NAMED EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIPS


ALABAMA CCIM CHAPTER

Following are the Named Education Scholarships that are fully funded by the Alabama CCIM Chapter to honor individuals for their outstanding service to their CCIM chapter, the commercial real estate industry, and their communities.

Timothy S. Blair Scholarship
Established – 04/18/2023
Timothy Blair photo
Timothy S. Blair lead Shannon Waltchack’s second commercial real estate capital preservation fund, SW Neighborhood Centers, which is focused on purchasing neighborhood centers in affluent communities with necessity-based service tenants. A veteran real estate professional, he has been in the real estate industry for more than 25 years and a principal at Shannon Waltchack since 2010.
He currently serves on CCIM lnstitute’s national board of directors and was the CCIM lnstitute’s 2021 Global President. In addition, Blair was the 2017 National Association of Realtors Commercial Advocate of the Year and is also a Life Member of the Birmingham Association of Realtors' Commercial Million Dollar Sales Club. Tim served as the local CCIM Chapter President in 2013, the year that the chapter won 1st Place Chapter of the Year, Tier 1. Blair received his bachelor’s degree from Colorado College and his MBA from University of Virginia's Darden School of Business.

Blair is actively involved in multiple local non-profits, currently serving as Chairman of the Board for the Birmingham Metro YMCA Association. He and his wife, Barbara, have two children and attend St. Francis Xavier Church.

Scholarship Value: $1,000

Scholarship Used Toward:
CCIM Core Course


C. William Barnhill CCIM Scholarship
Established – 02/26/2013
C. William Barnhill photoBill Barnhill, CCIM, PhD., of Mobile, Alabama, has been involved in commercial real estate business for over 36 years and received the CCIM designation in 1981. Bill is a past president of the Alabama CCIM Chapter and was instrumental in starting the chapter’s Gulf Coast District. He is also a past president of the Alabama Real Estate Securities and Syndication Institute. Bill is currently President of Omega Properties, Inc., a commercial real estate management and brokerage firm.

Scholarship Value: $1,000

Scholarship Used Toward:
CI 103

Past Recipients:
Barrett Fowler – 2015
DeeDee Everitt Shashy – 2016
Jon Masters – 2017
Laura Anderson – 2018
Brandon Broadus – 2019
Jimmy Pritchett – 2021
Patricia Rushing  – 2021
Abigail R. Mataafa – 2022
Bowen Weir – 2023

Tom Crawford Scholarship
Established – 03/27/2014
Tom Crawford photo Tom Crawford of Birmingham, Alabama, is Chairman of The Title Group Incorporated, which he founded in 1984. He was one of the founding board members of the CCIM Alabama Chapter, and has been an active member and supporter for over 30 years.




Scholarship Value: $1,000

Scholarship Used Toward:
CCIM Core Course

Past Recipients:
Joseph Sedita – 2015
Eric St. John – 2016
Chris Barnes – 2017
Alex Benson – 2018
Kenny Nichols – 2019
Rachel Nichols – 2020
Blake Schafer – 2021
William “Sims” Herron – 2022
Alec Hersh – 2023

Chad Thomas Hagwood Scholarship
Established – 12/04/2014
Chad Thomas Hagwood photo Chad Thomas Hagwood of Birmingham, Alabama, is Senior Vice President of Originations for Capital One Multifamily Finance. Over the course of his career, he has closed in excess of $5.7 billion in commercial real estate transactions and is consistently ranked as one of the industry’s leading loan originators. Chad has been an active member and supporter for many years of the Alabama CCIM Chapter, and currently serves on the Board of Directors.

Scholarship Value: $1,000

Scholarship Used Toward:
CCIM Core Course

Past Recipients:
Sloan Stevens – 2015
Sloan Stevens – 2016
Andy Dennis – 2017
Niki Coker – 2018
Billy Hiden – 2020
Jake Whaley – 2021
Matthew McGough – 2021
David Gardner – 2023
William “Sims” Herron – 2023

John Lauriello CCIM Scholarship
Established – 12/17/2013
John Lauriello photo John Lauriello, CCIM, of Birmingham, Alabama, is Principal of Southpace Properties, a company he co-founded in 1984 and now the largest independent commercial real estate firm in the state. He was one of the founding board members of the CCIM Alabama Chapter and has been active with commercial real estate in metro Birmingham since 1978, achieving more than $400,000,000 of leasing and sales activity and $250,000,000 of development activity.

Scholarship Value: $1,000

Scholarship Used Toward:
CCIM Core Course

Past Recipients:
Jack Little – 2015
Alex Benson – 2016
Matt Neal – 2017
Sam Centeno – 2018
Neil Dichiara – 2021
Stephanie Hill – 2022
Garrett Laurie – 2023
Patrick Sullivan – 2023

Troy McClendon CCIM Scholarship
Established – 01/08/2009
Troy McClendon photo Troy McClendon, CCIM, of Millbrook, Alabama, was the founder of a successful self storage business and served as a member of the Army National Guard. He was a founding board member and President of the Alabama CCIM Chapter, and also a CCIM instructor for over 30 years. Troy passed away in 2013 at 72 years of age.



Scholarship Value: $1,000

Scholarship Used Toward:
University Student studying Real Estate

Past Recipients:
Monica Johnson Schroeder – 2010
George Brazier – 2011
Monica Johnson Schroeder – 2012
Jeffrey Grant – 2013
Lochrane Smith – 2014
Miller Lucas – 2015
Chris Brown – 2016
Jessica Duckett – 2017
Peter Jameson – 2018
Patricia Hurston – 2022
Jordan Weaver – 2024

Bill Moss CCIM Scholarship
Established – 11/06/2008
Bill Moss photo Bill Moss, CCIM, of Birmingham, Alabama, is Associate Broker of Southpace Properties. He is a founding board member and past president of the Alabama CCIM Chapter, and has been a CCIM instructor for over 30 years. Bill is also a past president of the Greater Birmingham Association of Homebuilders.



Scholarship Value: $1,000

Scholarship Used Toward:
University Student studying Real Estate

Past Recipients:
Recipient – 2009
John Benton – 2010
Meredith Ann McMutchen – 2011
Charles Hunt Griffith – 2012
Andrea Justiniano – 2013
Paul Leon – 2014
Sloan Stevens – 2015
Anna Mosher – 2016
Fuller McClendon – 2017
Jackson Parker – 2018
William Smyer – 2018
Nancy Ferren – 2021
Jordan Weaver – 2023

J. Cotten Volman CCIM Scholarship
Established – 10/24/2013
J. Cotten Volman photo Cotten Volman, CCIM, of Mountain Brook, Alabama, was a board member of the Alabama CCIM Chapter. Cotton graduated from the University of Alabama in 1994, being awarded a Bachelors of Science degree in Finance with a concentration in real estate. He passed away in 2013 at 40 years of age leaving behind his wife and two young daughters. At the time of his passing, Cotton was a mortgage banking executive with Capital Advisors in Birmingham.

Scholarship Value: $1,000

Scholarship Used Toward:
CCIM Core Course

Past Recipients:
Katy Lincoln – 2014
Ryan Grey – 2015
Lochrane Smith – 2016
Cooper Smith – 2017
Matt Harris – 2018
Jackson Parker – 2020
Alex Samples – 2020
Shella Sylla – 2022
William J. Canary, IV – 2023
Will Hollingsworth – 2024

Charlie White CCIM Scholarship
Established – 08/01/2005
Charlie White photo Charlie White of Birmingham, Alabama, is a Partner with MCW Development. He has been a CCIM instructor for almost 20 years, and is one of the founding members and a past president of the Alabama CCIM Chapter.




Scholarship Value: $1,000

Scholarship Used Toward:
University Student studying Real Estate

Past Recipients:
Vanessa V. Vey – 2006
Micah Donald Mesler – 2007
Scott McKenzie – 2008
Brittany Green Wyatt – 2009
Andrew Stewart Lydon – 2010
Donald Lee Gambril – 2011
Bart Hunter Knight – 2012
Andrew Tompkins – 2013
Noah Burchall – 2014
Neil Danville – 2015
Jennifer Sirkin – 2016
Sara White – 2017
Britton Webb – 2018
Spencer Douglas – 2018
John Jackson – 2023
William J. Canary, IV – 2023

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