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PRESIDENT’S CORNER Christopher Nicosia, MM, CMCA, AMS, PCAM 2024 CAI-NJ PRESIDENT RCP MANAGEMENT COMPANY, AAMC, AMO

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December is upon us, fellow CAI-NJ Members! Welcome to another edition of Community Trends ® ! A s 2024 comes to its final days, I am taking stock of the year we have had as a chapter and my heart is full. We have such a wonderful orga nization that continues to move forward, advancing the interests of our members while providing fantastic opportunities for individuals and companies

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to grow and prosper in our industry. When I embarked on my journey to join the board, I had a vision for where I felt CAI-NJ needed to go. I have spent the last seven years of my career work ing to advance CAI-NJ toward that vision. A lot has happened over my tenure on the board…too many things to try and outline here. However, I do want to recap a couple of initiatives that have started or been fully realized during my tenure as President.

“A lot has happened over my tenure on the board…too many things to try and outline here.“

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First, the board started the year with its first-ever board retreat, where the CAI-NJ Board met for half a day to develop a plan for the next couple of years. I thought it was important that the chapter have a multi-year plan that would span a few Presidents’ administrations and leverage the tenure of the Executive Committee to gain traction and allow sufficient time for new initiatives to develop and be fully realized. This was well received, and I hope that Steve, Ryan, and future boards will continue these retreats to create future plans for the chapter. At this retreat, the board discussed and identified a priority for the next couple of years to help advance the chapter – to engage a marketing company to help develop and implement a robust social media marketing strategy to maximize CAI-NJ’s presence to NJ’s common-interest community (CIC) stakeholders. This included hiring a new Marketing Coordinator, developing a comprehensive marketing RFP, and meeting with multiple companies to find a partner to expand CAI’s digital footprint. The goal is to expand our reach for advocacy and mem bership offerings to as many stakeholders as possible and provide us with an arsenal of tools for our advocacy and membership needs. We are nearly at the end of the interviewing process with the hopes of having a company retained by year-end, which will allow next year’s board and chapter staff to start devel oping and implementing the strategy. I am excited to see what Steve, Ryan, the

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