Wayne D'Amico, CCIM of Essex was elected the 2011 first vice president of the CCIM Institute, an international commercial real estate organization with 16,000 members worldwide. The institute confers the Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) designation to qualified commercial real estate and allied professionals. He was elected Oct. 22 at the organization's annual business meeting in Orlando, Fla.
D'Amico is president and principal of Property Politics, a commercial real estate development, brokerage, and advisory firm based in Essex. He will assume the presidency of the institute in 2013 and will be the first CCIM national president to hail from Connecticut. D'Amico will serve on the 2011 CCIM Institute management team with president Frank Simpson, CCIM, Gainesville, Ga.; president-elect Leil Koch, CCIM, Lahaina, Hi.; and treasurer Chuck Connely, CCIM, Kansas City, Mo.
A 23-year commercial real estate veteran, D'Amico has been involved in commercial real estate projects totaling nearly $250 million. In addition to earning the CCIM designation in 1996, D'Amico is a broker, certified general real estate appraiser and advisor specializing in property tax assessment validation and complex transaction management. He has served the CCIM Institute in various capacities on the regional and national level, including sitting on the executive committee and board of directors. D'Amico was president of the Conn. CCIM Chapter in 2002 and was a founding director of the New York City Metro CCIM Chapter formed in 2008. He is a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers.