Steve Althoff Elected to ICSC’s Southern Division Volunteer Leadership Committee
The Sembler Company is pleased to announce its Senior Vice President of Leasing, Mr. Steve Althoff, has been elected to serve as the Operations Chair for the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) Southern Division Volunteer Leadership Committee.
ICSC, a global retail real estate trade association, serves its members by providing invaluable resources, connections and industry insights. With 70,000+ members, ICSC and its members actively work together to shape public policy to advocate, and advance initiatives that benefit the retail real estate industry.
The Operations Chair represents the operations, management, leasing, and marketing sectors of the retail real estate industry and works with the ICSC Team and program committees in 12 states in the Southeast. As Divisional Operations Chair, Steve will assist in the management of content and number of programs to promote ICSC education and industry certification activities. The Operations Chair also organizes communications among committees and other volunteer groups, providing a focal point for committee work and overseeing the execution of meetings throughout the region which includes Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Texas, South Carolina, Oklahoma, Alabama, Mississippi, Kentucky, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Tennessee. Althoff will serve up to three single-year terms in this capacity.
“We are delighted to welcome Steve as the ICSC Southern Division Operations Chair, and appreciate his ongoing commitment to our organization and our industry,” Margaret Wigglesworth, Executive Vice President of Membership and Volunteer Services remarked. Althoff has held several volunteer leadership positions with ICSC over his lengthy career including serving as Chair of the 2014 ICSC Florida Conference, and committee member roles from 2009 through 2014. Althoff was the Florida Operations Chair from 2016 to 2017 before becoming the Southern Division’s Operations chair this year. Prior to 2009 Althoff served on the West Florida committee for over 10 years.
“It’s a great honor to be involved in the ICSC Volunteer Leadership structure and I look forward to supporting the membership in my new role,” said Mr. Althoff.