ADI Scholarship Recipient Spotlight – Roz Booker Roz Booker has spent nearly three decades in real estate, beginning as a licensed real estate agent before earning her broker’s license in Texas and later establishing her own brokerage. As a broker and continuing education instructor, Roz developed a deep appreciation for the role appraisers play in … Continued
ADI Scholarship Recipient Spotlight – Levana Lott Levana Lott first learned about the appraisal profession during her first year taking community college classes. She was interested in the field and felt it would be a good match, but the apprenticeship-style path and uncertainty around finding a supervisor made it feel like a risk. Instead, Levana … Continued
ADI Program Advisor – Brett Rugar Brett, a former Marine and veteran of the Persian Gulf War, began his financial services career in 1993. In 2002, he completed appraisal courses as a trainee under a very experienced supervisor and became a certified appraiser in 2004. He has worked in the property valuation field ever since, … Continued
ADI Scholarship Recipient Spotlight – Armond Guest Armond excelled in the financial services and mortgage industries for several years. Most recently he was a Mortgage Loan Closer for State Farm Bank, a Loan Officer with American Advisors Group, and a Home Mortgage Consultant for Wells Fargo. While employed in these positions Armond gained substantial experience … Continued
ADI Scholarship Recipient Spotlight – LaTarra Jones LaTarra’s passion for real estate is not new. It inspired LaTarra to get her real estate license while building her hair salon business. She learned, however, that representing buyers and sellers is essentially a sales role and she isn’t a sales person at heart. LaTarra kept searching for … Continued
Supervisor Spotlight – Peter Fontana Peter Fontana is the principal and owner of Cornerstone Appraisal Service, a residential appraisal firm located in Central Montana. Fontana has more than thirty years of experience in the real estate appraisal profession. He has a diverse background with extensive experience in governmental appraisal, mass appraisal, personal property appraisal, single … Continued