Name: Jonathan Asker
Title: President, MBREA
Company: North Atlantic Appraisal Company
Location: 700 West Center St., West Bridgewater, MA 02379
Place of birth: Stoughton, MA - 1961
Family: Wife, Pippa and children, Samantha, Oliver, Sophia and Maxwell
College: Boston University - BA International Relations
First job in appraisal or allied field: Appraiser for GWA Appraisal Services
What your firm does now and its plans for the future: I plan to work with the board of trustees to develop a 3 year plan and build on management and education. Also I plan to speak with various groups to develop more appraisal trainees.
Hobbies: Tennis and golf
Favorite book: "Blue like Jazz" by Don Miller
Favorite movie: "The Usual Suspects"
Key to success: It's all about hard work.
If you had to choose another vocation, what would it be? Personal counselor
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