Board Members
Kathy Poppers contact info
President
Kathy Poppers ASA,
First
inspired by a MoMA Pop Art exhibit at age eight, I was both aghast and
captivated by Warhol, Lichtenstein, and Jasper Johns. Since then, I've been
painting and studying Modern and Contemporary Art, and now also appraise Late
19th Century and Latino works. I'm actually a second-generation fine art
appraiser. My first assignment was photographing and appraising a collection of
Monet, Picasso, and Cezanne for a prominent Fifth Avenue family in New York in
1971. For more than 50 years I've surrounded myself with great and powerful
works of art. Now I'm a Senior ASA Personal Property Appraiser, having served
as past president of the ASA chapter, and am currently on the Ethics Committee
in Herndon. I will be honored to become President of the ASA chapter.
Douglas Nason contact info
Co-Vice President
Douglas Nason has been involved in the Los Angeles Chapter since 1993 and is passionate about all appraisal topics especially with regard to integration of the three overarching valuation disciplines: real property, personal property and business enterprise. He has been a real estate valuation/consulting professional since 1982 and holds the ASA designation in Real Property/Urban. Since 1993, he has worked with Wells Fargo's Real Estate Valuation Services (REVS) department, where he presently serves as Appraisal Manager for the Western United States. He is confident the Chapter board will continue to recognize the specialized needs of its members in tackling the technical details of their respective disciplines, and to address those needs through forums where appraisers from all disciplines may network to discuss issues and trends impacting the industry. He encourages all appraisers, users of appraisal services and guests to participate in our Chapter events.
Gazelle Wichner contact info
Co-Vice President
Gazelle Raye Wichner, ASA, MAI, CCIM is a real property valuation specialist domiciled in Pasadena, California. She has held a senior Real Property designation with the American Society of Appraisers since 1997 and has served the Board of the ASA-LA Chapter in various roles since 2010, including Real Property Chair, Mentor Chair, Government Relations Liaison, and most recently as 1st Vice President for the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 fiscal years. Active in the valuation profession for nearly 30 years, she is currently a senior member of the Collateral Valuations team of First Republic Bank.
Patricia A. Thomson Graham contact info
Treasurer
Patricia A. Thomson Graham, ASA, is a real property valuation specialist with Klaris, Thomson & Schroeder, Inc. ("KTS") located in Long Beach, California. Patricia holds a senior Real Property designation with the American Society of Appraisers and is a Certified General Real Estate Appraiser in California. Mrs. Thomson Graham is a Senior Valuation Consultant with Klaris, Thomson & Schroeder, Inc. (“KTS”) and has been there over 20 years.
Cindy Cronk Vukovic contact info
Secretary
Cindy Cronk Vukovic is a Personal Property Appraiser, specializing in fine art. She is a candidate member and first joined the Los Angeles Chapter Board as the Social Media Coordinator in 2013. She went on to serve several years as the Personal Property Chair where she organized such programs as the FBI Art Crime Discussions, Getty Conservation Labs Tour, Picasso lecture, lithograph making class and PP courses at the Huntington, to name a few. She also serves as the Executive Director of the chapter and oversees the chapter’s programs, communications, and website.