Nancy M. Jacobsen, a principal in Community PaperWorks, Inc., founded the
business in 1989. Specializing in information regarding planned communities, the
company has grown from its origins as a provider of resale documents for real
estate transactions in Montgomery County, Maryland. CPWI, with four
divisions, today provides services throughout the East Coast, focusing primarily on the
states of Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia. Focusing on the
needs of individual residents of planned community associations, CPWI extends
assistance to builders, mortgage companies, settlement companies, community
management firms, community associations, and housing industry professionals.
Active in two chapters of Community Associations Institute, Ms. Jacobsen has
been active on committees, task forces, and as an instructor. She is a
frequent contributor of articles for regional CAI publications and continues to
serve on the Maryland Legislative Committee. In 1994-95, Ms. Jacobsen chaired a
year-long investigation by WMC-CAI on fidelity bond concerns. She chaired a
subcommittee on Storm Water Management education, including overseeing the April
1998 issue of WMC-CAI’s Quorum; and chaired the Affiliated Industries
Committee. At the national level of CAI, Ms. Jacobsen serves on one committee and is
a member of the Task Force on Transition Practices, jointly sponsored by CAI
and the National Association of Home Builders.
An instructor in planned community development, she presents real estate
courses for Maryland’s Associations of REALTORS©, and is certified by CAI as a
facilitator of the "A-B-Cs of Community Management." Working to develop strong
communities beginning with developers and builders, Ms. Jacobsen has been
active in the Maryland National Capital Building Industry Association.
Ms. Jacobsen and CPWI have periodically organized seminars ranging from
swimming pool fence restrictions, polybutelene plumbing failures, to the tax sales
of common property belonging to homeowner associations. Seminars for board
members are conducted regularly. Ms. Jacobsen served on a national site
development study sponsored by the U.S. Department of Environmental Protection.
In 1990, Montgomery County, Maryland, established a Commission on Common
Ownership Communities; Ms Jacobsen was appointed and served for six years as a
Commissioner. She just completed an appointment on the Prince George’s Task
Force reviewing Common Ownership Communities challenges. This report was
presented to the County Council in September 2005.
Educated at Michigan State University and Texas Women's University, she was
with the Dallas office of Digital Equipment before moving to Maryland. In the
early 1980s, as a staff member in the housing division of Lutheran Social
Services, she managed the first PEPCO rehabilitation program, developed the
LSS/FEMA housing assistance program, and was certified as a HUD housing counselor.
She began her community association experience by managing Tivoli Community
Association, Inc., in Montgomery County, Maryland, working with the developer
Randolph Joint Venture.
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