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2026 EDUCATION SESSION INFORMATION AND SCHEDULE
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MONDAY 5/18/26
MORNING SESSION (9:00 AM – 12: 00 PM)
Mock Trial
(Morning Session – Attendance is not required in the afternoon session)
Time: 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Location: - PRESCOTT ROOM
Presenters: BTLA, Board Members, NHAAO
Vendor Focus Group
Time: 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Location: Ball Room Area
Presenters: No Presenters
MONDAY LUNCH: KEYNOTE SPEAKER (Noon - 1 PM)
Bill Weidacher, Founding Partner/Realtor – Keller Williams Bedford, NH has been in real estate sales since 1983.
Mr. Weidacher brings his knowledge or the New England real estate market to the NRAAO, offering insight and statistical analysis to the market forces shaping today’s local and regional real estate market. Having grown his Bedford, NH business to over 300 agents, Bill has also served as the Director of the National Association of Realtors and President of the New Hampshire Association of Realtors.
MONDAY 5/18/26 – AFTERNOON SESSION (1:00 PM – 4: 00 PM)
Mock Trial
(Afternoon Session – Attendance is not required in the morning session)
Time: 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Location: - PRESCOTT ROOM
Presenters: BTLA, Board Members, NHAAO
AI vs CAMA
Time: 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Location: - Amphitheater
Presenters: John Valente, Real Estate Appraisal, AI Technology Development, Litigation Strategist,
GIS Analyst, Grant Writer, Software Developer, Author, and Entrepreneur
TUESDAY 5/19/26
MORNING SESSION (9:00 AM – 12: 00 PM)
Commercial Valuation in Practice: How can Commercial Brokers and Assessors Work Together
Time: 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Location: - PRESCOTT ROOM
Presenters: Dan Scanlon, Senior Associate - Colliers
Professional Skills for Assessors: EI, Customer Service, and Workplace Success
Time: 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Location: - Amphitheater
Presenters: The New Hampshire Bureau of Education and Training (BET)
TUESDAY 5/19/26 – AFTERNOON SESSION (1:00 PM – 4: 00 PM)
From Red Tape to Results! - The Mass Appraisal Task Force
Time: 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Location: - PRESCOTT ROOM
Presenters:
Moderator (Introductions): Justin Stanley, CAE, RES (Vice Chair of our task force)
Speaker: Kevin Hayes, MAI, CAE, RES, CFE (Chair of our task force)
Speaker: Pete Fontana, Trustee/Chair of State Harmonization Task Force-TAF
Speaker: John Russell, Past Chair ASB
Valuing Intangible Assets
Time: 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Location: - Amphitheater
Presenter: Barry J. Cunningham, PhD, ASA, MAI, AI-GRS
WEDNESDAY 5/20/26
MORNING SESSION (9:00 AM – 12: 00 PM)
USPAP 7-HOUR (8:30 – 4:30)
Time: 8:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Location: - Amphitheater
Presenters: Leslie Pruitt, Supervisor of Assessments for Somerset County, SDAT AQB Certified USPAP Instructor,
IAAO Instructor Certified General Appraiser
CAMA to CLARITY: Transforming the Assessors Office Using 21st-Century Data Analytics
Time: 9:00 AM –12:00 PM
Location: - PRESCOTT ROOM
Presenters: Doug Irvine, CNHA, Chief Assessor, Town of Bedford, NH; Owner/Principal, Airfin Analytics, LLC
Includes 30-minute panel discussion with Norm Bernaiche, CNHA; David Cornell, CNHA, MAI, CAE; Rosann Maurice-Lentz, CNHA-CMA; Chris Wilcock, State of Massachusetts DOR Bureau Chief of Local Assessment.
WEDNESDAY 5/20/26 – AFTERNOON SESSION (1:00 PM – 4: 00 PM)
USPAP 7-HOUR (8:30 – 4:30)
Time: 1:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Location: - Amphitheater
Presenters: Leslie Pruitt, Supervisor of Assessments for Somerset County, SDAT AQB Certified USPAP Instructor,
IAAO Instructor Certified General Appraiser
Fair Housing
Time: 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Location: - PRESCOTT ROOM
Presenters: Brittany Farruggio, Business Development Representative, United Title & Escrow