COMMISSION STAFF UPDATE

The Real Estate Commission announces the addition of two new members to its staff, due to vacancies created in the Audits and Investigations section by the upcoming retirement of Investigator Everette H. Jenkins and the departure of Auditor/Investigator Gloria Winston.

Jennifer Kee has been employed as an auditor/investigator to audit bus' accounts and investigate complaints against licensees in the western part of the state (Charlotte west). A graduate of Wingate College with a major in accounting, Jennifer has passed the C. P A examination. She comes to the Commission from a private construction company where she was project accounting manager. Jennifer is a native of Charlotte.

Also a Charlotte native employed by the Commission as an auditor/investigator, Richard Tomberlin will audit real estate trust accounts and investigate complaints against licensees on a statewide basis. Richard has eleven years of experience as an auditor, having served in that capacity in the insurance industry He is a graduate of Queens College in Charlotte.

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Examination and Licensing Officer Ann R. Britt has been named by the Council on Licensing, Enforcement, and Regulation (CLEAR) to a Focus Group for a project funded by the Department of Justice. The funding makes possible a joint effort by CLEAR and the Association on Handicapped Student Service Programs in Postsecondary Education (AHSSPPE).

The purpose of this project is to offer. blueprint for compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) federal civil rights legislation passed in 1990, as it relates to agencies that ad minister examinations.

Ann is one of a select group of educators regulators, and other professionals who serve on this Focus Group.

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Commission Investigator Charles S Carter has completed the National Certified Investigator/Inspector Training Program, offered by The Council on Licensing, Enforcement, and Regulation, and has been designated a "Certified Investigator" by that organization. Charles has also been awarded the designation of "Certified Investigator" by the National Association of Real Estate License Law Officials (NARELLO).

Several Commission staff members have made appearances before various real estate industry and related groups since the last issue of the Bulletin. Special Deputy Attorney General Thomas R. Miller, the Commission's Legal Counsel, addressed the North Carolina Association of REALTORS® Leadership Conference in Greensboro where he discussed various subjects of interest to persons recently elected as officer~ of the local Boards...Miriam J. Baer, Assistant Legal Counsel, accepted an invitation to speak at an Education Committee Seminar of the Wilmington Board of REALTORS®, where she discussed the law of agency and related topics, and also spoke to the Brunswick Islands Board of REALTORS® in Shallotte...and Anlta R. Burt, Consumer Protection Officer, appeared before the Washington/Beaufort County Board of REALTORS® to discuss issues related to North Carolina's Real Estate License Law and Commission Rules.

(Individuals and groups requesting a speaker from the Real Estate Commission are reminded that a ''Speaker Request Form'' is available from the Commission Office.)