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Our firm is comprised of dedicated professionals who's educational and professional backgrounds bring essential insight to the table. To learn more about our team, please contact our office directly to request our Book of Qualifications which includes appraiser resumes/profiles and credentials.

President, John O'Dwyer

JSO Valuation Group, Ltd. was founded in 1989 by John O’Dwyer, President. John has nearly 25-years of professional real estate experience. He is a graduate from the University of Dublin, Trinity College 1984, majoring in real estate finance, town planning and economics. His experience began working as a senior appraiser in New York (1984-1987) and then as a senior loan appraiser in Chicago (1987-1989). In 1989, John started his own appraisal company, JSO Valuation Group, Ltd., and has since been the president of the company. He is an Illinois State Certified General Appraiser, Designated Member of the Appraisal Institute (MAI) and a Member of the Royal Institute of Charter Surveyors (MRICS), General Practice Division. JSO Valuation Group, Ltd. has undertaken appraisal assignments of vacant, proposed and improved commercial, multi-family and industrial properties to specialty type developments (such as subdivision lot analysis and communication towers to municipal recreational park land). The values have ranged from a few hundred thousand to several million dollars and from one tenant to large multi-tenanted office, industrial and retail buildings. The client base is also varied as is the ultimate use of the reports (ie. for financing, insurance, estate, real estate tax appeal, feasibility analysis, etc.).

Email: jso@jsovaluationgroup.com

Director of Valuation Services, Noelle McDonald

Noelle has been a part of JSO Valuation Group, Ltd, since 2007. She has over nine years of professional real estate experience. Noelle is a graduate from the University of Wisconsin-Madison class of 2001 majoring in administration, real estate, and urban land economics. Her experience began as an appraiser working in Chicago (2001-2003) and then as a research associate gathering field data on new residential development in Chicagoland (2003-2005). Before starting at JSO Valuation Group, Ltd in 2007, Noelle worked from 2005-2007 as a market analysis specialist in Chicago. She is an Appraisal Institute associate member as well as a certified general appraiser in the state of Wisconsin with over 15-hours of Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) courses completed.

Email
noelle@jsovaluationgroup.com

Real Estate Analyst, Ibi Cole

With over 6-years of experience, Ibi Cole has been a member of JSO Valuation Group since early 2007. After obtaining her Bachelor of Business Management from Columbia College Chicago in 2002, she transitioned from real estate agent (2004-2006) to appraiser (2005-2007) before joining JSO in early 2007. Ibi received her certificate of completion and licensure from the Appraisal Institute, Chicago in 2005 as well as her certificate of completion and licensure from the Chicago Association of Realtors in 2004. She is an associate appraiser of the appraisal institute and a member of the Chicago Association of Realtors.

Email Ibi@jsovaluationgroup.com


Real Estate Analyst, David Huffman

David Huffman is a Real Estate Analyst that joined JSO Valuation Group in 2007. He graduated from the University of virginia in 2007 with a major in Economics. Mr. Huffman is an Associate member of the appraisal Institute as well as a member of the University of Virginia Alumni Association. In addition to completed coursework, David has reserved time to complete all of the remaining continuing education requirements (300-hours) to be a Certified General Appraiser with the State of Illinois by June of 2011. Over the past three-years, Mr. Huffman has completed appraisal projects that contain a total of 9,139,711-square feet of rentable building area and an estimated market value of $421,500,400.
Email david@jsovaluationgroup.com

Real Estate Anaylst, Anthony Mulé

Anthony first started working at JSO Valuation Group, Ltd after graduating Cum Laude from Marquette University in 2008 with a double major in Commercial Real Estate and Entrepreneurship. He is an associate member of the Appraisal Institute as well as a member of the Marquette Alumni Association. Prior to working at JSO Valuation Group, Ltd., Anthony held an internship position at TOLD Development Company, while finishing his Bachelor's Degree. During the internship, Anthony was responsible for assisting the Company's principals by researching, analyzing, and selecting prospective sites for acquisition and development. Currently, Anthony is in the process of obtaining his General Appraiser state certification with the Appraisal Institute.
Email anthony@jsovaluationgroup.com

Real Estate Anaylst, Jason Legg

Jason has had over 5-years of experience as a real estate analyst. He graduated in 2001 from Indiana University as a Bachelor of Science in Public affairs specializing in Financial Management. Jason has worked for JSO Valuation Group since 2005 and is an associate member of the Appraisal Institute.
Email
jason@jsovaluationgroup.com

Real Estate Analyst - Jack Lewandowski

Jack is the newest member of JSO Valuation Group, Ltd, joining the firm in January of 2010. Jack has close to four-years of professional real estate experience. He is a graduate of the University of Illinois-Chicago with a Bachelor of Science in Finance. His experience began as a broker's assistant (1999-2000) at a major Chicago brokerage firm which led to a position as a finance specialist (2001-2002) in the brokerage's accounting department. Jack then worked as a research associate (2002-2003) gathering market data on new residential developments in the Chicago area as well as a real estate tax analyst (2003-2004) for a commercial real estate tax consulting firm. Prior to joining JSO, he was self-employed in various industries. Jack will soon begin classes at the Appraisal Institute with the goal of becoming a licensed appraiser in the State of Illinois.
Email: jack@jsovaluationgroup.com