COLLEGE STATION, TX – February 13, 2013 – (RealEstateRama) — Conroe commercial Realtor-broker Mario A. Arriaga has been elected chairman of the Advisory Committee for the Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University. He succeeds Amarillo Realtor Joe Bob McCartt.
Replacing Arriaga as the committee’s vice chairman is Kimberly A. Shambley, a Dallas attorney who manages residential mortgage litigation for Bank of America.
Gov. Rick Perry appointed Arriaga and Shambley to six-year terms on the nine-member committee, which provides advice and counsel to the nation’s largest publicly funded real estate research organization. The Center at Texas A&M is funded almost exclusively by a portion of the state fee paid by Texas real estate licensees.
Arriaga is co-owner of First Group, a full-service commercial real estate company. For four years he was trustee for the Texas Association of Realtors (TAR) Political Action Committee. He has also chaired the Houston Association of Realtors Governmental Affairs Advisory Group and served as Region 14 vice president for TAR.
A 1972 University of Houston graduate, Arriaga represents commercial real estate on the committee.
Shambley, an Ohio native, graduated from the University of Illinois Law School. She has served as an assistant staff judge advocate in the U.S. Air Force, and she has practiced law in both the private and corporate sectors. She has also served on the Texas State Bar Evidence Committee, the Texas Manufactured Housing Board and the Texas Commission on Fire Protection. She recently received her Texas real estate license.
An Advisory Committee member since May 2010, Shambley represents the public.
Real Estate Center
Gary Maler, 979-845-9691 (director)
Dr. Ali Anari, 979-845-2094 (econometrics)
Dr. Mark Dotzour, 979-862-6292 (chief economist)
Attorney Judon Fambrough, 979-845-2007 (legal issues)
Dr. James Gaines, 979-845-2079 (residential)
Dr. Charles Gilliland, 979-845-2080 (rural land)
Dr. Harold Hunt, 979-847-9021 (commercial)
Dr. Luis Torres, 979-845-7972 (econometrics)
For information on the Real Estate Center, contact Senior Editor David S. Jones at 979-845-2039 (voice), 979-845-0460 (fax) or d-jones (at) tamu (dot) edu. Or contact Associate Editor Bryan Pope, 979-845-2088 (office) or b-pope (at) tamu (dot) edu.
By Bryan Pope, Associate Editor, Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University
