Records Specialist Susanne H. "Susi" Viens has been promoted to Assistant to the Director of Audits and Investigations. A native of Germany where she was employed as a pharmacist's assistant, Susi has lived in North Carolina for 13 years. She was licensed as a real estate salesman in 1991. Before joining the Commission Staff in 1996, Susi was a real estate secretary in Fayetteville.

In her new position, Susi will provide support services to the Audits and Investigations Division.

Rebecca A. Sabel also has transferred to the Audits and Investigations Division. Rebecca joined the Commission staff in 1996 as an Information Officer in the Legal Services Division.

A graduate of UNC-Greensboro, Rebecca has been a licensed real estate salesman in both North Carolina and Texas. She was associated with real estate firms in Wilmington and Durham prior to her employment with the Commission.

As an Auditor/Investigator, Rebecca will audit real estate trust accounts and investigate complaints against licensees on a state-wide basis.

Vickie Jordan and Reneé Rhodes recently resigned from the Commission staff. The Commission thanks both of them for their years of service, and wishes them much success in their new employment.

David B. Bayard and Jennifer M.Sullivan have been employed as Legal Interns on a temporary basis this summer to assist with research and other projects in the Commission's Legal Services Division. Both are rising second-year law students.

David attends UNC-Chapel Hill and Jennifer attends North Carolina Central University in Durham.

The following Commission staff members have made appearances before various real estate industry and related groups since the last issue of the Bulletin. The Commission's Director of Education and Licensing, Larry A. Outlaw, attended a meeting of the Brunswick County Board of REALTORS® and spoke on "The Present and Future Responsibility of Real Estate Salesmen, Brokers and Brokers-in-Charge"...Miriam J. Baer, Assistant Director of Legal Services, discussed problem areas to avoid with regard to the Real Estate License Law and Commission rules when she appeared before the High Point Regional Association of REALTORS®, spoke on common complaints against real estate agents at a meeting of the Asheville Board of REALTORS®, addressed the Wake County Real Property Lawyers' Association to explain the Residential Property Disclosure Statement and reasons for amending the form, and made a Continuing Legal Education presentation at the annual meeting of the North Carolina Bar Association's Real Property Section ... Chief Deputy Legal Counsel Blackwell M. Brogden, Jr., spoke to the Avery-Watauga Board of REALTORS® on agency and compensation issues. . . Consumer Protection Officer Robin F. Oliver, in Monroe at a Union County Association of REALTORS® meeting, discussed problem areas that real estate agents should avoid with regard to the Real Estate License Law and Commission rules. (Individuals and groups requesting a speaker from the Real Estate Commission are reminded that a "Request for Program Presenter"  form is available from the Commission Office or by calling (919) 850-2757 for Document No. 510.)