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I N D U S T RY H A P P E N I N G S ACTHA The Association of Condominium Town Home Associations held their spring conference and trade show on March 30th, 2019 at Drury Lane in Oak Brook Terrace. In addition to the trade show, a variety of educational seminars were presented. Topics covered included a legislative/legal update, fiduciary responsibilities, meeting types & requirements, rules & regulations, best practices for legal & financial services, daily operations, and promoting a sense of community living. ACTHA recently elected Diane Pagoulatos as President and added as Board members Thomas Skweres and Marcia Caruso. Diane has been a member of ACTHA for over ten years and has served as Vice President and Secretary. She is currently the Seminar Coordinator and the Co-Chairman of the Communication and Marketing Committee with Ron Sirotzki of Condo Risk Insurance. Since 2016 she has also served on the CAI Board of Directors (Community Association Institute) and on the ILAC and Legislative FundRaising Committees of CAI. She was awarded the CAI’s Rising Star Award in 2017 and the CAI’s Outstanding Homeowner Leader Award in 2018.
MCD Showcases the Races The annual MCD Showcases the Races event will be held on August 22nd, 2019 at Arlington International Racecourse. Last year, over 175 guests enjoyed a day at the races along with industry networking, resources and idea exchange. For
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Tom Skweres has been in the property management industry for over 35 years. Tom is currently the Vice President for ACM Community Management and is a licensed community association manager through the State of Illinois. Tom was an Adjunct Faculty member at the College of DuPage for 25 years and is an Advisor at DePaul University School of New Learning. He is an active committee member of ACTHA, CAI and a Past-President of ABOMA. Tom is also an Advisory Board Member for Condo Lifestyles magazine. He was the Board Secretary for his former condominium association and a past Board member of the Hinswood Homeowners Association, where he and his family currently live. Marcia Caruso, CPM LCAM, Managing Broker has been in the industy for over forty years, starting in accounting, becoming a Controller and then working her way up the chain of command in management. Marcia began training others in the field of property manangement beginning in 1986. In 1990 Marcia came to Illinois and in 2002 opened Caruso Management Group. Since that time Ms. Caruso has been very active in ACTHA and CAI. Marcia facilitated and began the Learn and Lead program for ACTHA which has gone on to train multiple others in the
Y Shown here is the ACTHA Board of Directors (from L to R) Tom Skweres, Jeanette Butler -Treasurer, Cindy Fitts, Joe Fong, Marcia Caruso -Secretary, Diane Pagoulatos President, Jacqueline Fanter, Betsy Gearon and Ron Sirotzki -Vice President. field on Community Association living. In 2015, Caruso Management Group was sold to RealManage. Marcia continues to work at RealManage and to mentor and train other managers throughout the industry.
more information visit www.condolifestyles.net. You can view photos from past years MCD Showcases the Races events at Facebook.com/MCDMedia. For more information visit www.condolifestyles.net or call 630-932-5551.
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