About Me

I am 46 years old, unmarried and live in the Logan Square neighborhood of Chicago. I grew up in a family of Assessors. My father was an assessor and I began working for him at age 14, measuring houses part time. After college, my father gave me a full time job working for him as an assessor in WI. I learned everything from inspecting homes & commercial property, mapping, valuation techniques for all property types to working with other public officials on budgeting and other issues. I expanded the office from valuing 8 townships to 52 (1 county to 7 counties), without adding additional personnel.
I have the experience and knowledge to run this County office more efficiently and accurately providing better services at reduced costs.
In addition, I have worked in the Cook County Assessors Office for 2 years now and know how the office runs and what needs to be changed to make it a better run office and more efficient.

RESUME

Objective: To provide the best valuations in the easiest to understand format, at the lowest cost.

Experience:

Cook County Assessors Office July, 2008 to Present

Residential Regression Analyst

Job Duties: 1) Study the Real Estate markets and Neighborhood the Townships under-going revaluation. Using existing data and sales information, study and develop regression formulas to provide the best valuations for all residential property for each re-valued Township. 2) Review each Neighborhood and property to ensure uniformity and correct valuations for all Classifications. 3) Help review residential appeals and adjust property values as needed.

Andrea Raila & Associates, Tax Consultants August, 2006 to December, 2007

Commercial Analyst

Job Duties: Work with clients to develop an approach and format to appeal Assessed Value of Commercial properties. Collect and analyze income data, sales data and order appraisals to support a lowered Assessed Value. Work and submit appeals and re-reviews to the CCAO and Board of Review. Also, write-up Certificates of Error and submit cases to the Illinois Property Tax Appeal Board (PTAB).

Grota Appraisals February, 1992 to January, 2006

Municipal Assessor

Job Duties: Manage 15 residential property inspectors, 1 commercial property inspector. Inspect and collect property data for agricultural, residential, condo, commercial, manufacturing and mining properties. Work with municipal building inspectors to gather data about new/remodeled buildings. Map and update records for land divisions, subdivisions, developments and sales of property. Value agricultural, residential, condo, commercial, manufacturing and mining properties using all 3 approaches to value. Hold tax payer informational meetings which provide information about property characteristics and sales of property within the jurisdiction, answer tax payer questions and allow for appeals to be made in person. Review all appeals, make adjustments as needed and mailing of notices of adjusted assessed values to tax payers. Defend Assessed Values at Board of Review. Additionally, manage and coordinate with municipal leaders and employees.

Clients:

Waukesha County	Washington County	Ozaukee County	Dodge County	Sheboygan County	Milwaukee County
Brookfield	Erin	Belgium	Ashippun	Elkhart Lake	Brown Deer
Delafield	Germantown	Cedarburg	Burnett	Herman	Shorewood
Hartland	Hartford	Fedonia	Herman	Holland	Greenfield
Lannon	Jackson	Grafton	Hubbard	Random Lake	West Allis
Lisbon	Kewaskum	Mequon	Iron Ridge	Scott	West Milwaukee
Merton	Newburg	Saukville	Lebanon	Wilson	Jefferson Cty
Oconomowoc	Polk	Thiensville	Neosho	Waldo	Ixonia
Ottawa	Richfield		Rubicon	Manitowoc Cty	Lake Mills
Summit	Slinger		Theresa	Manitowoc	Palmyra
	Trenton			Meeme
	Wayne			Stockbridge
	West Bend

Assessment Technologies of WI January 1995 to January 2006

Developer, sales, training and technical support

Job Duties: Created and developed Wisconsin Assessment software program (Market Drive) that handles all of the functions the Wisconsin Assessor is required to do. Held sales seminars, hosted sales booths at conventions, new client visits, provided training and technical support for the software.

The software does everything a Wisconsin Assessor wanted to do, including: All 3 approaches to value (Cost, Income-9 valuation methods- and Market –MRA, Feedback, Sales Comparison and market modified cost), statistical analysis (integrates with SPSS software), mapping (integrates with ESRI and Intergraph GIS), Digital photographs, Digital building sketches (integrates with Apex), Sales database, building permits, reports, extra attachable documents, State reports, etc. Also included Internet site and free Web access to data.

Education:

Washington HS, Germantown, WI 1977 to 1981

Diploma

Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC) 1983 to 1988

Associates degree in Accounting and Business Administration

Waukesha County Technical College (WCTC) 1991 to 1992

Certificate in Real Estate Appraisal/Assessment

WISE College, Los Angeles, CA 1988 to 1990

Graduate of Management program

Professional Certifications:

Certified Illinois Assessing Officer (CIAO)

Wisconsin Assessor I

Professional Associations:

International Association of Assessing Officers (IAAO)

Illinois Assessors Association (IAA)

North Central Regional Association of Assessing Officers (NCRAAO)

Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA)

Wisconsin Association of Assessing Officers (WAAO)

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