2026 Leadership Team & BOD Installed; Chapter Honors Carl Russell & Stan Gniazdowski as Institute Instructors

On November 20, the CCIM CT Chapter celebrated the installation of our 2026 Board of Directors and incoming President Jennifer Lynne, CCIM; Treasurer David Rothberg, CCIM, Secretary Brandon Rush and Directors Stephanie Romano Shaw, CCIM, M. Augustus Ryer, CCIM, Jeff Ryer, CCIM, SIOR, Stanley Gniazdowski, CRE, CCIM, Bryan Atherton, CCIM, SIOR Frank Amodio, Sr., CCIM, Eric Amodio, CCIM, MBA, and Andrea Kazantzis, CCIM

The chapter thanked Stephanie R. Coleman, CCIM for her two years of leadership as Chapter President. The chapter also honored Carl Russell, CCIM, SIOR, MBA for 45 years of service as an instructor with The CCIM Institute and Stanley Gniazdowski, CRE, CCIM for 40 years as a CCIM Instructor.

The chapter also recognized our 2025 scholarship recipients Roman Pantojas Martínez and Eric Blumenthal, MBA, MICP who will be working towards their CCIM designation.

Thank you to our event sponsors Coldwell Banker Realty, Coldwell Banker Commercial and Schaefer Inspection Service, and our annual sponsors Aaron Bohigian of Northwest Community Bank, Richard Evans of Community Investment Corporation, Sam Haydock of BL Companies, Ascend Bank, CohnReznick and H. Kulak & Son LLC Commercial Roofing.