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NAMED EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIPS |
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GEORGIA CCIM CHAPTER |
Following are the Named Education Scholarships that are fully funded by the Georgia CCIM Chapter to
honor individuals for their outstanding service to their CCIM chapter, the commercial
real estate industry, and their communities.
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Leslie G. Callahan, III CCIM Scholarship
Established – 10/07/2018 Leslie G. Callahan, III, CCIM is President of First Colony Financial Corporation, a real estate leasing, property management, and development firm founded in 1982. Les is a long-standing member of the Georgia CCIM Chapter and has the CCIM organization for over 37 years, including serving as the 2008 President of the Georgia CCIM Chapter. He has also served the CCIM Institute as a member of various committees, including service as Chairman and Presidential Liaison for the Member Services Committee. Currently, Les is serving on the Executive Leadership team as the Treasurer of the CCIM Institute and Chairman of the Finance Committee. Scholarship Value: $1,000 Scholarship Used Toward: CCIM Core Course Past Recipients: Aisha Thomas – 2020 Rebecca Waters – 2021 Stuart Hope – 2022 Jay Lawson – 2023 John Eric Clark – 2024 |
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Robert M. White CCIM Scholarship
Established – 07/07/2006 Bob White, CCIM, of Atlanta, Georgia, is an agent with Adams Commercial Real Estate. Before entering the commercial real estate industry, he served as a Lieutenant in the Marine Corps, and then worked 20 years as a Geological Engineer and Geophysicist. Bob is an active member of the Georgia CCIM Chapter, currently serving as the Candidate Guidance Chair. Scholarship Value: $1,000 Scholarship Used Toward: CCIM Core Course Past Recipients: Brad Nix – 2007 Allen Nivens – 2008 Jonathan Klein – 2009 Steven Kittrell – 2010 Christopher A. Forde – 2011 John David Hughes – 2011 Robert Krauer – 2013 Harrison Boyd – 2014 Cicely Anderson – 2016 David Omer Hayut – 2017 Nathan Williams – 2018 James Cunningham – 2021 Tim Wright – 2021 Christopher Welsh – 2023 |
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Edward A. Walsh CCIM Memorial Scholarship
Established – 7/30/2015 Edward A. Walsh, CCIM of Macon, Georgia served as president of Georgia CCIM Chapter in 1997. Ed was a graduate of The University of Georgia and earned his MBA from Georgia College and State University. In 1994 Mr. Walsh co-founded The Summit Group, a full-service commercial real estate firm serving Macon and middle Georgia. Mr. Walsh passed away in 2015 at 55 from a brain tumor and is survived by his wife and two daughters. Scholarship Value: $1,000 Scholarship Used Toward: CCIM Core Course Past Recipients: Marcy Motes – 2016 Katie Sentell – 2017 Detra Reid – 2018 Georgui Kassaev – 2020 Randy Gibbs – 2021 Njeri Warfield – 2021 Recardo Laidford – 2023 Wen-Hao Chin – 2024 |
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Kevin K. McBride Memorial Scholarship
Established – 7/30/2015 Kevin K. McBride of Cumming, Georgia served as Georgia CCIM Chapter’s finance manager from 2008 until 2015. Kevin, a native of New York, earned a BA from Molloy College in Rockville Centre, New York and an MBA from Kennesaw State University in Georgia. In addition to his duties for Georgia CCIM Kevin was the controller for First Colony Financial Corporation for nearly fifteen years and the part-time controller of the Lionheart School, a school for autistic children co-founded by his wife Victoria in 2000. Mr. McBride passed away in 2015 from a rare form of leukemia and is survived by his wife, son and daughter. Scholarship Value: $1,000 Scholarship Used Toward: CCIM Core Course Past Recipients: Greg Cantrell – 2016 Michael Reeves – 2017 Detra Reid – 2018 Eric Smith – 2020 John Stewart Wallace – 2021 Zakhia Moore – 2021 Myra Vorrice – 2023 Marina Carlisle – 2024 |
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