2025 Lake Tahoe Conference

This signature conference provides 2-days of education and networking in beautiful South Lake Tahoe!

Never attended this offering?  Make 2025 the year you plan to join us and you will find out why attendance at our LTC has been drawing record numbers since it’s return in 2022.  This conference is known for timely topics, terrific networking, a geographic setting like no other and of course, the fun factor of being in Lake Tahoe!

Opening Keynote

“Creating Value in Today’s RE Market Through Optimizing Our Career Experiences”

Dr. David J. Wilk, MAI, CRE, FRICS
Founder, i3o, LLC – Creating Value for Real Estate, People, and Places through Real Estate Innovation
Developer of CREED® App (“Corporate Real Estate Earnings Diagnostic”)
Assistant Professor of Finance and the Academic Director, Real Estate Program at Temple University Fox School of Business
– Managing Director, RE Infrastructure and Optimization, Colliers International- 2018-2023
– Adjunct Professor at Johns Hopkins Carey Business School and Georgetown University – 2012-2017
– Adjunct Professor at the University of Delaware Lerner College of Business – 1999-2012

Breakout Sessions include

Day 1 – Thursday, September 18 / 9:00am – 4:00pm

Mapping the Future: Unlocking Appraisal Efficiency with CubiCasa LiDAR
– Duane Andrews, CEO, Clear Capital and Chairman of the Board of Cubicasa

The Art of Letting Go – Appraising Conservation Easements
– David Wraa, MAI, ARA, AI-GRS, Senior Vice President, Bender Rosenthal, Inc.
– Daniel Sellery, Senior Appraisal Research Analyst, Bender Rosenthal, Inc.

Betting on Value: The Art of Casino Appraisals
– Suzanne Mellen, MAI, CRE, FRICS, ISHC, Senior Managing Director, HVS

Sunset Tower’s Second Act: A Golden Nugget Retrofit Story (includes onsite tour)
– Andreya Russell, Banquet & Sales Manager, Golden Nugget Hotel and Casino

Day 2 – Friday, September 19 / 9:00am – 4:00pm

Retrospective Values and Fire Damage
– Brian Melsheimer, SRA, Sierra Nevada Appraisal Group

Fire Resistant Homes: Building Strategies that Reduce Risk
– Debra Little, Home Performance and Valuation Specialist, CA Certified Appraiser, Efficiency First CA Board Member

Modular Construction – Is it Like Building Legos?
– Rick Murdock, CEO / Co-Founder, Autovol

Mitigating Wildfire Risk in the Urban Interface:  Perspectives from the Fire Service
– Matt Fogarty, Wildland Battalion Chief/Crew Superintendent, Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District

Tahoe Market Update – Residential and Commercial
– Ben Johnson, MAI, Johnson Valuation Group, LTD