By: Wills Allen, broker at Carter
At the Georgia Chapter of the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors’ (SIOR) 2010 Fall Leadership Breakfast, I was selected as one of three real estate professionals to be awarded the SIOR Scholarship Award. The scholarships are given to professionals currently enrolled in masters programs and were established to encourage graduate students contemplating or pursuing a career in commercial real estate brokerage. Additionally, the chapter has established awards for licensed commercial real estate professionals who are contemplating application or pursuit of the SIOR designation.
It was an honor being recognized in front of 500-plus of the industry’s most reputable professionals, each of whom average of 20 years of industry experience, at the Loews Hotel in Midtown.
The annual leadership breakfast provides an opportunity for SIOR members to meet with industry leaders from all areas of real estate, while listening to an interesting and insightful speaker who raises funds for charity. This year’s keynote speaker, Mayor Kasim Reed, chose to donate the proceeds from this year’s event to Bright Futures, Centers of Hope and The Study Hall.
The SIOR scholarship positively promotes and represents the real estate industry and SIOR while helping to foster relationships amongst colleagues. SIOR is a very well respected society and demands the highest standards of its members and applicants of scholarships.
I was originally interested in pursuing my M.B.A. because I wanted to further develop my financial analysis skills and to broaden my education on the complexities of today’s business world. An M.B.A. will round-out my skill set to the benefit of my clients. It is important to know that I am doing all I can to enhance and progress my career.
Carter has been especially supportive and helpful while I have pursed higher education. Successful mentorships have enabled me to efficiently execute at a high-level. Moving forward, I hope to lead by example, inspiring confidence that as a full-time commercial real estate broker and student, one can successfully balance his or her career and recognize immediate benefits from the application of new knowledge.
I plan to use the visibility from this generous award as a way to extend my leadership skills from the workplace into the community. I am able to continue to support the Georgia Chapter of SIOR through employment at Carter, a community-focused company, which gives me the flexibility to volunteer my time to real estate organizations as well as philanthropic charities.
Finally, I'd like to thank the SIOR organization for this honorable, SIOR Leadership Scholarship. Thank you for your generosity in supporting me in my pursuit of my M.B.A.
Wills Allen has worked as a Licensed Industrial Broker at Carter since 2006. Prior to Carter, he worked as a Licensed Sales Associate at Prudential Montana Real Estate in Bozeman, Montana. Wills has closed over 100 transactions valued at over $21.3M in a 48-month period and is currently pursuing his M.B.A through Georgia State and will graduate from the J. Mack Robinson College of Business in December 2011. Wills was awarded Rookie of the Year 2007 and Carter Top Ten Producer 2009. In addition to joining ACBR’s Million Dollar Club, he also has a CCIM.
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