Assessing the Situation is hosted by Shannon Hiss, RES, RMA, and Justin Eimers, AAS, RMA, seasoned assessment advisors at IAAO. The podcast offers engaging, accessible conversations about the challenges, innovations, and people shaping the future of the assessment profession.
Each episode features insights from leading voices across the industry — from local government leaders to international experts — covering topics that matter to today’s assessors.
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All Episodes
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December 2025
IAAO announces the release of the December episode of the podcast: Assessing the Situation, featuring interviews with Kevin Hayes, CAE, RES, of IAAO’s Mass Appraisal Experience Task Force and Pete Fontana of The Appraisal Foundation’s State Harmonization Task Force. The two groups have been working together for several months to encourage more state appraisal regulatory boards to […] -
November 2025
IAAO announces the release of the November episode of the podcast: Assessing the Situation, featuring interviews with candidates running for the 2026 IAAO Board of Directors. The new episode features interviews with the following candidates:Vice President – Kara Endicott, CAE, AAS, RES; Dinah KilgoreRegion 1 – Damian LaraRegion 2 – Timothy Hall Sr., AAS; Vivian WilhoiteRegion 3 […] -
October 2025
The October episode features interviews with Chief Appraiser from Limestone County (AL), Taylor Dobson, RES; Director of the Vermont Department of Taxes, Property Valuation & Review Division, Jill Remick; and Russ Thigman and Luc Hermans of the IAAO Research and Standards Committee. Russ and Luc review the ratio studies exposure draft and the upcoming webinars on […] -
September 2025
The September episode features interviews with Deputy Director of the Multi-County Information and Programming Services, Derrick Niederklein, AAS; Washington County Arkansas Assessor’s Office, Chief of Staff, Dan Cypert, RES, AAS, and IAAO Past President, Pat Alesandrini, CAE, RES. -
August 2025
The first episode, now available, features an interview with Palm Beach County Property Appraiser and former IAAO President Dorothy Jacks, CFA, FIAAO, AAS; along with interviews of Chesney Leafblad of the Cook County Board of Review; the IAAO Annual Conference Local Host Committee Chairs Katie Grasso and Kenny Pennington; and IAAO Library Services Director, Elizabeth Ferguson, Ph.D.