Va. Tech Property Management Advisory Board elects 2025-26 chair

On April 19, Virginia Tech Property Management Advisory Board members elected Renee Pulliam, vice president of operations for Thalhimer Multifamily as its 2024 vice chair and 2025-26 chair, according to Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer.

Pulliam, who has been an advisory member since 2001, will serve a one-year term as vice chair followed by a two-year term as chair, according to an April 25 news release from the Glen Allen-based commercial real estate company. 

The advisory board’s current chair is Wendy Austin, vice president of property management at Charlottesville-based Management Services Corp., according to a spokesperson at Virginia Tech.

The board, which includes representatives from about 36 real estate companies, provides feedback on curriculum and professional development and has given more than $1.3 million in scholarships to property management students, according to Virginia Tech. 

The property management program and its advisory board were created in 1984. 

Pulliam, who joined Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer in 2019 as director of operations and was promoted to vice president in January 2023, has over 23 years of multifamily experience. She’s actively involved with the Virginia Apartment Management Association, which represents the rental housing industry, and is based in Richmond.