High-Profile Focus: J.E.D.I.
October 2022
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NAA Announces DEI Grant, Scholarship Recipients Arlington, VA – The National Apartment Association (NAA) has announced the recipients of the 2022 Innovation in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (IDEI) Grant and the National Apartment Association Education Institute (NAAEI) Alexandra Jackiw Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Scholarship. The IDEI Grant, sponsored by The Home Depot Pro, is awarded to NAA member associations, property management firms, supplier partners and related groups that have innovative ideas to advance diversity, equity and inclusion within their own organizations. NAA’s total pool of funds for the IDEI grants is $25,000 per fiscal year. IDEI Grant Recipients
The 2022 IDEI grant funding is broken down as follows, accompanied by project summaries submitted on the recipients’ applications. The Morgan Group: DE&I Education & Development Program – $5,000 “Morgan embraces and respects differences in age, ethnicity, gender identity, learning styles, national origin, physical ability, race, religion, sexual orientation, and socio-economic class. The Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Council
and Committee members continue to move Morgan’s DEI goals from aspiration to reality. The DEI members strive to demonstrate our commitment through our leadership, curriculum, programs, practices, and in every aspect of our community and culture. Together, we will work to ensure that all employees of Morgan feel a deep sense of belonging. To encourage training and education on DEI for our people to ensure a diverse workforce that is prepared to meet our current and future needs.”
developing a framework that holds the organization, leaders, and all employees accountable, Weller and employees alike benefit from an inclusive, belonging workplace culture.”
PeakMade Real Estate: Fostering Inclusive Excellence & Belonging Through Microlearning Live Training Program – $8,000 “We have worked hard over the last two years to continue to expand our resources and education as it relates to fostering belonging and cultural competency within Weller Management: DEI – A Business our organization and we look forward to Strategy, Delivery Workplace Change partnering with [NAA] to help achieve that and Belonging Program – $12,000 goal. The objective of Fostering Inclusive “At Weller, diversity, equity, and inclusion Excellence and Belonging is to give are the core of our values. In support of our leadership team – directors, RVPs, Anniversary ourHigh-Profile ever-changing multi-familyEdition rental regional managers, and more – the ability industry, Weller’s continued commitment to reevaluate where they are currently in to positively impacting and representing relation to their ongoing DEI journey and islives turning and this be publishing theHigh-Profile communities and Weller25, serves whereyear they we’ll have opportunity to close the a special 25th Anniversary issuegap andandsharing we have of includes developing and launching the enhancehow their understanding Diversity, Equity Inclusion Program unconscious bias.” evolved and &grown over the years! (DEI Program). Weller is committed The NAAEI Alexandra Jackiw to embracing a culture of belonging Diversity, Equity and Inclusion are using this opportunity highlightisthe strengths byWe building a framework of initiatives, toScholarship awarded to rental and housing programs and accountability that are industry professionals from longevity of the members of the AEC/RE industry all overdiverse aligned through the entire culture of the they seek to advance New England. Celebrate with usbackgrounds by sharingasyour insights or company where all people feel respected, their careers through NAAEI credential the story of yourandcompany’s accepted, supported valued. Bychallenges/successes programs. Established asoraevolution! scholarship
fund by Alexandra Jackiw, CAPS, CPM, both a past chair of NAA and a past president of NAAEI, this scholarship covers fees for one of two credential programs for recipients: Certified Apartment Manager (CAM) or Certified Apartment Portfolio Supervisor (CAPS). The 2022 recipients are listed alongside their member company as well as the program for which their scholarship will cover. • Demetri Gantt, RangeWater Real Estate (CAM) HP25 will Greystar be in a(CAM) similar • Trey Leotti, • Christine Munda, Berger Rental style as High-Profile’s Communities (CAM) special VISION issue. • Kara Lea Elzey, Apartment Management Consultants, LLC (CAM) Take a peek • Caleaya Miller,at: Highmark Residential (CAPS) high-profile.com/issue/vision/ • Amanda Graham, Olympus Property (CAPS) • Selena Curtis, ConAm Management (CAPS) “Fostering a diverse, equitable and inclusive industry is a key priority for NAA, and we are proud to lead these important efforts to ensure everyone feels at home within the rental housing industry,” said Bob Pinnegar, NAA president and CEO.
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