Debbie Phillips will be receiving Anthony V. Pusateri Apartment Career Promotion Award at the upcoming convention of the National Apartment Association in Boston, MA on June 29, 2012. This award is bestowed on the program that best promotes careers in the multi-family housing industry.

Debbie Phillips is a lecturer in the School of Building Construction at the Georgia Institute of Technology.  In 2005, Debbie and members of the Georgia Apartment Industry Education Foundation formed a strategic alliance with Georgia Tech’s School of Building Construction to educate students about the diverse career opportunities within the multi-family real estate industry.

About the National Apartment Association

The National Apartment Association (NAA) is America's leading advocate for quality rental housing. NAA's mission is to serve the interests of multifamily housing owners, managers, developers and suppliers and maintain a high level of professionalism in the multifamily housing industry to better serve the rental housing needs of the public.

NAA is a federation of 170 state and local affiliates, comprised of more than 55,000 multifamily housing companies representing more than 6.2 million apartment homes throughout the United States and Canada. NAA members represent all facets of the multifamily housing industry: apartment owners, management executives, developers, builders, investors, property managers, leasing consultants, maintenance personnel, suppliers and related business professionals throughout the United States and Canada. www.naahq.org.

About the Georgia Apartment Industry Education Foundation

Georgia Apartment Industry Education Foundation (GAIEF) is a private, non-profit organization that promotes career opportunities within the multi-family real estate industry. Through statewide initiatives including a certificate program in the School of Building Construction at the Georgia Institute of Technology, GAIEF has educated over 5,000 students about the multi-family real estate industry. Advisory companies serving with board members include Post Properties, Gables Residential, First Communities, Pollack-Shores, Fogelman, Wilkinson Real Estate Advisors, Lane Company, ECI Group, For-Rent, AT&T, StoneMark, Ventron, Love Properties, LeCraw Investments, Warshaw Properties, Redi-Floors, HMI Property Solutions, Crabapple Landscape, and Tribridge Residential.

For more information, visit www.gaief.com