Name: Steven Byrnes, MAI, SRA Title: Owner/Manager Company: Steven C. Byrnes & Associates Inc. Years with Company: 1985 Years in the Industry: 1969 Address: 482 Southbridge Street # 211 Auburn, MA 01501 Telephone: 508 721 7780 Email: stevencbyrnes@cs.com What year did you discover the New England Real Estate Journal and what business were you doing at that time? 1968 while employed at the former Peoples Savings Bank, Worcester. Staff appraiser and ultimately chief appraiser until 1981. Senior appraiser Horne and Hastings, Worcester, 1981-1984. Entered private 1985. In what way has the New England Real Estate Journal been a benefit to you and your business? Great for providing a means to network, develop database of listed, leased, and sold properties. Tremendous source for establishing one self throughout the region How long have you been affiliated with the commercial real estate industry? 45 years. Past member of the board of trustees of The Appraisal Foundation; past member and chair of The Appraisal Foundation Advisory Council; and TAFAC representative for the MBREA. Two term president MBREA, past president AIREA, past president Society of Real Estate Appraisers.