John J. Hentschel, CRE is the 2017 recipient of the CRE® Committee Service Award, presented at The Counselors’ 2017 Annual Convention in Montreal in September. A Counselor since 1990, he has spent hundreds of hours volunteering his time to the Counselor organization, including serving as editor-in-chief of Real Estate Issues, CRE’s professional journal; leading and participating in pro-bono team projects for the CRE Consulting Corps; as a Trustee of The Counselors of Real Estate Foundation; and as a member of the CRE Board of Directors. He served as a local CRE chapter officer for several years and as a member of the organization’s five-member Leadership Team in 2015. Mr. Hentschel is president of Hentschel Real Estate Services, Abingdon, Md.