Sandy G. Bond, Ph.D., SPINZ, ANZIV brings twenty-five years of international real estate experience to American Valuation Partners, having lived and worked in the USA, UK, Australia and New Zealand. She is a registered appraiser in New Zealand (Senior Member of the Property Institute of NZ). Her career has encompassed real estate appraisal, valuation consultation, academic research and university teaching.

Dr. Bond returned to New Zealand in 2010 to take up a Professorship at Lincoln University in Christchurch. In addition to teaching at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels, her research agenda aims at solving globally significant real estate issues: specifically, the impact of detrimental conditions — including climate change — on property values. She is internationally recognized as an expert on valuation issues relating to the siting of cell phone towers. As a result of the 2011 earthquakes in Christchurch, NZ, her research now encompasses the impact of natural disasters on property values.

A frequent presenter at international real estate conferences and seminars, Dr. Bond is also the author of numerous articles and monographs published in prominent real estate journals within New Zealand, Australia, Malaysia, the UK and USA, and was responsible for drafting the first PINZ Practice Standard on the Valuation of Contaminated Sites. She was awarded the Property Institute of NZ Academic Award in 2010 and the PRRES Achievement Award in 2002 for her significant contribution to real estate education and research.

Professor Bond holds a Ph.D. from Curtin University in Western Australia, a Commerce Degree in Valuation and Property Management, a Postgraduate Diploma in Business and an MBS in real estate. She is a Senior Member of The Property Institute of New Zealand (PINZ), an Associate Member of the New Zealand Institute of Valuers (ANZIV), on the executive board of the Pacific Rim Real Estate Society, and the Secretary of the International Real Estate Society.