GCAA Morning Perks Podcast - Guests Parry Brand, Yazan Alhakim, Toddi Johnson & Colin Pinkney

In this episode of the Morning Perks Podcast, Host Bill Clements welcomes Mike Fox, Director of Maintenance Training & Certifications for Northwood Ravin. Mike is a celebrated GCAA Instructor with several awards to back it up, including the most recent presentation of the 2023 GCAA Instructor of the Year + 2023 Volunteer of the Year. 

Mike is also lending his time and insights to the 2023 GCAA Board of Directors and is a 2024 Leadership Lyceum Class participant!

Listen as he shares a side of the industry that literally keeps it all running...maintenance.

Join host Bill Clements as he explores the Supplier Council hopes and dreams of 2024 SC President Liz Newkirk. They also discuss two highly anticipated upcoming events - the Trade Show and the Women in Leadership Conference. 

Put on a fresh pot or fill up that to-go cup and press play - it's time to percolate.

Join host Bill Clements as he guides a DEI conversation with Lisa Foley from Morgan Properties, our 2023 BRAVO DEI Champion, and Ricardo Lawson, GCAA DEI Committee Co-Chair.  

This Morning Perks Podcast puts the mic in front of two powerhouse people - creating a conversation sprinkled with sentimentality over 2023 and supercharged with forward-focused thoughts on 2024!

Join host Bill Clements as he walks GCAA's current (Gabrielle Bouknight) + immediate past president (John DeMario) through big BRAVO moments, wins, and wishes for Association Members and the rental housing industry.

We've wished for it, talked about it, researched it, and budgeted for it, and it is now here! The GCAA App is available for download, and in this podcast, we share what's accessible and the upgrades that are coming soon.

Listen and download this episode + the App today!

This Morning Perks Episode holds a HUGE announcement about a brand new charitable event the GCAA  is launching! It also holds more conversation with AANC Executive Director, Jon Lowder. There was so much good banter between him and host Bill Clements that we've rolled it into a second MPP episode.

On September 5, 2023, Jon Lowder was appointed Executive Director of the AANC.

Lowder is a results-driven leader with 25 years of experience in organizational development, marketing, business development, communications, and community building. His career highlights include rebuilding a local trade association and leading it to award-winning national recognition for communications and community service programs, establishing and growing a successful online division for a healthcare publisher, founding and growing an innovative marketing company, and recognizing early the potential for social media to build customer relationships. Lowder is an entrepreneurial executive who has founded a company and helped non-profit, media, and service companies grow revenue, profits, and customer base. Lowder is also highly involved in his community by serving on committees and boards related to the rental housing industry.

Jon is a well-known industry leader who is respected by many; we are thrilled to share him with the GCAA Association via the Morning Perks Podcast!

Ellie Norton with special guest ($100k Apartmentalize winner) Michelle Kingson. Ellie is the Senior VP of Operations and Michelle is the Senior Property Manager, both at Pegasus Residential. In this episode, we discuss what leadership looks like in the multifamily industry. We also hear what it felt like for Michelle to be handed the 100K Apartments.com winnings from the hands of Jeff Goldblum!

This Morning Perks BONUS EPISODE takes you on a quick run through the powerful insights, guests, and content that Season 3 delivered to association members. This digital platform is part of our layered approach - making industry information readily available and easily digestible.

As we wrap up Season 3, we're already working behind the scenes to curate more valuable content for the rest of the year - we'll percolate again in October!

This Morning Perks Podcast episode takes you right inside the office of a new GCAA staff member! Bill Clements, MPP Host, offers GCAA Director of Government Affairs Lindsay Reusser a little time behind the microphone. Find out about her previous role in Washington, D.C., and what prompted the career shift and move to the Queen City - also why the association is so lucky to have her!