Name: George Shahwah Jr., MAI Title: President, Connecticut Chapter of the Appraisal Institute Company: Baldwin Pearson & Company, Inc. Location: 10 Middle St., Bridgeport, CT 06604 Birthplace and year: Bridgeport, Conn., 1960 Family: Wife, Annette; children: Daniel and Christine College: Muhlenberg College, BS in Business Administration First job outside of appraisal: Commercial-industrial real estate sales, Baldwin Pearson First job in appraisal or allied field: Fee appraiser, Baldwin Pearson What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? Offer the best educational courses to appraisers; get associate members designated as MAI or SRA, fight proposed legislation of "broker price opinion letters," which remove input on property from appraisers. Hobbies: Golf, flying, fishing, tennis Favorite movie: "It's a Wonderful Life" Keys to success: Hard work, honesty, tell it like it is; your reputation is everything. If you had to choose another vocation what would it be? Fly fishing guide on the Big Horn River in Montana