Current ASA NorCal Chapter Board Members

2024 – 2025

Chapter President – Personal Property

Frances Zeman, FASA

Appraisal Resource Associates, Inc. (ARAI)

A member of ASA since 1980, Fran has earned an M.A. in Art History and holds multiple personal property accreditations,

specializing in Fine Art, Antiques/Decorative Arts, and Oriental Rugs. She has been Chairperson of the International Personal Property Committee, Chancellor of the College of Fellows, Personal Property Vice-Chair for the ASA Board of Examiners,  is an instructor of Principles of Valuation courses and has served as an expert witness.  With offices in San Francisco and New York, Fran is an active member of the NorCal Chapter of the American Society of Appraisers, and is its current Personal Property Chair and Chapter President.

Chapter Vice President  

Michael Dianich

Chapter Treasurer

Dan Borodin

Chapter Secretary

Lily Yu

Personal Property – AGENT ART

Lily Yu offers over 20 years experience working in the fine art world. Her multi-faceted career as an artist, teacher, gallery owner, dealer, gallery director, art advisor and appraiser to collectors, institutions and corporate clientele has led to a deep knowledge of art history, materials and processes and business experience provides her a first-hand knowledge of the art market.

Based in San Francisco, Ms. Yu consults for clients in Beverly Hills, Carmel, Palm Springs, Pasadena, New York, and her services are available nationwide. She is a guest speaker on art collecting for museums and community organizations, and she is the Official Art Advisor to the Monterey Symphony. Ms. Yu is a member of Art Table, and has served on Advisory Boards and Fundraising Committees, creating special events to raise over a million dollars for non-profits from the sale of fine art. She is an appraiser with the International Fine Art Appraisers (IFAA) and is pursuing accreditation as a senior appraiser with the American Society of Appraisers (ASA). Equally passionate about wine, Ms. Yu is a certified WSET Level 3 Sommelier, Certified Specialist of Wine, California Wine Appellation Specialist.

Chapter Admin

Jennifer Stowell, MPA

Jennifer serves as the Chapter Admin for ASANorCal, managing the virtual logistics of the chapter’s web platform. She works toward ensuring smooth online operations and dedicates to enhancing community engagement through the digital space. Her efforts have been key in growing the chapter’s digital presence.

How to reach Jennifer: admin@asanorcal.org 

Past President 

Bharat Kanodia, ASA

Business Valuation

Veristrat | Private Capital Markets

Bharat Kanodia leads private equity and venture valuations, and helps valuation firms optimize their international operations.  He has worked with Ipreo, American Appraisal, Veristrat, and Silicon Valley Bank Analytic, where he has valued real estate, industrial, personal property, and financial assets.  Some unique assets valued by Mr. Kanodia include: the Golden Gate Bridge, NYC transportation system, Hartsfield Atlanta Airport, and various Las Vegas casinos.  Mr. Kanodia has signed off on over 4000 valuation opinions with $900 billion in assets.

Discipline Chairs

Business Valuation Discipline Director

Josette Ferrer

Josette Ferrer is the founder and a Managing Director of Clairent Advisors. Since 1993, Josette has been assisting clients with the valuation of closely held businesses and business interests, intangible assets, intellectual property, stock options, debt instruments, and capital equipment/fixed assets. Prior to founding Clairent Advisors, Josette served as the U.S. Practice Leader of Marsh’s Valuation Services Group, Managing Director in charge of the SF Valuation Services Group of WTAS, Inc. (now operating as Andersen), director with Huron Consulting Group, and senior manager at Arthur Andersen LLP. Josette is a frequent presenter and guest speaker on valuation issues at continuing education and similar events. She currently serves on the boards of the SF Bay Area chapter of Financial Executives international and How Women Lead (Silicon Valley Executive Board).

Co-Marketing Chair

Gabrielle Selz, ASA

Personal Property, Fine Art Specialty

Gabrielle Selz is an Accredited Member with a specialty in fine art. Her expertise includes 19th and 20th-century American, European, and Contemporary Art.

She has worked in the arts for over 30 years as an art historian, writer, educator, advisor, and art appraiser.

She is the author of two nonfiction books on the art world, UnStill Life: Art and Love in the Age of Abstraction and 

Light on Fire: The Art and Life of Sam Francis, the first comprehensive biography of the artist Sam Francis. UnStill Life won the best memoir of the year from the American Society of Journalists and Authors, 2014. Light on Fire won the California Book Award in Nonfiction in 2022. She is also an essayist and art reviewer who has published in Art Forum, The New Yorker, New York Times, and The Los Angeles Times, among others.

Real Property Chair

Dana W. Burwell, MAI, ASA

After ten years in banking, I switched careers to real estate appraising.  My appraisal career started in San Francisco with Chuck Bailey and Charles D. Bailey & Associates where I focused on appraising senior housing projects throughout the state.  Desiring to appraise more local properties, I moved to Clifford, Hanna and Tattersall also in San Francisco and began appraising a wider range of properties in the San Francisco Bay Area.  My current focus is on appraising a wide range of properties in the North Bay including large ranches, wineries, vineyards in addition to specialized properties such as conservation easements, BLM land and residential development sites for low income housing entities.

I enjoy undertaking a wide range of appraisal assignments that require a more in-depth look into valuation issues, such as property rights, easement issues and other real estate issues.  Of particular interest to me is understanding the dynamic changes in the market place that result from shifts in the economy that impact particular property types and their market value.   I also appraise single family properties so as not to get out of touch with the local consumer.  I find that knowledge of local housing trends is very useful in understanding community issues related to housing affordability, development standards and zoning issues.

I enjoy my membership in the ASA due to its multi-discipline membership and the wide variety of appraisal assignments my colleagues discuss and teach on.

Mentorship

Louise Allrich

Louise Allrich, Accredited Senior Appraiser specializes in appraisals of contemporary and modern fine art, public art, photography and contemporary craft art. Allrich has been an active member of the art world for over 40 years, Allrich owned an internationally recognized fine art gallery in San Francisco for 25 years, worked as a fine art advisor nationally and internationally for over forty years. She has completed major art consulting projects in Singapore, China, Malaysia, Hong Kong and throughout the United States. Most recently she was the public art advisor as part of an international team, for the art master plan for a new city being built in South Korea. She currently serves on the American Society of Appraisers National Personal Property Board. She graduated from University of California, Davis where she studied with artists such as Robert Arneson, Bill Wiley and Wayne Thiebaud. She has lectured at institutions such as San Francisco Museum of Art; Los Angeles Museum of Art; Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco; Alberta College of Art and Design, Canada; College of the Arts, Oakland; and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She has been on numerous juries including for the National Endowment for the Arts, Mid-West Regional Awards. She has moderated and been a panelist in numerous symposiums.

For anyone who is interested in serving on our Board of Directors or getting more involved in our chapter’s leadership activities, please reach out to admin@asanorcal.org or get in touch with any of our current directors listed on this page to discuss your interests further.