Meet the IREM Members: Costa and Thayer

Colleen Costa is from the JP section of Boston but grew up on the South Shore. She attended Bridgewater State College and earned a diploma in Real Estate Studies from Boston University. Costa has been an ARM since 1994 and a CPM since 2009. Costa is currently employed by the Hamilton Company and is responsible for their Quincy and Weymouth portfolio. She lives in Kingston with her husband Joe. They have two children, Jim and Courtney. When Colleen is not working, she enjoys riding with Joe in his collection of Antique cars and spending time with Jim and Courtney when they are in town. Colleen served 20 years on various Silver Lake School District committees in Kingston. Colleen is a member of the Jones River Village Historical Society in Kingston. Candice Thayer Morse earned her communications degree from Suffolk University in 2002. Thayer joined Thayer & Associates as a professional real estate manager and presently manages a portfolio of residential properties throughout eastern Massachusetts. In 1938 Thayer's great-grandfather, Harry Gilbert, was among the first fifteen professional real estate managers to earn the CPM designation. Gilbert's son, Howard Gilbert and grandsons, Douglas G. Thayer and Howard Gilbert Jr. also earned their CPM designations. Thus, Thayer becomes the fourth generation of the Gilbert-Thayer family to earn the prestigious designation of CPM in 2008. Thayer now serves as a member of the executive committee of the Boston Metropolitan Chapter #4 of the Institute of Real Estate Management.