• Licensed Real Estate Instructor, State of Florida

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

• Member of:

• Appraisal Institute, with designation MAI

  • Certified Under Continuing Education Program through September 2012 

• The Counselors of Real Estate, with designation CRE

• Chairman of South Florida Chapter 2004 to 2007 

• Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors

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

  • Chairman of Association for 1995-96

  • President 1987-1988 

• Florida Association of Realtors 

• National Association of Realtors 

• Coral Gables Association of Realtors (1975 to 1992) 

  • President 1982 




• Employment:

  • President, Gallaher & Birch, Inc. (formerly Hedg-peth & Gallaher, Inc, formerly The Hedg-peth Company) since September 1972
  • Partner - Esslinger Wooten Maxwell, Realtors 1984 to 1991

• Appraisal Experience:

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

• Expert Witness:

  • Qualified as an expert in real estate valuation in Miami-Dade, Broward, Monroe, Palm Beach and Lee Counties, as well as in Federal Bankruptcy Court.
  • Has testified in deposition and in trial in matters of eminent domain, bankruptcy, divorce, deficiency judgments and other issues
  
  

• Boards of Directors

  • Florida Savings Bank - 2001 to 2006

  • American Bank of Florida i/o - 2008

  • Advisory Board Jerome Bain Real Estate Institute at Florida International University

  • ChamberSouth - 2001 to present, immediate past Chairman of the Board of Directors

  • Dade County Sur Tax Advisory - 1984 to 1993 




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

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

• Nationally certified instructor for Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice

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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