Service Provider Directory
Find the professional services you need in
the Chesapeake Chapter's convenient and easy-to-use Service
Provider Directory. All chapter business partner and
management company members are eligible to be included in
this directory as part of their membership.
Management companies and CAI business partners—from
attorneys and reserve specialists to accountants and bankers—provide
products, services and expertise to tens of thousands of
associations across the country. They are valued members
of the Chesapeake Chapter community. When you need professional
support, we encourage you to consider these members. Their
active involvement in CAI is an investment in the principle
of common-interest communities—an investment in all
of us.
Designations
To locate companies or individuals who
have maintained a CAI designation, search below:
The Accredited Association
Management Company (AAMC) designation recognizes
community management firms that meet rigid criteria in the
areas of financial management, fidelity insurance coverage,
and specialized industry education and training for employees. To
qualify for AAMC status, CAI must receive written verification
of satisfactory service from three clients before an applicant
company is considered. Applicants
must also agree to abide by CAI’s Professional Manager
Code of Ethics. It is a requirement that the company
have a PCAM® member who acts in a supervisory position.
[View companies with AAMC
designation]
Association Management Specialist (AMS) designation
is awarded to managers who have successfully completed the M-100: The
Essentials of Community Association Management and have
been involved in the daily operations of community associations
for at least two years.
[View managers with
AMS designation]
The College of Community
Association Lawyers (CCAL) was
established by the Community Associations Institute’s
Board of Trustees in 1993. The purpose of The College
is to acknowledge CAI member attorneys who have distinguished
themselves through contributions to the evolution or practice
of community association law and who have committed themselves
to high standards of professional and ethical conduct in
the practice of community association law. The College
provides a forum for the exchange of information among experienced
legal professionals for the purpose of the advancement of
the community association field. The following individuals
are Chesapeake Region Chapter members who have obtained this
designation.
[View Lawyers with CCAL
designations]
The Community Insurance & Risk
Management Specialist - (CIRMS) designation
recognizes a demonstrated high level of competency within
the risk management profession. CIRMS designees must:
- Have five years experience in the community association
insurance field
- Be of satisfactory legal and ethical standing in the
industry
[View specialists with
CIRMS designations]
The Certified Manager of Community
Associations - (CMCA) certification program
measures the basic knowledge required to manage a community
association. Candidates for the certification are required
to successfully complete CAI's M-l00 course, "The
Fundamentals of Community Association Management" and
pass a national examination designed to test fundamental
knowledge of community association management. CMCAs are
required to abide by a code of ethics and to complete continuing
education courses for recertification. These
requirements are similar to those mandated by most state
licensure programs.
A professional CMCA has achieved the
standards identified and adopted Board of Certification
for Community Association Managers. Earning this certification
demonstrates to members of the profession, the public, and
associations a commitment and interest in providing a high
level of quality community association management. This
Certification Program, which is voluntary, provides assurance
that the manager demonstrated the knowledge necessary to
perform fundamental community association management functions.
[View managers with CMCA
designations]
Professional Community Association Manager (PCAM) requires
successful completion of extensive course work through a
series of the Professional Development Programs (PMDP), a
two-day case study, successful completion of a thesis, and
a minimum of three years of professional community association
management experience.
[View managers with PCAM
designations]
In
1998 CAI created a new professional designation known as
the Reserve Specialist (RS). This is the only
national credential for Community Association reserve study
providers. The RS designation is awarded to experienced, qualified
professionals who help condominium, cooperative and homeowner
associations plan for long time repair and replacement of major
components. The prerequisites for the RS designation include
the preparation of 50 reserve studies within the last 3 years,
a Bachelors Degree in Construction Management, Architecture
or Engineering (or equivalent experience and education) and
CAI Professional membership in good standing. The RS designees
must adhere to CAI's Professional Reserve Specialist Code of
Ethics and perform reserve studies according to CAI's new National
Reserve Study Standards. A minimum of ten studies per year
must be conducted to maintain the designation.
[View specialists with RS
designations]
