Greater Charlotte Apartment Association (GCAA) Morning Perks Podcast

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!

Host Bill Clements shares the microphone in this special Morning Perks Happy Hour Edition with Betsy Kirkpatrick, Managing Director of Strategic Programs at BG Multifamily.  They talk (okay...rant) about the life of the parent and their hands-on experience trying to make it all work and keep it together.

In this Morning Perks conversation, host Bill Clements shares time with Dana Flaherty, Regional Sales Manager at BGSF and current GCAA Board Member. Dana shares about life as a working parent, the power of your authentic self, and how that amplifies your presence on social media.

Austin Neiheiser, Regional Sales Manager at Fetch and GCAA Reverse Trade Show Co-Chair, joins Morning Perks host Bill Clements to share details about the upcoming 2023 Reverse Trade Show and how our Members can get involved and make the most of the upcoming event!

In this Morning Perks Podcast Interview, host Bill Clements spends time with Mike Susen, Senior Director for Greystar. Mike is a GCAA board member and serves as the 2023 chair for GCAA's Multifamily Career Awareness Committee. In this episode, Mike will discuss the critical task of finding tomorrow's multifamily superstars! 

We're trying something new!

The GCAA Morning Perks Podcast typically airs at 7 AM on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of the month, but this Wednesday is extra special! We're dropping a Morning Perks: Happy Hour Edition that still features multifamily industry professionals, but we're keeping the convo casual and the topics playful!

On this first episode, host Bill Clements has invited 2023 GCAA President John DeMario (who loves all things music) to chat about the recent Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees. We hope you enjoy getting to know your industry professionals on a more personal level and have something light to listen to after a long day working and supporting the multifamily industry.

In this Morning Perk episode, we discuss all things Brownlee, Whitlow & Praet with Managing Attorney Samantha Simpson. We talk about their work within the industry across the Carolinas; she also shares a high-level view of the current state of our courts as it relates to evictions. This episode also features Madison Huckabee, CALP, Senior Leasing Manager from Pegasus Residential. Madison, the GCAA 2022 Leasing Professional of the Year, shares her insights on what it’s like on the front lines in multifamily and, since it’s Mental Health Awareness Week, what she does (and encourages others to do) to manage the stresses from customer-facing challenges in the workplace!

Join host Bill Clements as he shares a conversation with 2023 NAA Chair Ronda Puryear. In this episode, they discuss how Ronda got her start in the industry, what she sees as the "top of mind" issues (legislation, regulation, and legal landscape) that our industry is facing, the opportunities that Apartmentalize 2023  holds, and the fun moment that Bill always adds at the end of each interview - spoiler alert - Ronda shares her all-time favorite vacation spot! 

Find time to listen to Morning Perks Season 3 - Episode 3.

In this Morning Perks Podcast, we interview Lisa Taylor, Senior Managing Director for Greystar Client Services, Build-to-Rent, and Single Family Rental. Lisa is also serving as the 2023-24 AANC President. 

In this in-depth conversation with Lisa Taylor, we revisit her career, her time in GCAA leadership, all things Greystar, and the state of the industry from her vantage point overseeing our state association. We also get her feelings on her recent induction into the AANC Hall of Fame.

In this episode of Morning Perks Podcast host Bill Clements has an insightful conversation with GCAA Executive Director, Kim Graham, where they recap GCAA's Q1 2023 events, talk about the name change of the Products & Services Council, take a look at the GCAA's ACCESS Program that provides free CALP/CAMT training for high school seniors and preview what's to come for the rest of 2023.

You don't want to miss this first episode of Morning Perks Podcast Season 3!

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On this episode of Morning Perks Podcast, Bill Clements sits down with Marci French, Vice President of Asset Management with HRG Management Services and proud member of the NAAEI Senior Faculty. Marci was a featured keynote speaker and panelist at the GCAA's upcoming Women in Leadership Conference in March 2023. Tune in for an incredibly inspiring and authentic episode about Marci, her career path, work within the JEDI (Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion) space and more! This is an episode you cannot miss.

 Featured Guest:  

Marci French
Vice President of Asset Management, HRG Management Services
NAAEI Senior Faculty

Topics of the day:

• Marci's Personal Journey & Professional Background
• Women in Leadership Conference
• JEDI (Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion)
• Multifamily Women in Leadership Evolvement 
• Work Life Balance 
• Authenticity within the Workplace
• Monday's with Marci on Facebook 

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