ASA's Rising Stars Award— Winners Announced

RESTON, Va. - Oct. 19, 2018 - PRLog -- The American Society of Appraisers are pleased to announce the winners of ASA's Rising Stars Award. This award honors the brightest young valuation professionals who have demonstrated success throughout the fiscal year. These six stars were selected by the Rising Stars Committee from over 30 entries nominated by fellow valuation professionals. These individuals received free registration to ASA's Joint 2018 Advanced Business Valuation and International Appraisers Conference and were recognized at the Membership Meeting and Awards Luncheon. The following winners were:

Nicolas Ballian │ Duff and Phelps │ São Paulo, Brazil
Nicolas Ballian is a director in the São Paulo office and is part of the Valuation Advisory Services practice. Nicolas has more than 10 years of valuation experience across a wide range of industries, advising public and private companies, private equity and management teams. Nicolas has advised on various transaction types, including valuations for financial reporting both in IFRS and USGAAP, tax and transaction purposes.

Nicholas Janiga, ASA │ HealthCare Appraisers │ Denver, Colorado
Nicholas is a partner at HealthCare Appraisers in Denver, Colorado. He has been providing his clients analysis and consultation in business valuation, litigation support, intellectual property and healthcare provider compensation relationships since 2006. Nicholas is part of ASA's Denver Chapter and has been an ASA member for more than 7 years. He has contributed to the chapter by offering training sessions and advocating the ASA designation.

Fawntel Romero, ASA │ Prairie Capital Advisors │ Frederick, Colorado
Fawntel performs professional valuations of business interests for federal estate and gift tax purposes, litigation support and employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs). She has authored several Valuation Case E-Flash issues for the Financial Consulting Group, the leading organization of business valuation and financial consulting firms in the U.S. Fawntel is part of ASA's Denver Chapter and has been an ASA member for more than 11 years.

Timothy Roy, ASA │ Capitale Analytics │ Indianapolis, Indiana
Timothy's role is to provide clients with quality M&E appraisals that meet the highest industry and governmental standards. Timothy's appraisals are strictly compliant with USPAP, the Code of Ethics from ASA and all Small Business Administration standards. Timothy is part of ASA's Indiana Chapter and has been an ASA member for more than 5 years. He contributed to the chapter by redesigning and launching its website and managing the chapter's communications efforts.

Megan Salehli, ASA │ Asterion │ Philadelphia, PA
Megan specializes in valuation and economic damages and provides consulting services in a variety of matters requiring the investigation and evaluation of financial and economic data and determination of value. Megan is part of ASA's Philadelphia Chapter and has been an ASA member for more than 8 years. She contributed to the chapter by arranging speakers and managing the transition of the chapters banking and file system.

Shane Weber, ASA, IFA │ Missouri Property Appraisal │ Jefferson City, MO
Shane Weber is a State certified residential real estate appraiser at Missouri Property Appraisal. In addition to obtaining his IFA designation and now his ASA designation, Shane has been active in the development of presentations dealing with the use of appraisal analytics and Excel applications for supporting market adjustments. Shane and other contributors hope to incorporate these presentations into a new ASA course offering for continuing education credits.

For more information regarding ASA's Rising Stars Program, visit ASA Online (http://www.appraisers.org/Membership/rising-stars-program) or call (800) 272-8258.

American Society of Appraisers
The American Society of Appraisers is a world renowned and respected international organization devoted to the appraisal profession. As the oldest and only major appraisal organization representing all appraisal specialists, ASA is devoted to providing the highest possible standards in all areas of ethics, professionalism, education and designation criteria. For more information about the American Society of Appraisers, the ASA designation program for appraisers or the Society's free "Find an Appraiser" Referral System, visit www.appraisers.org or call (800) 272-8258.