50th Anniversary

By Diane Sears When Kimberly Maggard stepped on stage at the end of her term as the Florida Apartment Association’s 2021 president, she was...

By Diane Sears Katie Wrenn got involved in the Florida Apartment Association through the encouragement of two people she considered mentors: her...

By Diane Sears Presidents from the past 50 years of the Florida Apartment Association were in the “green room” backstage preparing for...

By Diane Sears When Bonnie Smetzer relocated to the east coast of Florida in the late 1980s from Atlanta, where she had been part of a large...

By Diane Sears Shawn Wingate was in Washington, D.C., attending a National Apartment Association event, when two women she was with urged her to...

By Diane Sears Peggy Queen served as an association executive for 16 years for the First Coast Apartment Association, which was known then as the...

By Diane Sears Over the course of 37 years of working in multifamily housing, Glenn Evers has seen all kind of changes in the industry. He has also...

By Diane Sears When it was time for Ron Wenzel to be inducted as the 39th president of the Florida Apartment Association, he had a secret. He was...

By Diane Sears When Stacey Stuart took office as the Florida Apartment Association’s 38th president in 2014, it was the beginning of a new...

By Diane Sears Linda Paolo remembers the year of her presidency at Florida Apartment Association as a busy and tumultuous time for the volunteer...

By Diane Sears For Susan Truesdale, it took a gentle push to get involved on the leadership track at the Florida Apartment Association, and she...

By Diane Sears When Kellie Jackson was installed as the 35th president of the Florida Apartment Association in 2011, it was a family affair. She...