Joan N. Trice is the editor and publisher of Appraisal Buzz, an email publication circulated to 45,000 opt-in subscribers. In addition to the Buzz, Joan hosts the annual Valuation Expo, the largest conference for the valuation community that attracts the thought leaders as keynotes and speakers. The Valuation Expo also attracts the most innovation companies in the valuation space that includes technology companies, appraisal management companies, automated valuations, and lenders. Allterra Group is the parent company.

Through the Appraisal Buzz website Joan also hosts the Collateral Risk Network. The CRN is comprised of 93 chief appraisers from major lending institutions and Wall Street. The CRN also meets every year at the Valuation Expo. Joan was an early adopter of Internet business strategies and sold a web based valuation business she developed to LandAmerica. Joan’s special understanding of appraiser needs goes back to her days running one of the Mid Atlantic’s largest appraisal firms, Trice Appraisal, Inc., a company she founded and owned with her brother.