The Employee Relocation Council (ERC) announces new and nominated members for its 1999 Board of Directors.

Service industry representatives Kevin E. Rich, SCRP, executive vice president, Clark & Reid; Charles G. (Chip) Roach, Jr., CRP, vice-chairman, Fox & Roach Realtors; and Kevin Russell, CRP, senior vice president, client relations and sales, Cendant Mortgage; were recently appointed to the Employee Relocation Council's Board of Directors, effective January 1, 1999.

Service industry representation on ERC's board is a relatively recent development. The Council's former all-corporate board voted in 1995 to open board representation to the service industry, and implemented the expansion in January 1996.

David Barlow, Jr., manager, relocation for Chevron Corporation; May Caffi, SCRP, director, relocation services for Marriott International, Inc.; and Kitty Gardner, CRP, relocation manager for Citgo Petroleum Corp. are candidates for the 1999 Board, pending approval of their nominations.

All new board terms are for a period of three years. ERC board member responsibilities for the organization include addressing association policy, bylaws, and ethics issues; reviewing the Council's activities, events, and budget; assisting in the planning and development of ERC educational programs and publications; and contributing to and fulfilling the organization's strategic plan for the "greater good" of the entire ERC membership.

Formed in 1964, ERC is a nonprofit professional membership organization committed to the effective relocation of employees worldwide. ERC's current membership includes corporations and government and military agencies that relocate their employees, as well as nearly 11,000 individuals and companies from the relocation industry including real estate appraisers and brokers, area and personal counseling services, consulting services, home inspection companies, household goods movers, mortgage services, national home purchase firms, and a variety of other relocation-related services.

The Council's programs and publications help relocation professionals continually increase their expertise in relocation issues, and allow corporations (and the companies and individuals that provide services to them) to communicate more effectively and to conduct transfers more efficiently.

To learn about ERC's membership opportunities, products and services, call 202/857-0857, its 24-hour fax request service, ERC On Demand■, at 1-800-372-5952, or visit its Web site at www.erc.org.

Mark your calendar for ERC's International Mobility Symposium, October 19-21, and Management Symposium, October 21-23, 1998!