Michael J. Acquaro-Mignogna, MAI co-founded Mid-Atlantic Valuation Group in July 2006 and is co-owner of the company with Gary E. Heiland II, MAI.

Mr. Mignogna graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1984 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in music. He began his appraisal career in 1986 as a residential appraiser in central New Jersey, joining Legg Mason Realty Group in Philadelphia in 1987 as a commercial appraiser. At Legg Mason, much of his focus was on residential development property appraisals, lodging facilities, and complex multi-tenanted investment properties.

After receiving the MAI designation from the Appraisal Institute in 1993, Mr. Mignogna took the position of Regional Manager with Ratcliffe, Cali, Duffy, Hughes (RCDH) & Company in Philadelphia. During this time, he completed numerous Center City Philadelphia office building appraisals while managing the Philadelphia office.

In 1996, Mr. Mignogna joined Carduner & Sockler Realty Advisors in East Windsor, NJ as Vice President, and the firm name was later changed to Carduner Sockler & Mignogna Realty Advisors. In 2001 he co-founded Sockler Mignogna DiLello Realty Group in Ewing, NJ. In 2004 Mr. Mignogna assumed sole ownership of the newly created Sockler Mignogna DiLello Realty Group Pennsylvania in Wayne, PA. There he was the company President until 2006, when the company merged operations with Mid-Atlantic Appraisals to form Mid-Atlantic Valuation Group, Inc.

Mr. Mignogna is licensed as a Certified General Appraiser in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and Maryland. His Delaware license is currently inactive. He has provided expert witness testimony at tax assessment appeal hearings in Philadelphia and Gloucester County, NJ. He has also given testimony to the Monroe Township Zoning Board and the South Brunswick Township Planning Board in Middlesex County, NJ.

Mr. Mignogna has served on and chaired Review & Counseling and Experience Review committees for the Appraisal Institute, in addition to volunteering as a national experience screener. He has also performed as music director, conductor, and/or pianist in numerous musical theater productions at Villanova University and the University of Pennsylvania.

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