Ralph D. Spencer is an adjunct faculty member of the Massimo Group and assists with key consulting assignments, live training  and webinars. Ralph is one of the most recognized and accomplished commercial real estate trainers and consultants in the industry.

During his brokerage career Ralph received many awards for production including, the Richmond, Virginia “Distinguished Achiever’s 15 Year” award for consistent, sustained top performance, as well as their “Transaction of the Year”. He has received national production awards from both SIOR and NAI.  This success transitioned to a similarly productive management career.  As such Ralph is integral in working with our firm owners and managers on helping them improve their performance through a concentrated “Managing for Excellence” program.

Ralph has continued to serve on the CCIM faculty is or has been a senior instructor in all of their core courses. He has received the CCIM National Instructor of the Year recognition and the prestigious Victor L. Lyon Award for outstanding contributions to the CCIM program. Ralph has also taught for the Society of Industrial & Office Realtors (SIOR), Urban Land Institute (ULI), Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), University of Richmond (UofR), University of St. Thomas and New York University (NYU) and for many of the top national commercial real estate companies.

In addition to being a trainer, Ralph has been involved with the instructional design and development of many programs. One of the programs in which Ralph played a major role was recently selected as one of the best examples of blended learning in the nation by Bersin Associates and by Brandon Hall.

Ralph earned a BS in Business from Old Dominion University and a MS in Business, with a concentration in Real Estate and Urban Land Development, from Virginia Commonwealth University. He was awarded both the CCIM and the SIOR designations in 1981.