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This episode welcomes guest Host Shellie Sims, NAA Education Institute Director of Workforce Development, to kick off the celebration of Residential Property Management (RPM) Careers Week (RPM - Careers Week | National Apartment Association (naahq.org)!  
RPM Careers Week is packed with fun challenges, prizes and RPM professionals celebrating each other, featuring "Why I love My RPM Career Monday;" "Maintenance and Service Professionals Tuesday;" "Onsite Apartment Teams Day Wednesday," sponsored by Chadwell Supply; "Super Supplier Collaborator Thursday," sponsored by the NAA National Suppliers Council; and Leadership Support Services Friday.  
Shellie is joined by Todd Hignite, Vice President, Hearth Management in Cincinnati; Patrick Lawson, Regional Facilities Manager, Asset Living, East Division in Fort Myers, Florida; and Michelle Childers, Vice President of Industry Relations for Chadwell Supply in Birmingham, Alabama.   

Welcome to NAA's Apartmentcast, the official podcast of the National Apartment Association. On this episode, we visit with Kim Hurd, Executive Vice President of Property Management for KCG Companies in Indianapolis, and 2024 President of the National Apartment Association Education Institute (NAAEI) Board of Directors, who walks us through all the recent announcements and great things happening at NAAEI, including the launch of the Platform for Apartment Credential Engagement (PACE).
Learn more about NAAEI credentials, as well as online training and continuing education credits, courses and resources available through the Visto, NAAEI’s online learning platform.

Welcome to NAA's Apartmentcast, the official podcast of the National Apartment Association. On this episode, we sit down with NAA’s trio of Federal Legislative Affairs Directors, Maria Spencer, Jason Lynn and Jodie Anderson to walk through the rental housing industry's federal legislative priorities. 
For those interested in learning more about housing policy, NAA has a wealth of resources, including a policy issues library, state-by state legislative tracker, the Apartment Advocate and Apartment Advocate Pro newsletters, and much more, all on NAA’s website. 
You are also invited to register for Advocate, NAA’s annual advocacy conference and Lobby Day, March 12-13 in Washington, D.C. 

Just in time for Women's History Month, this episode of the NAA Apartmentcast is the first in a series discussing women in technology, supported by and featuring two members of NAA's Technology Committee, Michele Crochetiere, Senior Director of Client Services for One11 Advisors, an Altus Group business; and Gina Carter, Vice President of Operations at Blue Ridge Companies. Learn more at https://www.naahq.org

Episode 12 is the third in an ongoing series supported by NAA’s NEXT GEN committee, highlighting apartment career journeys and career advice. This episode features Kayla Quint, a Regional Property Manager for Willow Bridge Property Company (formerly Lincoln Property Company). She is an NAA Board Member and Region 9 Regional Vice President, and has served on a multitude of NAA Committees, including Governance, Legislative, Membership, RPM Careers, Operations, NEXT GEN and more. 

Episode 11 is the second in an ongoing series supported by NAA’s NEXT GEN committee, highlighting apartment career journeys and career advice. This episode features Brett Frank, a multi-site Community Director for Centerspace in Denver. He is a member of both the 2023 NAA Budget and Finance Committee and the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Community, as well as a 2024 member of the NAA Technology Committee.