by ted thurn, irem director, government affairs
on july 11th, irem conducted an inaugural congressional briefing in washington, d.c. irem decided to initiate this type of event as it is essential to communicate our issues and maintain relationships with federal legislators. the briefing was a great success as mindy gronbeck, cpm®, chair of irem’s legislative and public policy committee and debbie prejeant, cpm®, vice chair of irem’s federal advocacy board, presented to over sixty congressional legislative staffers on issues significant to the property management industry.