Nancy Jacobsen

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.