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YES! There is a membership type that fits every kind of facility manager! We have included brief descriptions below of the different types, but if you have a question about which membership type fits you best, we are here to help! Reach out to our Membership Committee! We would be happy to answer any questions you may have about IFMA Membership!

FM Professionals

Open to facility practitioners and educators whose primary responsibilities are to provide, oversee or teach one (or more) facility management core competencies: Communication, Facility Information Management and Technology Management, Finance and Business, Leadership and Strategy, Occupancy and Human Factors, Operations and Maintenance, Performance and Quality, Project Management, Real Estate, Risk Management and Sustainability.

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Associate Members

Open to individuals whose primary responsibilities include: business development; sales and/or marketing as a consultant; representation of a manufacturer, vendor, dealer or distributor; and/or provider of facility-related products and services.

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Young Professional Members

Student Members

Open to candidates who are engaged in full-time study at an accredited college or university. At such time as the member is no longer engaged in full-time study, he or she will be reclassified to the appropriate membership category.

Verification of full-time student status and expected graduation date is required. To join as a Student member, please contact Wendy Martinez at [email protected]

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Lifetime Members

Open to members in good standing upon their permanent retirement from full-time facility management practice, business development, sales and/or marketing. Should a retired member return to full-time employment as either a practitioner, in business development, or a sales and/or marketing position, he or she will be reclassified to the appropriate membership category.

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Your membership with the Houston Chapter of IFMA has 2 parts. You would gain membership to IFMA Global and the local Chapter! The benefits of having a membership to both are truly endless, but people asked for us to put it in writing. So here it goes: 

In addition to all of the Global Membership Benefits listed, you will receive the following benefits as a member of the Houston Chapter of IFMA:

• Full Access to the Members-Only area of the IFMA Houston website, including a local Member Directory

• Discounts on local monthly meetings, socials, and building tours

• Invitations to Members-Only events 

• Discounts on Professional Development Courses hosted by the Houston Chapter
  
  

• Receipt of the IFMA Houston monthly newsletter

• Valuable networking opportunities with other industry professionals

In addition to the above Chapter Benefits...

IFMA Global Membership Benefits

When you join IFMA Houston, you will be a member of the global organization, as well as the local chapter. As a member of IFMA Global, you receive the following benefits:

• Discounts on seminars, events, online courses and merchandise.

• Access to IFMAnet, the members-only Internet site, enabling you to network with more than 18,000 members worldwide through the Global Online Membership Directory.

• Access to JOBnet, IFMA’s online job referral.

• Educational and networking opportunities through regional chapters and special interest councils.

• Opportunities to be recognized through IFMA’s Awards of Excellence program.

• Invitations to premiere facility management events such as IFMA’s World Workplace.

• Opportunities to participate as an exhibitor, sponsor or speaker at IFMA events.

• Bimonthly issues of Facility Management Journal, the single best source of information for facility professionals.

• Monthly editions of IFMA News, brimming with information on what’s happening globally in the IFMA community.

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