Author Biography Dr. Donna Grogan

R. E. Sales Experience

• 1973: Sales Associate
• Century 21 Ambrose Rowland Heights .
• Century 21 E/N Realty. Diamond Bar .
• Century 21 Rex Reason Realty, Chino
• 1974 Century 21 Grogan Realty, Inc. Ontario -Philadelphia & Mountain Vineyard & Riverside Drive
• 1977 GRI designation
• 1979 Certified Residential Specialist (CRS) designation -closed 100 escrows.
• 1985 Certified Property Manager (CPM) designation

Education

• Associate's degree
• Cerritos Community College. Norwalk 36.5 units
• Los Angeles Trade Tech College. Computer
• Los Angeles City College. Secretarial Science
• Two Bachelor degrees
  -Business Management (1980) Cal Poly. University. Pomona. CA.
  -Finance/Real Esta:e (1982) Cal Poly. University. Pomona. CA.
  

Educational Publications

• Master's Thesis was on Property Management Training and Education, 1985. Cal Poly. University. Pomona. CA.
• Pepperdine University conferred the Doctorate Degree on Dr. Grogan in 2000 with her dissertation on A Needs Assessment for the Skills for the Real Estate Assistant.

Teaching Experience

• Began teaching in 1980
• 5 two-year institutions: Cerritos. EI Camino. Glendale. Mt San Antonio and Rio Hondo Community Colleges
• 4 four-year institutions: University; California Slate University. Los Angeles; California Polytechnic University. Pomona; and University of California. Los Angeles.
• Substitute teaching: High school computer courses
• Distance education, online real estate computer courses to accompany real estate lecture courses.. such as Finance and Brokering. Escrow and property management
• Continuing Education: Over 300 hours--Agency. Ethics. Fair Housing. Trust Fund Handing & others
  

Instructor Biography

Presentations

-Dissertation at the National Real Estate Educator’s Conference, Florida, 2000

Mortgage Loan Brokering & Lending study guide Power Point to State faculty at Real Estate Education Center conferences, San Diego, San Francisco and Los Angeles

California Department of Real Estate (DRE)

DRE Education Advisory Committee 2001

Reviewed, edited and rewrote many questions for the state text bank for exam questions.

Served the Real Estate Commissioner as part of the committee that added the criteria that new licensees must complete Real Estate Practice within 18 months of licensing, in addition to the existing requirement for completion of Real Estate Principles, to meet the Commissioner’s desire to raise the bar for educational requirements.

The intent is that increased education will decrease litigation and infractions by licensees on regulations.

Recognition Award

In 1998 the California Real Estate Educators Association (CREEA) selected Dr. Donna Grogan as the recipient for the Norm Woest Award as the “Most Outstanding California Instructor of the Year” presented  by Bob Bruss, Attorney and syndicated real estate columnist

Author: Writings

 Master’s Thesis: Property Management Training    and Education (1985)

Dissertation: A Needs Assessment for the Skills for the Real Estate Assistant  (2000)

Authored or edited numerous DRE-approved continuing education courses and the study       guides for the Real Estate Education Center

Edited college-level real estate textbooks for many publishers

Mortgage Loan Brokerage and Lending study guide for Real Estate Education Center (REEC) 2002 for the Real Estate Education Center

Author: College Textbooks

California Property Management (National Real Estate Institute), 1987

California Mortgage Loan Brokerage and Lending co-author, Prentice Hall, South Western, Thomson Learning, 1989

Computer Application in Real Estate, Educational Textbook Company (ETC), 2004

California Escrow, Dearborn Publishing Kaplan Financial, 2005