Chuck Wiercinski CCIM Scholarship
Established – 04/10/2018
Charles “Chuck” Wiercinski, CCIM, CRB, GRI, had a passion for teaching and mentorship in the real estate community. He was a Senior Instructor for the CCIM Institute and served on many of the Institute’s committees. Chuck specialized in teaching CI 101 and CI 103, which he taught throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico. Additionally, he regularly taught real estate pre-license and post-license courses and authored several courses for the State of Illinois and nationally. Chuck began his career in residential real estate. Chuck joined McLennan Companies where he served as Senior Broker and Managing Broker and devoted his full efforts to the sale and marketing of commercial/industrial buildings and land in Northern Illinois and Wisconsin. Chuck passed away on December 7, 2014.

Scholarship Value: $1,000

Scholarship Used Toward:
CI 103

Past Recipients:
Ken Houbolt – 2019
Ben Goldman – 2020
Delphine Nguyen – 2021
Xin Xin – 2022
Ja'Shar Hartley – 2023

John Keepper CCIM Scholarship
Established – 07/26/2016

John Keepper was born in Waukegan on Oct. 17, 1938. After graduating from Lake Forest College in 1961, he attended OCS in Newport, RI and was commissioned in the US Navy as a missile fire control officer aboard the USS Topeka. John spent his business career as a commercial real estate broker, both with his own company and with CB Richard Ellis and Coldwell Banker Commercial. He was the founding president of the Illinois chapter of the CCIM. Mr. Keepper passed away on August 18, 2012.

Scholarship Value: $1000 (to a University of Illinois Rho Epsilon Society member)

Scholarship Used Toward:
CCIM Core Course

Past Recipients:
Nicholas Bartholomew – 2017
Ines Andrade – 2018
Valeria Loo-Kung – 2020
Jonathan Hernandez – 2021
Charlie Ezgur – 2022
Natalie Belloff – 2023

Patricia Tesluk CCIM Scholarship*
Established – 09/24/2013
*Eligible to Indiana and Illinois CCIM Chapter Members
Patricia Tesluk, CCIM, entered the commercial real estate industry in 1991 and is the Vice President of Veritas Realty, where she directs the Corporate Retail Services division. Designated as a Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) in 1997, Tesluk was the Indiana CCIM Chapter President in 2001, has served on CCIM Institute’s Board of Directors and numerous committees, and graduated from the Institute’s Jay W. Levine Leadership Development Academy in 2006. Tesluk is currently a member of The CCIM Institute Foundation Board of Directors, serving as its president in 2016.

Scholarship Value: $1,000

Scholarship Used Toward:
CCR and CCIM Exam

Past Recipients:
James Conrad – 2015
Scott Edmond – 2015
Rob Lukemeyer III – 2016
Recipient – 2017
Recipient – 2018
William Costello – 2020
Amy Tharp – 2020
Delphine Nguyen – 2022
Moses Hall – 2023

Joseph Fisher CCIM Scholarship
Established – 09/07/2006
Joe Fisher, CCIM, of Indianapolis, Indiana, is President of Fisher Investment Real Estate, a company specializing in real estate investment, development and consulting. He has been an instructor with the CCIM Institute since 1980 teaching in the U.S., China, Korea, U.K., Poland and Russia. Joe is a graduate of the Jay W. Levine Leadership Development Academy and was CCIM Institute President in 2007.


Scholarship Value: $1,000

Scholarship Used Toward:
University Student studying Real Estate

Past Recipients:
Sean Moran – 2007
Casey Panzer – 2008
James Crowder – 2009
Alexandra Barrett – 2010
Anthony Konechnik – 2011
Ravi Narsinghani – 2013
Aaron Snoddy – 2016
Darrell Johnson – 2016
Joshua Abrams – 2017
Adam Stephenson – 2020
Sean Pingel – 2021

*Patricia Tesluk CCIM Scholarship
Established – 09/24/2013
*Eligible to Indiana and Illinois CCIM Chapter Members
Patricia Tesluk, CCIM, entered the commercial real estate industry in 1991 and is the Vice President of Veritas Realty, where she directs the Corporate Retail Services division. Designated as a Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) in 1997, Tesluk was the Indiana CCIM Chapter President in 2001, has served on CCIM Institute’s Board of Directors and numerous committees, and graduated from the Institute’s Jay W. Levine Leadership Development Academy in 2006. Tesluk is currently a member of The CCIM Institute Foundation Board of Directors, serving as its president in 2016.

Scholarship Value: $1,000

Scholarship Used Toward:
CCR and CCIM Exam

Past Recipients:
James Conrad – 2015
Scott Edmond – 2015
Rob Lukemeyer III – 2016
Recipient – 2017
Recipient – 2018
William Costello – 2020
Amy Tharp – 2020
Delphine Nguyen – 2022
Moses Hall – 2023
Alex Martin – 2024
Andy Martin – 2024