Name: John Galvin, MAI
Title: President, Connecticut Chapter Appraisal Institute
Company: Andrew & Galvin Appraisal Services
Location: 16 Spring Ln., Farmington, Conn. 06032
Birthplace and year: Hartford, Conn., 1961
Family: Wife, Donna; children, PJ and Sean
College: University of Connecticut, BS in Finance
First job outside of appraisal: Commercial credit analyst for Connecticut National Bank
First job in real estate or allied field: Appraiser for Connecticut National Bank for John Leary
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? Recertification year for Connecticut. We will be targeting a broader range of real estate professionals, i.e., eminent domain module in January, directed at attorneys as well as appraisers. Also, we have created a social chairman, We support the national group's efforts to keep up with changing regulations in the industry.
Person you admire most (outside of family): Byrl Boyce, appraiser and professor for the Center for Real Estate & Urban Economic Studies at the Univ. of Conn.
Keys to success: Set goals, perseverance, hard work
If you had to choose another vocation what could it be? Farmer